Borderline candidate - going for second opinion

[ImNotThatGirl]

Hi everyone,

I recently had my pre-op testing done by my optometrist to see if I'm a candidate for Lasik. My optometrist said that it looks like I'm a good candidate except that my pupils are slightly large (which may cause glare/haloes after surgery), but that I was just barely over the cutoff so it may not be a huge issue. The main concern was my dry eyes. He ran 2 tests to test my tear film stability (one where he put a strip of paper under my lower eyelid, and another where he put yellow dye in my eyes). He said that my tear film replenish rate was borderline (13 seconds is considered good; mine were inconsistently around 5-6 seconds....if they were consistently 3 seconds, he would have said that I was definitely not a good candidate).

He suggested that I have a 2nd opinion with the ophthalmologist who will actually be performing my surgery. But the fact that my dry eyes are borderline still makes me nervous, even if the surgeon says he feels ok doing it. Has anyone had experience with being "borderline" dry eyes, and going through the surgery anyway?

I have my consultation with the surgeon next Tuesday, but I just wanted to get everyone else's opinion.