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“20\/20”<\/h3>\n

Yesterday at noon I walked into the Laser Eye Center<\/a> and less than 24 hours later<\/strong>, I’m playing the “read that street sign” game with myself in my car. It’s absolutely amazing. Went in for my follow-up this morning where it was confirmed that, indeed, I’m seeing 20\/20<\/strong>, if not better.<\/p>\n

There really isn’t that much to the story actually. I went in around noon and signed off on all their “permission” slips. Less than thirty minutes later I’m in the pre-op room *again* with a Zantac running through my blood to calm my nerves. I meet Dr. Garabet<\/a>, the head surgeon at the Laser Eye Center. He tells me that he’s performed over 60,000 of these procedures<\/strong> and, as my head spins with what kind of cash that equates to, he leads me into the surgery room. A confidence exudes from him that immediately puts me at ease.<\/strong> I won’t go into the exact details of the procedure<\/a>, but I will tell you this; it was easy, totally painless and lasted a grand total of about four minutes<\/strong>. As soon as I sat up in the surgery chair, I could see the details in the wall across the room.<\/p>\n

And that’s it! Now I’m restricted from hot tubs, oceans, make-up and contact sports for anywhere between four weeks and four months and the surgery did put a small dent in my savings account *I signed a waiver saying I wouldn’t disclose the price I was quoted at*…but I woke up this morning and looked across my bedroom and read the time off the clock on the far wall<\/strong>…and THAT…is priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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