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Old 01-16-2008, 06:10 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer View Post
Oh. I was just curious, because I know there can be some weird side effects from all sorts of surgeries. I know of a guy who almost damaged his eye irreparably when he went scuba diving several weeks after his lasik. It was within the safe zone as far as recovery, but he got a squeeze from failing to equalize his mask and it "unflapped" his eye. It was not a cheap fix.
Good God! How scary would that be? one minute you're at depth enjoying yourself, the next your eye is coming apart! I don't think I could have the presence of mind to do a safety stop with part of my eye hanging off. Was he at least somewhere he could get to good medical attention?
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