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We´d like to say thank you to all our pacients, who agreed to share their feelings and experiences with the eye refractive surgery.

Jiří Menzel

Film director

When you find heart to a change, your life may become more beautiful. Some for the sake of it get married, some emigrate; I have thrown away my glasses. I wore them since my early age, and I was always bothered with those rims. They were being in my way, they were spoiling my life. When I was a boy, they took away from my self-confidence, I could not fight properly, nothing had left for me than to lie in books at home. But even then my glasses were always broken, spliced with sticking plaster. Later on, at puberty, with first attempts of kissing, one was always made to awkwardly realise that there was something on his nose that stayed in way. And even later on, in certain moments, one had to solve another embarrassing problem: the dilemma of what was to go down first - the glasses or the trousers.

But today, thanks to the wonders of modern medical science, the laser and dextrous hands my nose has been lightened, my eyes liberated, I am eagle-eyed, my self-confidence has risen. Taking my friends' advice, I underwent a surgery performed by professor Kuchynka. I know no better specialist in Bohemia. It is thanks to him that I am looking at the world without the glasses.

Barbara Nesvadbová

Writer,general editor Harper´s Bazaar

When I was a secondary school student in my last year, my vision started to blur and I suffered from headaches. Near-sightedness – this was the verdict of physicians from the Vinohrady Hospital in Prague . “This is infuriating. Not only is she bandy-legged but she’ll also be a four-eyes," said my father. How encouraging! What a great compliment for an adolescent girl! I wore contact lenses from the age of fifteen until the age of thirty-two. One good thing about it was that I could perplex my occasional lovers with green eyes. I kept my blonde hair but changed the colour of my eyes every two weeks. Hate, pure hate - this was what I felt towards my glasses, without exaggeration. “They suit you so perfectly,” enthused those who met me by accident and saw my glasses. “An interesting intellectual,” said university professor Černoušek to me when I tried to hide the sty in my eye with glasses. What a terrible nickname! Why should it be me who always wanted to be like Barbie? :-) However, there are some funny stories, too. For example I had to be pulled on board the boat when scuba diving – and nearly suffered a heart attack - when I confused a shark with a stone. Or I used to say hello to complete strangers. Obviously, I was yearning for good vision all the time. I didn’t want to grope around hotel rooms. But I couldn’t cope with the idea that someone would cut inside my eye. This was unacceptable to me. I don’t know how or why but my resistance to the surgery suddenly disappeared. I started to collect data about the surgery. I found after some time that nearly every other friend of mine had already undergone the surgery. So I plucked up the courage ... The only thing I regret now is that I didn’t have enough courage to go for the surgery earlier.

Vlastimil Zavřel

Actor

What made you decide to undergo eye surgery? Glasses. I was annoyed that I had to put them on my nose every morning and have them on until the evening. I had to take them off many times in the evening because of my job and then I could not see the audience or even my colleagues. And this was annoying. Were you afraid of the operation?
Of course. I was afraid that the surgery would not be successful. Because I am no hero, I was afraid most of all that the surgery would hurt. What made you decide to undergo the surgery at our Clinic? An advertisement on the radio when I was driving. That time I was just thinking about undergoing surgery like that. So I made an appointment at your Clinic. The first meeting with your staff and environment made a positive impression on me. Today, I am happy that I did not switch the radio off that day.
How would you describe the change which came about after your surgery?
The change was quick and pleasant. I began to enjoy ordinary things, their shapes and colours… Simply, I am enthusiastic about the acuity. And what did the surgery give me? It improved my mood! What would you recommend to someone who is still hesitant about the surgery? Stop hesitating and go for it!

Jaroslava Rytychová

Ex-model, journalist, manager

I wanted to get rid of my glasses. Although many people told me my glasses suited me very well. I was near-sighted since puberty but did not have many dioptres (2,75). This was not for aesthetic reasons as many of you may think, but for purely practical reasons. I just wanted to see my children who kept shouting at me and I was not able to understand what they meant because I could only see blurred contours and did not understand their gestures. I wanted to cuddle my children without my glasses falling from my eyes, which I then lost and had to search for with great effort, losing time and finding them broken to pieces or even crushed. I also used to lose my glasses. So when I lost my favourite, very expensive, red glasses with frames that ere made in France, I finally took the plunge.
I should have done it earlier. It took a long time before I plucked up the courage. I was afraid of pain. Eye surgery is surgery on your face (my face that people know). However, I found that this was a purely mental problem. Now I know that the hands of surgeons lead a very precise “almost perfect eye robot” that turns your eyes into the eyes of a hawk.
Glasses are costly. When the cost for all the glasses I ever bought, including fashionable frames (I did not use lenses), is calculated, the amount of money for the operation is almost negligible.
Since 2006, I have not needed to wear glasses. Thanks to Dr. Sylva Procházková, Dr. David Klečka, Dr. Petr Novák and all the wonderful nurses, I feel like a human being who has just seen the whole world in its entire beauty. I can see the things I did not see with my glasses even if I tried hard, and I also see my 3-year-old twins playing in a distant playground. I have a new driver’s licence – without the note “glasses required when driving”. At last, I can wear dark sun glasses (without being afraid that I’ll stumble over the first curb) and feel sometimes as if I am a “film star”.

