Notes

People ask what LASIK is like. It is much like the montage in the Parallax View - they take you into a darkened room, sit you down into a chair, welcome you to the surgery room, strap you down with stress balls in each hand, shine a spinning white light in one eye, with some flickers of red and green for five seconds as they count down. They say stay still and you are doing good. Then they flash a green dot you stare into with a spinning psychedelic pattern of red flashes appear around it and they countdown from 15 seconds. With a brush they paint over the eye. Then you are done on that eye. They repeat the process on the other eye. You feel or hear nothing besides the surgeon's countdown. Thank you. Please proceed to our offices, the Optometrist will be with you shortly to confirm the success of the procedure. Takes no longer then the Parallax View scene either, maybe six minutes from entering to exiting the darkened surgery room. Not long for burning through $4,100. Instantly you can see better then before the procedure without glasses, though they recommend you keep your eyes closed as much as possible to keep them moist as the eye lens re-attaches.