Testimonials

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could take in all life has to offer without the restrictions of glasses and contact lenses? Brad Johnson felt the same way, restricted by his vision, until he had iLASIK surgery.

“I didn’t start wearing contacts until I was in my 20’s,” Brad Johnson, a manager of the Seattle Spaghetti Factory, begins to share his vision experience. He remembers wearing glasses starting at the age of 12, and after 10 years, thinking about having LASIK vision correction. At that time, he stopped wearing contact lenses and went back into glasses to improve the health of his eyes and prepare to have surgery.

The hardest part for Brad about having to wear some form of correction is simply it is always a hassle. He was constantly thinking about his vision. Mr. Johnson had a very demanding schedule, between school full time and working evenings, and his contact lenses seemed to consistently irritate his eyes and his eyes were usually tired by the end of his long day. With glasses, it was difficult for him to play sports or even do daily ins and outs because his glasses would fog up and he felt they were constantly slipping down his face. Even a month after having LASIK surgery, he still finds that every once in a while he will put his finger up to the bridge of his nose as if to push up the glasses that are no longer there.

Mr. Johnson is an avid sports player, he notes most specifically that he feels when he is pitching that he can see the catcher’s glove better than ever before. Brad is not limited to just baseball though. He enjoys golfing, bowling and team sports to mention a few. Brad notes having good vision with glasses and contacts but not quite as sharp or as crisp as his new vision after surgery. “It’s great to have perfect vision without the restrictions!” Brad raves. Especially with playing sports Brad notices that it is so nice not to worry about glasses fogging up or the possibilities of losing a contact lens.

“I feel a 100% improvement in the quality of my vision. Everything is easier.” Brad shares that he took for granted the simpler things in life before. “It is so great being able to wake up in the morning and walk out onto the back porch and not have to get my glasses or put in my contact lenses.”

Brad’s biggest reason for choosing The Harman Eye Clinic is their reputation. “My mother and my brother had surgery at The Harman Eye Clinic and seeing that they still have excellent vision years later was a reassurance about having surgery.” Brad also mentions his grandmother wanting to help him be free of his glasses and asking him to come here. He was not disappointed. “It actually feels like you care about your patients and it’s not just an assembly line.”

Brad enjoys his vision and the freedom of glasses and contact lenses. Brad also relishes the fact that he will not have to pay for another pair of prescription glasses or order contacts again!

Mrs.Marie Sorenson ”For the past four years my cataracts have curtailed my lifestyle without even knowing it,” raves Mrs. Marie Sorenson. “I avoided driving at night for fear of getting lost on roads that I was not familiar with. I drove only on well-lit roads so I could see the street signs, and that was difficult.”

Mrs. Marie Sorenson describes her pre-surgery vision as having Vaseline over them. She observes, “Colors were not as bright. Fine lines were difficult to see,” Mrs. Sorenson loves to read and because of the cataracts her eyes tired easily, making reading a chore.

While hiking, Mrs. Sorenson was referred by her trip-leader who is a pilot and President of the Pilot Association. He told her that she needed “to go to a place where that is all they do and know exactly how to do it, and that place is The Harman Eye Clinic.” Mrs. Sorenson believes in referrals and from the moment she stepped into our clinic, she realized his words were true.

“The decision to have a Refractive Lens Exchange was easy, we have limited years on this earth and there is so much beauty out there”

During her procedure, everyone really listened and talked her through everything from the nurse to Dr Ballon, communication was evident. Her biggest fear about the procedure was the thought of seeing only blackness and what it would be like without the old lens and not being able to focus. “It wasn’t like that at all.”

On the way home from surgery, she was able to see the digital clock in the car. She also reports seeing the bright orange Home Depot sign. These were colors that she was not able to see for the past three or four years. She did not realize how much her vision had decreased due to having cataracts.

Her husband now refers to her as ‘eagle eyes.’ Seeing an individual pick up a dime that was on the ground was something she couldn’t believe. Traveling at night has improved. She also likes to speed read and now enjoys doing that again without her eyes getting tired. She refers to her new vision as having HD TV all the time.

She is so happy with the results of her surgery/ RLE (Refractive Lens Exchange) at The Harman Eye Clinic that she shares her story whenever she can and was glad to share it with me. She would like to tell everyone not to put off the decision to have surgery.

“The monetary value is not comparable when you are able to see so much of the beauty and color that God has given us!”

Ms. Carolyn Hutchens has been recruited as a member of the refractive team at The Harman Eye Clinic. When you make a phone call to The Harman Eye Clinic, she may be the one helping you toward your first step to improved vision! For more information call, 360.435.8595 or visit our website.