Matthew Ehrlich
1 Shedding light on Lasik
Read this book before you make a final decision on Lasik. My vision was too important to blindly follow everyone else and go ahead with Lasik without thoroughly researching the topic.
"How To See Like A Hawk When You're Blind As A Bat" turned out to be the source I needed in helping determine if I was a candidate.
Dr Ehrlich said he wanted to educate the populace on the pros and cons of Lasik, I think he did so in a straight forward, coherent manner that I found discussed a lot more issues than I had even imagined. I liked the fact he dicussed potential risk factors, price and realistic results rather than making a glorified advertisment of his clinic and his surgical skills.
One thing that scared me was the fact so many doctors are suddenly doing this procedure. This book helped me determine who had experience and who didn't. I felt better with my final choice.
2 WHAT EVERY POTENTIAL LASIK CANDIDATE SHOULD KNOW
THIS BOOK IN EVERY DAY LANGUAGE EXPALINS AND ANSWERS EVERY QUSETION I HAD ABOUT LASIK.THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ. IT WILL PUT TO REST ANY FEARS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE HAVING LASIK.
3 this book helped me make my decision to have LASIK
I was worried about having LASIK and what could go wrong. THis book explained it in terms that I could understand. The photos and illustrations were also very helpful. I would recommend it to anyone considering LASIK
4 Simple, easy to understand book
I found this book to be enjoyably simple and easy to understand. It was written for the average person who wants to learn more about the LASIK procedure and how it works. Some of the statistics are a bit dated, but they're still useful. The pictures in the book are very informative. BTW, I had my LASIK surgery this past March, and am currently 20/20 in both eyes.
5 Informative Research
I have not had my LASIK surgery, YET. I had not even done a lot of reasearch online besides talking to several others who have had the procedure when I read this book. I saw my eye doctor yesterday for the Pre-Operation appointment and when I seemed very knowledgeable about the surgery and the terms he was using and the tests he was performing, he was impressed, I mentioned the book to him twice during my appointment, and before I left he asked for the name of the book and where he might find it. I feel quite sure that he was going to look for the book since he works with one of the top ten LASIK surgeons in the country, and this is such an easy to read informative book. This is something he can even recommend to his regular patients contemplating this surgery. I especially liked how the book outlines what you can expect from the first appointment to the finished surgery. Before I had my appointment, I felt pretty secure about my prescription and with my vision problems that I would be a candidate for the procedure. By the way, my surgery is scheduled for Wednesday....
6 You can get the same information from your doctor!
As an academic researcher I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't do ANY research on laser eye surgery until I had a far from satisfactory result with the Lasik procedure. Then I went looking for reasons and solutions. I found this book to offer very little of either: if I had read it first, I would not have been any better prepared than I was from reading my doctor's brochure and consent forms. Therefore, I disagree with the person who said it was the best book available. I would suggest Beyond Glasses! The Consumer's Guide to Laser Vision Correction as the better book for anyone either considering this procedure or trying to recover from it. The book is extremely well done, balanced and it covers all the options, not just the lasik surgery. Furthermore I was able to locate an experienced consulting opthalmologist through the physician listings in the back of Beyond Glasses, and the author makes free research updates available to readers through her website. Necholai K. Larssen, Ph.D., New York
7 The best consumer book on lasik so far
(qualification - I haven't had lasik yet)
This book was much more to the point than 'Beyond Glasses'. The explanations of eye physiology, the lasik procedure, and potential complications seemed very thorough and easy to understand.
I was somewhat disappointed by the dated statistics, but that may be due to the lack of recent studies and no fault of the author. It just seems with the hundreds of thousands of lasik procedures going on that there should be very detailed stats available.
If you want a lot of personal stories and history, check out 'Beyond Glasses'. It's got a lot of info, but there's a lot of rather unorgainized text to wade through to get to the really important stuff. In my opinion, 'How to see...' is a much better read.
8 Everything you ever wanted to know about refractive surgery!
I am not a fast reader, but I got this book on Thursday and had it finished by Sunday. I was so well informed when I went to my eye exam, my doctor actually told me they would call me if they had any questions. I'm hoping he was joking, but I new the terms and what they meant, and I had a general comfort level after my eye exam I would not have had if I hadn't read the book.
If you are interested in having laser eye surgery so that you can see better without glasses, this is the book for you.
