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whats the scoop on PRK?

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Robert_F

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I have heard a dozen things on PRK from a dozen different people. I have 20/400 vision. However I have a friend who just graduated from USAFA who has the same and got corrected to 20/15. He also got a waiver. I want to be either a Navy or USMC pilot. What is the deal with PRK?


P.S. I know there have been plenty of posts on PRK, but I cant find the "search" button. Your help and patience would be appreciated.
 
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wildflyin69

Grad of OCS 187 Charlie Co. 3rd Plt.
My OSO told me that he recieved an e-mail to stop handing out PRK waivers by december of this year. They'll probably re-open it but no one knows when. Anyway, you need at LEAST 3 months(sometimes 6 months) after your surgury to apply for a waiver. It all really rests on your pre-op refraction numbers..I believe the limit is +/- 5.50 in each eye for a three month waiver and no worse than +/- 6.00 overall (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). Go to this website http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/index.htm and look up any medical questions you may have. I know there is a more specific site somewhere but I can't find it. I hope this helps, and good luck.

"Push the stick foward, the houses get bigger; pull back, the houses get smaller... unless you keep pulling back, then they get bigger again."
 
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kevin

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http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/PRK/Aviation_study_clarification_msg.txt is specifically the most important part of what wildflyin listed above. depending on when you plan to apply, get prk done or look into possible lasik studies that might be coming up. but be VERY careful about that because right now it's absolutely disqualifying for aviation. from some of the other posts on this site, it appears that the prk study is being extended for a time and might be extended much further after that (although who ever really knows). so prk is probably the safest bet.
 
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kevin

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http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/PRK/Aviation_study_clarification_msg.txt is specifically the most important part of what wildflyin listed above. depending on when you plan to apply, get prk done or look into possible lasik studies that might be coming up. but be VERY careful about that because right now it's absolutely disqualifying for aviation. from some of the other posts on this site, it appears that the prk study is being extended for a time and might be extended much further after that (although who ever really knows). so prk is probably the safest bet.
 
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