Eyesight issues

[jobob]

A few years ago I went to the Stanford Eye Center to get an evaluation for LASIK.

The doctor there, Dr. Manche, is supposed to be very good, and actually does a lot of repair work on LASIK screw-ups.

I ended up being turned down by him as a LASIK candidate - I have bumpy corneas and he said that while he wouldn't advise I had the LASIK procedure, I could probably find a lot of other places that would take me. (Since I was only going to go through with it if I were an absolutely perfect candidate, I didn't pursue it further. I use daily-wear contact lenses and they work fine for me.)

But, I did hear about a procedure that he was working on using an intraocular contact lens (ICL) where a lens is placed under the eye flap, similar to what is done for cataract patients. Back when I spoke to him he was conducting clinical trials on that procedure, but ironically my eyesight wasn't bad enough to be considered for the trial (mine is -6.5/-7.0 and the lowest for the trial was -8.0)

I don't know where they are nowadays with that - it's only given a passing mention on the website - but in case you're interested, the Stanford Eye Center's website is at http://ophthalmology.stanford.edu/laser/index.html

Perhaps they could hook you up with eye clinics closer to where you live.