Originally posted by: LordSnailz
wow, congrats!
damm ... I'm so tempted to go ahead and do it ... it's so annoying to have to put on contacts for sports and remove them when I'm done. How did you find your doctor? I've looked and there are tons of people offering lasik and price ranges widely.
this is gonna sound a little sh!tty (#3 in paticular) but i did three things when looking for the doctor.
1) I called my hmo and found out if they have any discount programs available, mine did.
2) I got a list of all the doctors who do Wavefront Lasik
3) I called up the ones in the most expensive neighborhoods in my area and did a consultation with them
I figure that the best doctors for an elective surgery like this are probably working in an expensive neighborhood to capatilize on wealthy patients. I.E. would you rather goto a plastic surgeon in beverly hills or one in compton? i used the same logic.
I finally choose a doctor who was very open with me and had a good education and practice.
i didn't really care about the price tag until after i choose my doctor, then i did my best to get the best price.
my friend had his surgery the same day as me and he paid the full $4k post tax dollars out of pocket cause he didnt plan it well.