My Epi-LASIK Journal pt2: Getting ready

T-minus 1.5 days till I go under the laser. I’m a bit nervous, of course, but not really too much. I really do feel that I have made the right decision under the circumstances I have. LASIK is really quite mature now. I have had relatives who had it years ago while it was new and most are OK. One had some stuff go wrong, but even so believes it was definitely the right choice. 6 or so years after that, the rate of complications has gone down.

The largest factor, I’ve learned, is really the experience of the doctor. I’m getting it done with Dr. Rubinfeld from Washington Eye. According to a journalist from the Washingtonian a few years back, Rubinfeld is the number 2 guy in the area. His credentials are quite impressive, and I really do notice the difference. In my consultation, he told me about the latest breaking antibiotics he is using and slight modifications he does in his Epi-LASIK procedures that you won’t find easily with a Google search yet. These little details really are comforting as I feel he’s a leader in the field.

Additionally, my consultation revealed that I am a “plain vanilla kind a guy”, meaning my corneas, eyes, health history have nothing weird going on. Usually I don’t care for being plain vanilla, but when it comes to something like this, I sure am glad to hear I’m just an average case that he’s done a million times.