Lasik Vision Institute

Okay so before I go on about how great everyone is here, let me share something about my eyes. My prescription was –2 something in both eyes which is not extremely terrible but I did hate wearing contact lens. The first time I purchased a pair of contact lens, I didn’t let the doctor put them in. We tried for so long and it just wasn’t for me and that just proves how sensitive I am with my eyes. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 6 or 7 and it was about time for me to get rid of them. My mom went to TLC to get lasik done and she thought it was great but when I went there for my consultation, the lady scared me off instead of trying to make me feel better. Like I mentioned before how sensitive I am towards my eyes, I hate eye drops and anything that I have to put in my eye. The lady told me I had to be serious about this or else I wouldn’t get best results and by serious she meant (according to me) do not flinch or let my reflexes take over and sorry that is impossible for me to do. Yes I can do my best to not move but if you say completely stop, it’s not going to happen. Anyway, enough about TLC.
When I first got to lasik vision Kathy greeted me and was very sweet and helped me fill out the paper work and then I met Angelle who could relate to my experience about the eyes and she was super sweet and helpful and calmed my nervousness down A LOT. I met Dr. Osman and he is really funny and makes you feel really comfortable. He will tell you what you need to know and will also get on to you if you don’t do your eye drops like you’re suppose to lol. He’s definitely great and they make a great time. One other thing that I liked was during the consultation they mentioned I’d have to get PRK instead of lasik since my cornea was thinner and at TLC I was not told this. I was very happy to be at this institute and everyone was super sweet and very professional at the same time.
The surgeon that did my surgery (the name slipped out of my head probably because of the nervousness) but he was great too. I was in a nervous wreck and he was doing just great. His sense of humor was kind of dark and he said things like «if you be nice during the surgery I won’t pull your eyelashes off» and I was like woah. I’m nervous and jokes like those don’t help. And they had taped my eyelashes so they won’t get in the way I believe. But I got over it quick and I told him I was nervous so I’m sorry if I’m not the best patient and he goes «it’s okay you’re only my 2^nd patient– oh wait my 3^rd» and I mean if you’re into that humor okay but I just didn’t like that very much. My eyes wouldn’t stop watering the whole entire time and I was being a baby about it but it was all because I was so nervous and honestly there’s nothing to be so nervous about. Everything is quick and one advice: DO NOT WATCH ANY SORT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO FIND OUT WHAT GOES ON IN THE SURGERY.
Last but certainly not the least I’m going to thank SUSAN for helping me through the whole process. She volunteered to hold my hand and sit through the whole thing and explain what’s going on and warned me of things I was about to experience. She definitely made everything great and I had asked Dr. Osman to sit in the room to make me feel comfortable and he didn’t object it and I felt very happy that everyone was so willing to make me feel better. It just cannot go without appreciating what a great team lasik vision institute has and I appreciate everyone being with me and helping me overcome by nervousness. Also before any misconceptions are made about the surgeon, he was also great and he seemed to get agitated with my fidgeting but he didn’t give up and he treated me well and kept using words like «please» «thank you» «ma’am» «will you» and I did appreciate it maybe not at the moment but later I promise I did :) and everything is great here!
JUST GO FOR IT AND YOULL BE FINE! I promise!