GuyverII

Wife and I went in yesterday in Centerville, OH. Took one hour for the screening. No really hard sell, just some recommendations. $1900 for each eye. They also have $200 off each eye but claim that discount will invalidate the 20K SM bonus.

bowdenj

Completed it in IND on 08/05/09 - about 1.5 hours - about $4000.00 for both eyes to be completed by Allegretto Wavefront Optimized.

icurhere2

I would also be wavefront - about $1,700 per eye. Had my appointment earlier today; I could conceivably do this immediately after January 1, 2010 (can't revise my flexible spending account this year).

sbagdon

Same here, believe that equates to 20/600. Since 20/800(?) is "legally blind", this keeps coming up... yet...

Those of us with this are always wary of the "glasses in 1 hour, all contacts in stock" claims.

Which leads to still wearing contacts. I can take them out and put them in in seconds. You brush your teeth, you put in your contacts. Big deal. I once didn't wear lenses for a few years (allergies), and during the re-fitting they expected a 1/2-hour lesson. 1 minute later, I told them thanks, I can do it myself. Risking my eyes for 1min/day is a tough risk/benefit decision.

The wholesale/retails spread is amazing. I'd hold out for much more.

kinglobjaw

We sent Dad (as a test rabbit- is that how you say it properly?) to a nearby location in Chicago and he qualified. 4K for both eyes. He scheduled lasik for November but he's not sure if he will go...

I put in his DL # and not his NW since it seems DL miles post much faster than NW miles. I also told him to re-confirm at the location that he will get his 5K miles. He told me the lady "did something in the computer" after he mentioned the promo. His eye exam was on 8/12 and the miles still haven't posted, but I'm patiently waiting. Anyone had their 5K post?

-Kinglobjaw

kinglobjaw

Would be nice. Oh, and hospitals too! Just had a surgery/hospital stay that cost $45k. Imagine, at the old rate of 10 miles per $.

-Kinglobjaw

uva185

I went in for my consult last week. I purposely tried to mess up on the vision test so it would appear I did not have perfect vision but somehow still got a score of 20/20. I was in and out in 10 minutes and the next day got an email thanking me for my visit.

Travels2mch

That's required for the exam, and if I remember correctly there's a period of time (weeks?) where you can't wear contacts prior to the surgery. It's worth it though.....I had it over 7 years ago and still loving it!!

denCSA

Had my consult last Friday. Took about 90 minutes. I have terrible vision in one eye and near-perfect in the other so they only recommended for one eye @ $1860 inc a 15% health ins discount. Not bad really. They also said I would need to go without the contacts for weeks and go back so they could accurately measure my cornea as I guess wearing contacts makes the eyes swell and change form, so they couldn't accurately measure exactly what I would need until I went in contact-free.

DenverBrian

Meh. Just had an exam with my regular eye doctor, who introduced me to multi-focal contacts. They're great, far cheaper than lasik, and no chance of a botched "correction."

My eye doctor did point out what others have upthread: You don't see very many eye doctors who have had lasik. I wonder why that is?

woody125

I just got a letter in the mail from Lasik Plus saying I must complete and mail back to them this enclosed consent form within the next 10 business days before I can receive my miles. I find this odd and it was mentioned nowhere and by no one I spoke with when I called, went, and had the exam.

It is signed by their Director of Marketing and looks official enough. Any of you lawyers out there see anything wrong with this? I am assuming this is so due to the presence of medical records and such.

PM me if you want an emailed copy of the doc.

jbatl

I have been checking this forum only occasionally lately, mostly due to work, somewhat due to repetitive content.

Anyway, by far most entertaining thread I've read in what seems like months. Sidesplitting laughter. Thanks uva185 and Gargoyle. ^^

But, I think you must have a typo. Surely a kidney is worth 150k, no?

w0r1dtrave1er

I did the consults in '06 and had the procedure on Jan 4, 2007 for flexible spending account reasons. $3400 to correct two -2.0 myopic eyes, only points I received were MemRewards when I used my AmEx on Jan 4th, my corporate FSA reimbursed me within 2 weeks and my 26 paychecks in '07 were each deducted around $160 (however, this money is untaxed!)

I followed the advice about not using contacts for weeks. I used the drops afterwards until they were through. And it's the best thing I've ever done, I am kicking myself that I waiting until my 30s for this. The last sentence is not hyperbole, it really changed my life. Got me motivated to lose weight and start exercising, I was seeing life differently.

I think this surgery is amazing, a modern miracle and I know many other success stories. Of course I've seen the stats that they show you while you're deciding, it is a big decision and not everyone accepts 1/10000 risks. And yes you can argue that they don't know what happens to surgically repaired eyes in 40 years, but seriously in 40 years they will invent the "LASIK 40-year Fix" with nano-machines and robotic doctors.

woody125

By the way the consent form is legit. I tracked down the signer of the letter (the Director of Marketing) via a power called Google and emailed her directly. Her reply was short but to the point:

"Yes, the letter and form are legit. You will have to sign it and return it to get your miles."

Good nuff for me. It'll go in the mail on Monday.

willdallas2003

Dr. Richard Brown (http://www.tlcvision.com/centers/lit...k/doctors.fxml) did my surgery and he has had lasik. The Dr. who did my follow up exams also had lasik a few weeks after I had the surgery. At my two month checkup she was at 20/20 in both eyes and definately still recommending it to other people. Some people are afraid of change and would rather stick to contacts or glasses, and thats fine, but everyday there are more and more people deciding that its worth $2k to never wear glasses again. I had surgery 2 years ago this month and my vision is 20/15. I have never regretted it at all.