I had lasik surgery on nov.22 1999 at LUS by a fellow was that a good call on my part? the fellow didn't tell that i would loses some vision for reading and other things. i have read some of other question posted by others. it sounds the same having good vision the first day 20/20 than lossing some ,dry eyes,blurry vision. whats next that my doctor/fellow didn't tell me in the following weeks.

Loss of the ability to read without glasses can occur if you are over the age of 40. As you probably have noticed, people begin to wear reading glasses or switch from regular glasses to bifocals after the age of 40. This is because the eye begins to lose the ability to focus at close objects. To explain - pretend a 50 year old person is wearing contact lenses for perfect distance vision. This person would have difficulty reading, so would use reading glasses when examining a newspaper. If this person was "near-sighted", he could pop his contact lenses out and potentially read (but then his distance vision would be poor). With LASIK, you basically reshape the cornea so that the vision is similar to when wearing the contact lens. So for this person, LASIK would result in excellent distance vision but difficulty with reading without reading glasses.
Now - some people wear one contact lens set for distance, and another set for near (this is called monovision). This is often well tolerated, and can let a person see both distance and read with out glasses. Of course, if someone with monovision had to do a lot of reading, a pair of reading glasses would be helpful and more comfortable. If a person is a successful monovision contact lens weared, he can consider having 'monovision LASIK", where one eye is set for distance and the other is set for near.

I hope this helps answer your reading question

Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL

It seems that your reults are pretty typical. I agree with Dr Trattler with regards to the loss of near vision.
As far as surgery by a fellow at LSU, it certainly is a reasonable thing if you feel comfotable with him or her, and if the attending physician is supervising. You usually get a good deal too.
So what to expect...it may take up to 3 months for vision to stabilize. At that point, you can be assessed for possible enhancement.

why do alot of people say they see good 20/20 the first day and then drop to 20/25 are less after the first visit.