Adam Bednařík

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight Operations Officer& Commercial Pilot

Having my eyesight operated was a step that I had to take in order to achieve my career goals. As a pilot having good eyesight is a fundamental prerequisite in order to meet my medical requirements. In the end the decision was simple because it was mandatory.
My eyesight was not extremely bad but it was not sufficient to pass my 1st Class Medical that is required of an Airline Pilot. I also disliked wearing glasses as they restricted me during my sport activities. Contact lenses were of course less restrictive but it caused me a great deal of trouble inserting and removing them from my eyes.
In my case I did not have time to have many second thoughts about the operation. From the time that I found out that I would need this operation to the time that I had my first eye finished, no more than a week had elapsed. Of course one has some fear of the outcome but it did not play a role in my decision to undergo the operation. I was more afraid that I would be required to miss some days at work, which in the end turned out to be completely the opposite case.
Once the decision was made that I would undergo the operation I started gathering information about where I could have it done. I then visited all these places after which I decided to have it done at your clinic.
There were two main factors affecting my decision were to have this operation preformed. First of all I was in a rush as time was a big factor for me. I simply did not have time to wait a month or so till I could get on the operating table. Secondly and more importantly, I must admit that I am some what of a bad patient. I truly despise going to the doctor's office and at the sight of a syringe I start to feel a bit faint. Due to this it was very important for me to be in the presence of friendly and professional staff that would be taking care of my wellbeing. From the beginning the staff here has been just that which made me feel very comfortable. The office is also very comfortable and inviting and one does not feel like he/she is in some hospital but it's more like being in the reception of a nice hotel.
I remember the first morning after the operation. I was lying in the bath and I was looking in astonishment across the bathroom reading the names of various creams, deodorants, etc. It came to me as an absolute surprise that already after just one night I could see with such clarity, it just simply astounded me. Also considering that this was my first day after the operation, I had a lot to look forward to.
At the moment I work in a very large collective of curious colleagues and friends, and I must have heard the questions "how do you see now" and "how do they perform the operation" a million times. I start out by describing in detail the entire operation. Most everybody begins to think that this is something that they could not go through with but when I tell them that the operation takes but a few minutes they quickly start listening again. I then tell them that the morning after the operation I could already see almost perfectly and that I also went right to work without having to miss a single day. Just about everybody finds that very impressing as that is on the top of almost everyone's list. It's then a matter of everyone to calculate for themselves how much they spend on glasses, contacts, etc. yearly and they can easily find out in how many years the operation will have paid for itself.
Recommending someone who to trust their eyes with is very difficult as everyone has different needs and expectations. I my case I needed to have this operation done as soon as possible, which for most people is not such a great factor. What is and important factor for just about everyone, and is something that your clinic has achieved with an A+, is the professional and friendly attitude towards your patients. After seeing first hand all that can go wrong in the Czech Health System, I am glad that this clinic is an example of all that can go right if there are good skilled people at the controls. This clinic has definitely impressed me and therefore I can recommend it to anyone.
If you are thinking of undergoing this operation because of personal, career, or for what ever other reasons I can surely guarantee that you will not regret it. My only regret is that I did not decide to do this earlier and that I waited till my career made the decision for me. Either way I am very happy that this technology exists in nowadays and it would definitely be a shame to not take advantage of this opportunity. Eyesight is the way we see the world and it is one of our most important senses and we should take good care of it as best we can.

