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Most-recently modified on 15:12:49 17-May-2002.
My friend Sonia went in for LASIK eye surgery on 20 Feb 2002. The surgery was performed at Teplick Laser Surgery Center.

See my surgery pictures as well.

The annotations here are written by Sonia, with her first-person perspective. As this is not normally the case for the pictures in this archive, I've added this annoying additional note.
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Various friendly pictures
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The Man again. Dr. Teplick. He's smiling, so the operation must have gone fine.

About this time I glance around and -- my god -- I can SEE. Clearly. Distance. I'm overwhelmed, I'm astounded, I'm moved. I cry a little, which is good, because keeping my eyes wet is important now.

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He's checking it all out now to see how my eyes look. Yep, both of them are still there.
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We're both smiling. I feel fantastic.
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Stylin'! I can see Randal take this photo. Yes!
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My eyes are tired, so I'm keeping them shut a lot, but I can talk just fine. I call Devin to tell him the operation is done and I'm great.
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Friend Edward watches out for me for about an hour until Marti gets here to pick me up.
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Next morning! I'm back at Teplick's for the post-op, and they have me Take Off The Shades for the first time!

I am so happy with my new eyesight I could just bust.

(Marti has had perfect vision all her life. She is happy for me, but she doensn't quite get what all the fuss is about. La dee da.)

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Here I am with Randal, who took all these pictures (except this one.) I owe him a great big and warm thanks for taking me through this, for being there for me for what has been one of the most profound and moving experiences of my life -- seeing clearly.

Thank you, Randal.

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So, do I still have eyes? Yep. Check out the artwork on the wall behind. Nope, I don't get it, either.