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Laser Iridotomy for Acute Angle Glaucoma

There was no pain but I felt a pressure like a ping and saw orange sun bursts as he fired a laser beam into my eye to make a hole in the iris to reduce the pressure inside the eye to avert vision loss. Read More

Suzanne, female, 64, Massachusetts

Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)

A device was lowered directly onto my eyeball, which I did not feel at all, then the laser fired up and there was a weird sensation that wasn't at all painful. Like a pressure with a bright intense light in a background of blackness. Read More

Pam, female, 39, California

Cataract Removal

I had a cataract in my right eye, I could no longer drive at night and my vision was decreasing, so I had the cataract removed. Read More

Jane, female, 68, Massachusetts

Cataract Removal

I had cataract surgery to improve my vision. Read More

Anne, female, 75, Pennsylvania

 
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