Dishler Laser - Blog

Although Franklin D. Roosevelt was talking about the "great depression" when he uttered these famous words in 1933, they have come to symbolize a much greater range of ideas. It may be apropos to remind ourselves of these times since we are now going through what has been called the greatest recession since the depression, but this post is about something else entirely. After more than two decades of performing vision correction procedures, it is obvious to me that virtually everyone is afraid at some level of having their eyes operated on even with the amazing advances that allow this to be a relatively safe and painless procedure. Everyone has a different way of dealing with their anxiety and their method to overcome it in order to achieve a goal of improved vision. While we as doctors cannot and should not completely relieve this anxiety, we can temporarily reduce it by appropriate preoperative medication and full and accurate disclosure.