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Originally Posted by Dustin03
wow, great info and advice gentlemen. I am just tired of the hastle of wearing glasses all the time. I'm planning on buying a set of WileyX's with perscription lenses for protection when i wear contacts and change out the lenses to wearthem as glasses at drill/training.
So, i'm understanding that PRK is the route to take for the line of work I will be getting into as a SF troop after I'm tabbed?
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Here's my .02 - Live with what you have for a while, finish training, and go to your unit. Then research your options with competent medical authority. The truth has been known to change. What is true today may not last until tomorrow, let alone a year from now. The longer you wait - the more data they collect, the better they get at performing the proceedure, the more latitude they may have in types of procedures, etc., etc. Right now - for most operators - the Army will do PRK for FREE! I do know of guys who got LASIK at Womack but it was special circumstances and IIRC they were not immediately deployable. Beats the $1200 we paid to get the wife's eyes fixed (worth it after putting up with her insane jealousy for months after I got mine fixed). The bad news - the civilians didn't do as good a job on her LASIK as the Army did on my PRK - she just didn't have the painful recovery. HTH - Peregrino