Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

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Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:24 am


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Re: Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

Unread postby ilios » Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:17 am

I heard that Monika Pyrek got LASEK surgery in 2005 or 2006. It is different surgery. More complicated than LASIK. But looks like she is well and jumps high. :dazed:

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Re: Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

Unread postby Bubba PV » Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:31 am

Masters record holder, Allen Williams had it also. He told me in Sydney that it really helped. I think it's in my future too. Bubba
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Re: Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

Unread postby VaultPurple » Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:39 am

I saw somewhere that Hartwig got it right after a no height due to a contact malfunction.

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Re: Melinda Owen is going to get LASIK surgery

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:10 am

http://lasikblog.typepad.com/the_lasik_ ... -gold.html

Olympic hopeful pole vaulter, Melinda Owen, traveled to New Jersey this week from the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California to get LASIK. Hailing from Montana, one wouldn't expect Melinda to be such a proficient pole vaulter. She was a 2007 NCAA All- American while attending Idaho. Melinda placed 10th at the Olympic Trials and took a Bronze Metal at the 2009 National Indoor Championships.

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