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3 weeks after lasik with Dr. Holzman @ TLC
Tomorrow it will be 3 weeks since I had lasik with Dr. Holzman @ TLC Tysons Corner, and I am a 100% satisfied patient. Thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience over these few months (had to go through a 2 month glasses period since I had used contacts for 2 decades). Wearing the glasses part was the most difficult part of the entire process, everything else was a really smooth experience.
One of the best things that I liked was a flat fee that covers all visits, post op checkups, etc. TLC facility is very nice – enjoyed all the time I spent there. (Nice teas and coffees 
).
The most interesting part for me was how I got to TLC on the day of the surgery 
I took a bus from home to Vienna metro, metro from Vienna to Dunn Loring, a bus from Dunn Loring to Tysons, and then walked about half a mile. After the surgery, my good friend Tim gave me a ride back home. If you are reading this, shaking your head and thinking – jeez, I could have just taken a cab, then I will need to educate you a bit on my theory of relaxation (you can start here).
OK, so what about those side effects? Well, I had read a lot about halos, starbursts, tridents, wrigleys, sprys, etc (oh wait, some of them are chewing gums). And those side effects were really of much more importance to me than 20/20 vision itself. After my procedure, at least so far, I have had none of those side effects, and I am a happy camper. If at all anything (stop the shouting – I know you want to hear at least one!), I can only say that bright lights feel a tiny bit “uncomfortable”. That is it. And keep in mind, it has been 20 days exactly so far. My eyes are probably still healing. One interesting thing that I asked Dr. Burr after the surgery was – can a doctor find out if a person had had lasik simply by looking at their eyes, say a year after lasik? And her answer (which makes sense to me) was that it just depends on how the flap heals. Just like when someone get cuts or wounds, sometimes they can heal so well that after a few months it is impossible to know whether or not they had a cut, and in other cases, a visible sc
ar remains (which may not bother in any other way). Similarly, for lasik, in some cases the eyes can heal fairly well so that all scarring can go away. My one week post check up showed good healing of the flap, and her prognosis was that it would heal completely, and I am happy about that.
Overall, I can say that Dr. Holzman is a great doctor, makes you feel comfortable and relaxed about the entire procedure. If you are in the DC area and are considering lasik, I would highly recommend him.
September 16th, 2010
Contacting Me
A friend of mine reported that he couldn’t find a way to contact me. That is really weird and represents a phenomenal gap in my understanding. See, this page shows up as 1st or 2nd link if you search for “Amrinder Arora” on Google. I thought that was sufficient. However, my friend pointed out that he got to this site without a problem, just didn’t know what to do next.
Well well, a simple form to contact me is available now, although obviously you can comment on the blogs as well.
August 9th, 2009
A Service of Thanksgiving (Death of a grand canyon hiker)
This is in memory of Bryce Gillies, son of Randy and Warna Gillies who died on July 25th after being lost in Grand Canyon for 4 days. I am fortunate enough to be a coworker of Warna at the Bowie State University, and I am deeply sorry for this loss that she and her family have gone through.
There are no profound words of wisdom here, nor any insights into the mysteries of life and death, just a humble condolence to the family, that their son has touched lives of people that he didn’t even meet, and he is in our prayers.
One of th
e wonderful things that Randy mentioned in Remembrance is that one word everyone used to describe Bryce was “kind”. And when you his picture here, the kindness in Bryce’s eyes is so clear and overwhelming. One of the stories that was told was that when Bryce was in Yua, Ghana as a member of Engineers Without Borders in May 2009, he was faced with a challenging situation as the funding was decreased. He and a fellow team member sat late at night working on a new design for the project so that they could make the project succeed, as well as use less materials. Around 1 AM when they finally had a design that remarkably cut costs, they high-fived and excitedly remarked: “This is why we study.” Such simple words are an inspiration for all of us to live our lives. If we truly believe that the work that we do has an impact, and if we can make it have a greater impact, that, by itself is the reason to do it.
So long Bryce.