I would highly recommend not using Dr. Boothe.  The man is rude, egotistical, arrogant, unprofessional, and uncaring.  He yells at and threatens his employees within earshot of his patients (I witnessed this in the operating room, of all places).  He has no personality and no people skills.  The only thing you'll get out of him is specifically what you ask him, so you'd better hope you know the right questions to ask.  He's really only interested in getting your money and offers you a discount if you get your procedure done the same week you have your first consultation.  Don't fall for this -- you really need to take the time to research this and make sure you're making the right decision.

I sit in front of a computer all day, which I told Dr. Boothe.  He told me I was a good candidate for LASIK, specifically the mono vision procedure.  I definitely was not a good candidate.  After having this procedure done, I could not read my computer screen at a normal distance -- I had to sit practically right on top of my screen to see it.  A normal viewing distance for a computer screen does not fall within the 18 inches or so that is considered the ideal reading distance.  I absolutely was not a good candidate for mono vision, and I eventually had to have it reversed so that now both eyes are for distance.  Now I have to wear reading glasses, usually even when using my computer.  I think he'd tell you anything to get your money.  I knew this was a risk going in with this procedure, but no one in his office (including Dr. Boothe) ever really explained to me what a compromise it is to have mono vision.  They did some quick simulation that lasted 30 seconds or less to supposedly give you a feel for what it will be like, but it's not a real world demonstration.  You will not see as well at any distance (with both eyes open) as you would with progressive lenses, the main problem being mid-distances past 2-3 feet or so.  Independently each eye worked pretty well when I'd cover the other eye, but together they just drove me crazy.  I was told later by one of his doctors after having this procedure done that what they shoot for with this is giving you what they call 'good functional vision.'  I can tell you that for me it was neither good nor functional.  It was awful.

My right eye (for distance) was never right after the initial procedure, and they had to redo (they call it an 'enhancement') it after about 3.5 months.  It was so bad that they had to prescribe glasses for me to use when driving prior to the redo.  It seems to be fine now, but I had to start all over again with getting my brain used to the mono vision.  However, it just never worked for me, and they reversed my mono vision by turning my left eye into a distance eye about 6 months after the initial procedure.  In general, I can now see much better than I did with mono vision.  In general, my distance vision is much better now, particularly outdoors during the day in sunlight.

However, four months after the mono vision reversal I am still having some difficulties with my vision indoors and outdoors at night as a result of my left eye (one reversed from being a reading eye) in anything other than bright lighting (I can cover my left eye and the problems go away), but Dr. Boothe didn't seem to care about this and didn't even want to listen (at least his other doctors I first met with that day did listen before passing me on to see Dr. Boothe).  He told me that I was seeing 20/15 that day in his office and that I should be 'damn happy' with my eyesight.  I live in the real world, and it does not consist of staring at an eye chart from 20 feet away all day.  I told him I could see pretty well outdoors in bright light but that I could see better indoors in many situations when I used to wear glasses.  Things are just not as sharp and clear with my left eye in these situations, and I seem to have some nearsightedness with it still and see ghosting/shadowing/doubling of bright objects.  The difficulties I'm having are real, but he didn't care.  He was just concerned with meeting his contract obligation of 20/20 vision.  He dismissed my concerns as me being a whiner and not knowing what I was talking about.  Why would I complain about something that was not real?  It's not like I enjoy having a corneal flap cut multiple times and then having my eye blasted with a laser.  He also basically called me a liar when I told him the first person I met with at my initial consultation (actually their finance person) told me that LASIK would allow you to see 30X  better than any other vision correction method.  I know what I heard.

He also herds people through his office like cattle.  Expect to be there for at least 2 hours even for a simple follow-up visit.  There are almost always dozens of people in the office at once waiting, and you'll get shuttled from room to room many times and wait in various waiting rooms during all of this.  It also seems that a lot of the people you talk to have had to have their eyes redone for whatever reason, and many of the people I talked to who had the mono vision procedure done were also having a lot of difficulty with it.

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