Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site dspo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!dspo!tomlin From: tomlin@dspo.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Myopia Surgery Message-ID: <187@dspo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 23:59:05 EST Article-I.D.: dspo.187 Posted: Wed Dec 5 23:59:05 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:25:10 EST References: <180@ttidca.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 25 > Does anyone have information on the surgerical procedure Radical Keratotomy > which is used to correct nearsightedness?... A friend of mine had this surgery and had very good results. He works for IBM (systems engineer/marketing) and their insurance company reclassified the surgery as non-experimentive so he got it done for free. In fact, just about everybody in the sales office that wore glasses got the surgery done for free. Aparently, nobody had problems with the surgery. Some people had better results than others; that is a couple of the people still needed some eyesight correction after the surgery, but the needed correction was much less. Most of the people could throw away their glasses/contacts. They do it one eye at a time and patch up the eye for a few days after the surgery is done. There is some discomfort, but understand it's not terribly painful. -- bob P.S. If you can figure out how to mail to IBM's VNET (first tell me how) then mail to him directly at SCURREY@DALVMIC1 and ask him how the procedure went. -- Bob Tomlinson - dspo!tomlin@LANL or ucbvax!unmvax!lanl!dspo!tomlin Los Alamos National Laboratory - E-10/Data Systems Los Alamos, New Mexico - (505) 667-8495