Day +1225 : My wife benefited from LASIK operation

I am fine today.

My wife had a high degree of myopia (short-sightedness) since she was young. She couldn’t see at all without glasses but wearing a pair of glasses all the time definitely is not something convenient.

My brother, Richard, proposed her to do a LASIK (Laser Assisted In-situ Keratomileusis) operation to correct her eye sight in 2002. The cost of the operation for both eyes was RM3600 but because she was doing it together with Richard, both of them got a discount of RM200, hence a total cost of RM3400 only per person.

The procedure was broadcast live through a closed circuit television in the waiting room. First, the cornea flap is cut and folded out, then the laser was used to cut the cornea to the correct shape, and then the cornea flab was folded back.

The operation was very successful. My wife didn’t have to wear glasses since then :-) What a great relief to her! And perhaps also to me :-)

The LASIK operation was done at Optimax at TTDI, Kuala Lumpur. After the operation, she has to do eye check-up at the centre annually. Should the short-sightedness increases, enhancement procedure can be done to correct it back free of charge. So this is something like life-long warranty as long as one fulfills the annual check-up requirement. Richard did one enhancement before.

I brought my wife to do the annual check-up this afternoon. We are glad that her eyes are still in good condition :-)

I wrote about the previous check-up in the following posts:

Day +866 : My wife’s annual eye follow-up
Day +182

See you next post :-)