Petra Eliáš - Voláková

TV Prima moderator

Since I was eight years old, I suffered from short-sightedness that kept worsening at all times. When I grew up, I had already more than four dioptres. I could not use glasses in my profession, so there was no choice but contact lenses; however, wearing them for a long time irritated my eyes very much. When I did not have my glasses or contact lenses on, it seemed to me that I was "blind". I could not recognise anybody, I could not read signs in metro. With contact lenses, strong lights, sprays or smoke tormented me while I was photographed.
When I discovered an article on laser eye surgery and on the current methods used for the treatment of refractive errors, I became interested in it. Appreciative words from my colleagues and patients that had been operated before, as well as the consultation with a surgeon that was to operate my eyes later, helped me to decide whether to undergo the surgery. I must say that the whole team made an unbelievably pleasant, nice and professional impression on me. Though I am extremely afraid of any medical interventions whatever, they succeeded in persuading me that there is no reason to feel worried. They were able to answer any of my questions, and they strengthened my opinion that I had made the right choice. And today I cannot but confirm it.
Of course, I was afraid of pain, of complications, of getting blind, of how long it would take before I would be able to go back to work ...
The change that came after the surgery was amazing, indescribable, incomprehensible for a person that has no problems with the eyes. The fact that you awake in the morning and can see perfectly even without glasses, that you can recognise people around you, that you can read the smallest letters, all this is an unbelievable joy and freedom. I consider my having decided to have my eyes operated as the best and the wisest thing I have made in my life. The feeling that you have while leaving the operation theatre with no pain and already seeing better than before, is the best one that I have ever lived through.

Mgr.Robert Pergl

Racing Driver

I had been using glasses since early childhood and I never got used to them. As I remember, I exchanged them for contact lenses in secondary school. But it was just a half-way solution, mainly during sport. Racing means quite a large acceleration load and sometimes a lens happened to move. There is a very fast and long curve in Istanbul, where it happened in almost every round. Anybody can imagine that at speeds over 200 km/h it's not ideal to have imperfect vision, moreover if you need five dioptre lenses. That’s why I had been thinking about laser eye surgery for quite a long time, but naturally, like anybody else I had worries. But the more information I got, the less I feared it. At the beginning of 2009, during the winter race break, I had surgery, which was fast and without complications. Now I can see much better than ever and who knows, it might have helped me when I was among the winners in this year’s first two Ferrari Challenge races.

Kathryn Havlová

Student

Seven years ago my sight was impaired dramatically. It was clear that I would never do without glasses or lenses, and I just refused to accept it. Besides a headache and permanently irritated eyes, the most annoying thing was that my defect restrained me. Wearing contact lenses curtailed my freedom. You always have to consider the fact that you can wear the lenses only for a certain limited number of hours (i.e. you cannot stay out longer than you have planned), you must not swim with contact lenses (so you see nothing in a swimming pool or when diving), and you cannot even take a nap (no one-hour siesta after dinner), and you always have to maintain hygienic conditions when handling them (which is very difficult when you go camping). For an individual who lives an active life and makes spontaneous decisions, the above-mentioned aspects are great limitations. I collected all the information about the LASIK method for several years. So I knew what was ahead of me. But my fearful “ego” was a bit afraid that I would still have some dioptres “left”. But this was not the case.
Now, after the surgery, I feel free and enjoy life to the full after all. It may sound like a cliché but I really do.

Michaela Rýzlová, M.D.

doctress

I wore distance glasses from the age of 8 or so. Initially, I wore them only for distance vision but later when I was a secondary school student I had to wear them permanently. I decided to undergo eye surgery after hesitating for many years and gathering medical evidence that the surgery wouldn’t harm my eyes. I finally made up my mind after our two children were born and I felt wearing glasses was a burden. Finally, I plucked up enough courage to make an appointment with a doctor at the Refrakční Centrum Praha (Prague Refractive Centre) who was recommended to me by one of my colleagues and dear friends.
I was very surprised by the friendliness and kindliness of the Centre’s medical staff. First, I was thoroughly examined and then informed about the course of surgery.
The truth is that my fear of the surgery was much worse than the surgery itself. The procedure lasted approximately 2 hours (it was an out-patient surgical procedure performed in the afternoon) of which the surgery itself lasted about 5 minutes and was absolutely painless for the entire duration. After returning home I felt for the first and last time that something had been done with my eye because I had a slight burning sensation in it and it watered a bit. However, if you listen to the doctor’s recommendations, this sensation can be coped with easily and the next morning you will wake up to a new world – a world without glasses. My vision is still good (0 dioptres in both eyes, 2 months after surgery). The only handicap is a mild persisting halo around lights I observe at night or in the dark. One realizes this soon when driving a car at night but it’s possible to get used to it and I hope it will improve with time.
Finally, I would like to tell all of you who are still hesitant about undergoing this surgery that the fear of the surgery is really much worse than the procedure itself.
Today I am happy that I worked up the courage to undergo the surgery and the main thing is that now I can see the world as sharply as never before and enjoy it with my children. It’s worth it.
P.S.: I would like to thank all the members of the Centre’s team – all the nurses, Dr. Klečka (who was very kind and patient in answering all of my questions) and the amazing chief physician, Dr. Petr Novák for his professionalism. Thank you very much.

