I know PRK is waiverable for aviators, but I was under the assumption Lasik was not. However, I talked to a recruiter who said that just recently Lasik was approved for waivers. I haven't seen this anywhere else, and im skeptical about. I haven't had either surgery yet but it would be a lot easier for me to get Lasik. Has anyone has heard about Lasik being waiverable recently?
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Question about eye surgery
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LASIK: Waiver shall not be recommended (WNR) for all applicant and designated aviation duty personnel in Classes I and II
http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/Nami/WaiverGuideTopics/ophthalmology.htm#lasik
No Lasik,
and even if it were waverable I would not recomend it (based on my research) I had PRK done and would recomend Visx 3 or 4 with wavefront, I got excellent results, as did many others.
http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/Nami/WaiverGuideTopics/ophthalmology.htm#lasik
No Lasik,
and even if it were waverable I would not recomend it (based on my research) I had PRK done and would recomend Visx 3 or 4 with wavefront, I got excellent results, as did many others.
I remember sitting in the doctors office the day after. I'm freaking blind, drugged like a washed up hippie and generally unable to function as a human being. Guy next to me had LASIK and was reading a magazine and telling me how he drove himself to his appointment.
From my research about LASIK and PRK prior to my PRK, I found that comfort was the only real benefit to LASIK. I was in pain for about 3 days after the surgery, but I'm glad I got the PRK instead.
Whalebite nailed it on the head...
Thanks for the responses. They confirm my doubts about the legitimacy of what the recruiter's been telling me. I'm sure he had good intentions, but it woulda been horrible to be screwed like that because of a little misinformation. So I think I'll be getting PRK done then. Ive heard of LasEk (different than LasIk), which is similar to PRK. Is that waiverable? If so, is it better than PRK?
i was *told* that the problem with LASIK is the flap. they don't know with 100% certainty what types of g-forces (positive, negative, lateral) and speeds will cause that flap to detach. think about that-- you punch out over hostile territory AND end up blind? if an ejection wasn't violent enough, that's just not a good predicament in which to find yourself.
any one else know otherwise on the LASIK?
any one else know otherwise on the LASIK?
It can go either way. I had lasIk before I new I wanted to get into the military. Now it looks like I'm grounded for life. As for the flap being dislodged...there have been reports of people kicked in the head by a horse and flap still remaining intact. However, I wish I would have gotten PRK, knowing what I now know.
app.man. said:
way to clarify between the -ek and the -ik. most people don't know that there's a difference.
i've been kicked by a horse, and tapped in the head once-- but it didn't even leave a bruise.
i don't know what the comparable forces are, but an ejection is probably much more traumatic on the cornea than being kicked in the head by a horse. unless you were kicked directly in the eye.... by the horse, of course.