My parents gave me the gift of my eyesight for my 41^st birthday – a truly wonderful gift – Thank you so much, Daddy and Mama!!! I love you both so very much and can’t thank you enough for this wonderful present!!!

This page is the chronicle of my LASIK laser surgery through the Pepose Vision Institute at 16216 Baxter Road, in Chesterfield, Missouri. I'll be updating this regularly to let you know how my vision is progressing.  See my LASIK diary for the down and dirty about the surgery and how I'm doing.

Pictures of Doug's Eye Surgery!!! (Hold onto your stomach!!!)

This site is not meant to be a tutorial on LASIK - rather, it is my experience with this surgery to reduce or eliminate the need for corrective lenses for my near-sightedness.  For more information on LASIK, you might want to try this link:

Kitty's LASIK Page

I found Kitty's page to be the best of the bunch, with links to all kinds of LASIK resources!

• Plan on sleeping plenty after the surgery - resting your eyes by sleeping really makes a big difference.   Don't stay up late.  Get to bed early!
• Use the eye drops, but remember - wait at least 5 minutes between the two types of drops.  I forgot about this ONCE.  If you put both types of drops in your eyes at the same time, they will burn like the dickens!!!
• Use plain old celephane tape to hold the eye shields on at night during that first week.   I really don't recommend using medical tape - it's really hard to get off and leaves a very nasty residue that can be irritating and difficult to get off.
• Take a blank video tape with you to the surgery and ask them to tape it for you.  Even if you're a bit squeamish, you or someone else you know might find it interesting to watch (Check out my pictures!).  You'll get a 'doctors eye view' of the surgery as seen through the microscope he looks through.  Absolutely incredible!!!
• In most cases, they will allow someone in with you during the surgery, so if the person that takes you to the clinic wants to watch, ask!

Doug's LASIK Diary...