Libor Kodad

Dramaturgist,film director

I used to have 7 dioptres and I could not even move without my glasses or contact lenses. I have very active life (I dive, play squash, ski). As any other person who wears glasses knows, dioptric glasses are an annoying complication when you play sports. About ten years ago, I started to use contact lenses. Definitely, they make my life easier. On the other hand, they also impose certain limitations, like glasses. For example, putting lenses in every morning was always difficult for me or I also had to remember that I could not stay out longer and have glasses in reserve. Although my eyes are not hypersensitive, I had to remove the lenses after 12 hours. And this is annoying when you are not at home but somewhere else. I was thinking about the surgery for a long time and knew that I would undergo the surgery one day. I remember exactly the day when I made a definitive decision: my glasses for 12,000 crowns broke and could not be repaired and I was also running out of contact lenses. I did some calculations and got it clear.
When I had only very limited information about the surgery, I thought I might lose my sight during or after the surgery. Even some eye doctors told me this. I started to collect information and found out how the surgery is performed, to what extent the result of the operation depends on instrumental and human factors, what is the probability of a fatal error occuring, etc. As I am no hero, I have to admit that I was afraid before my first eye was operated on. However, one month later, I looked forward to the operation on the other eye because I knew what was ahead of me. I knew what it was like to see sharply with my eye.
The change after the surgery is huge, and you experience it on the very next day after the surgery. It is a small miracle when your eye is able to focus, you start to recognize numbers, numbers and letters on number plates in a car park across the street and you see every day by comparison that your vision is improving. I wore glasses since I was 12 and got rid of the habit of wearing them approximately one year after the surgery. My habit of shifting the glasses along my nose and the movement I used to remove my glasses before going to bed for many years persisted for about half a year. So the surgery gave me not only sharp sight but also freedom, freedom of movement, freedom in sports and other activities such as driving a car, travelling, etc. Paradoxically, because of the surgery I now fear more for my eyes. I think I protect my eyes better than in the past.

Kateřina Lojdová

Actress

When our twins were born – glasses began to be a great restriction for me. I refused to take them off. What if I missed any of our twins’ clumsy movements and was not able to “protect” them from falling down, etc.? Believe it or not, cuddling both two-year-old twins at a time is like putting your life at stake, and the glasses’ earpiece stuck in your eye is nothing enjoyable. When our twins made a perfect game of "throwing biscuits behind mum’s glasses” I said enough was ENOUGH. In addition, practical aspects of wearing glasses were also bothersome. For example, I had no spare glasses at hand when I needed them, it was almost impossible for me to protect my eyes with sun glasses – darkening glasses with my number of dioptres were not available, I moved with uncertainty, I had a feeling I would fall down the stairs even though I had glasses.
Reduced glass thickness and quality glasses cost me a fortune.
I have never had such glasses that my eyes would not hurt when I was tired.
Eye-associated migraines were horrible, sometimes I wanted to beat my head against the wall to stop the pain.
I used to have sore cheeks and nose because of glasses with heavy glass,…/.
I made a definitive decision regarding eye surgery after the examination when the operation was recommended to me as a suitable solution at my age to correct my defect. Since I did not have a complex about wearing glasses, I let things drift. When deciding where to undergo the surgery, I took the following aspects into account: the good reputation of the laser centre, personal recommendation by my friend who was operated on by Dr. Novák and spoke highly of him and the result of surgery, recommendations from my friend who is an eye physician, and a good impression from the first visit (nice and clean environment, you do not wait in a waiting room for ages, you are told what will be done with your eyes, you have the feeling that everybody – nurses and physicians – likes the work they do, that it is up to you whether you decide to undergo the surgery or not, no one will force you into an operation to make a “deal”,...). After the surgery, I was favourably impressed by the long-term care and thorough follow-up of the results of surgery.

Of course, I was afraid before the surgery. I thought: “What if the laser ‘slips’ and I go blind?" When I obtained all the available information about the operation, I understood that it would not ‘slip’. I was interested not only in the results of the surgery but also in the duration of recovery, what may happen in 15 or 20 years after the surgery, what experiences are in this area.
The change after the surgery was like a miracle to me. Whoever has not gone through it, will not understand it. Suddenly, you have a feeling of lightness and security. Again and again, I was surprised that I could read various markings across the street, the time on the clock, that I could recognize friends in the street and did not need to guess who was coming towards me only by their gait or typical movements... After so many years without glasses, I felt a bit ‘naked’ but also younger – this was a pleasant and unexpected surprise. When wearing glasses, you look smarter but older. From a certain age, I can look a bit naive and a bit young. By the way, 3 months after surgery I still touch my nose inadvertently to align my "sliding” glasses. My husband also told me that I do not have puffy eyes any more, they were probably caused by pressure exerted by glasses on my cheeks (I did not notice it but all right then). My migraines also disappeared (now I understand why I had them).
I am fascinated by what current medicine can do. I am fascinated that I live in a country where physicians are able to perform the surgery and that I could undergo it.

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