If you wear glasses or contacts, put them on or in right this moment and read this. I’m here to tell you to get Lasik. It’s an actual miracle.
I know I am about as far behind the bandwagon as you can get on this one, but I chased that sucker down and jumped on. *Example of how far behind I am; I told a friend that I was getting it done, and she said she got it 20 years ago when they used knives and not lasers. Now SHE’S an early adapter.
So this is what happened. I moved to WI from AZ and all of a sudden my eyes itched like they’ve never itched before. Apparently I have allergies in WI because things bloom here? I got sick of rubbing my eyes and my contacts falling out. In fact, that was one of the first questions the doctor asked.
“Why didn’t you do this sooner?”
Now that’s a good freaking question. Why in the actual heck did I not do this sooner? I’ve had the same prescription since 8th grade. -2.25 in both eyes.
Normally before I try something risky or daring or what I might think “out of the box”, I start putting feelers out to see if I’m the first person to try it or if it’s mainstream. Turns out, everyone has done it. (Am I embarrassing myself by writing this blog post?) Even my best friend had it done and I didn’t know, or didn’t remember. After the umpteenth person told me to do it because it was a game changer, my FOMO was so strong, it was a done deal in my mind. And I wasn’t waiting another moment.
I googled “Best Lasik in Milwaukee” and immediately LasikPlus popped up with 183 reviews and an average star rating of 4.9 out of 5. I mean, come on… that’s good right? PS: They are NOT paying me to write this.
Called on a Friday, went in on Monday, got my free exam.
Lady-“$2300, no interest Care Credit for a year, would you like to come in this Thursday?”
Me- “No thank you that’s crazy. Way too fast. what do you have for Friday?”
Friday morning my mom took me in at 8am. They checked my vision again to make sure it hadn’t changed in a week. They gave me a sleeping pill. (So I could nap good in the afternoon) They gave me a hat, said please go into this room, lay
down, you’re going to feel some pressure, look into this laser, [rotate table] please look at this laser, [rotate table] *bing bang boom*. They stand me up, take a picture with me, and tell me to go home and take a 5 hour nap. The actual procedure took all of 5 minutes. The only part I didn’t LOVE was the few seconds of burning eye smell, but, you know… Lasers.
It’s a freaking miracle. The ride home at 9:15am I was pointing at all the things and telling my mom I could see them. “MOM! There are leaves on that tree! MOM! That sign says caution! MOM! The hours of that store a mile away according to the numbers on their door are 9-4 on Sundays!” (ok, that last one was maybe an exaggeration…) We got back to her place, she held up a children’s book and asked me to read the title from afar. I’ll never forgot. Jan Brett. The Easter Bunny.
Check out the before and after pictures. Amazing results, right?
Dr Ronald Allen at Lasik Plus in Brookfield. This guy. He’s cranked out 39,000 of these babies. I didn’t ask if that was pairs of eyes or individual eyes, but… a lot either way. Again, no, I’m not being paid for this advertisement. I can see and it’s a miracle. But if I have convinced you to do it, please let me know and give them my name and I get money for referring you. Thank you.
-Lisa #extrabasic