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An eye doctor's thoughts,
intended to help you make a
FULLY INFORMED
decision:
If you or anyone
you know is contemplating LASIK surgery or is now
experiencing its side-effects and/or complications,
it's no accident that you are here.
You've come to the right
place to learn, open
your eyes, and
become
aware.
If it sounds too
good to be true,
chances are, it is.
The FDA agrees:
Look before you leap.
* Be sure to click on
the letters FDA to read what it now has to say about LASIK surgery as of
December, 2000!
The goals of this educational, non-profit site:
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Neutralize the effects of irresponsible
advertising, heavy on hype
and light on revealing risks, complications, and long-term
effects by FULLY informing the public.
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Reduce the
pain and regret created by those who appear to have forgotten The
Golden Rule.
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Reader:
Please be sure to click on the underlined words, which lead to
informative, eye-opening links. For example, click on the word
"aware"
to learn what CBS NEWS reported after scrutinizing LASIK surgery.
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THIS
SITE'S CONTENTS
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An
Eye Doctor's Appeal:
A candid sharing of how "a fly landed in
my ointment". Please read this with a compassionate heart for
those who are now suffering. Statistics depersonalize; let us not, remembering
that these are individuals with real lives, feelings, hopes and
aspirations, and families. They are us. I invite you
to read, be aware and help if you are so moved.
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"Be compassionate.
And take responsibility for each other."
~ Morrie Schwartz,
"tuesdays
with Morrie"
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THE
LASIK LETTER
A letter of
gratitude to a group of people who inspired
the creation of this site, originally intended to help our patients become
fully informed, think twice, and LOOK before leaping,
and now to help the online community.
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"I long to accomplish great and noble tasks,
but my chief duty is to accomplish small tasks
as if they were great and noble."
~ Helen Keller
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A
Grassroots Effort
How this site came to be:
People helping people, making a positive difference, one
person at a time.
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
~ Margaret Mead
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What
are my eyes worth to me?
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And then ask yourself if it's
worth the risk.
You owe it to
yourself to ask this question before you go
under the knife (called
a microkeratome, "the world's
smallest buzz saw"
). The slicing of the cornea and
its millions of microscopic nerves has lead to a growing
number of side-effects (dry eyes,
compromised driving
safety, especially at night), complications
(cornea
transplants), and long-term complications (vision
losses),
making this an irreversible procedure, a fact that is
downplayed by the ads. "Newer
and better" lasers do not eliminate this initial step of
slicing the cornea.
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How you can
make a positive difference:
"We cannot do great things.
We can only do small things with great love."
~ Mother Teresa
Click
here for Fliers: Print out
the fliers page, make partial cuts to shingle the URLs,
making it easy to tear off URLs, and post them at school, work, and
community bulletin board.
Click
here to E-mail: Inform your online family, friends and colleagues. Heck,
e-mail your entire address book. Everybody knows somebody who is
less than FULLY informed on LASIK.
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Pay
It Forward
The movie, "Pay It
Forward" (as opposed to pay-it-back) also inspired
this site. It is about a child who has an idea on how to create
a better world: if a kindness comes to you, pass it on to three more
people and challenge them to do likewise. So one becomes three.
Three becomes nine. Nine becomes 81. And so on...and so on...and so
on...
This is
a
grassroots effort that's
worth getting involved with,
as it's about sight.
For Heaven's
Sake.
Please
pass this site's URL:
http://wakeup.to/lasik
on...and on... and on.
Thanks!
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© 2000
Graphic: Courtesy of The Madow Group
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