{"id":1189,"date":"2025-11-12T10:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/gregor-trave-dont-make-it-harder-for-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:51:15","slug":"gregor-trave-dont-make-it-harder-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/gregor-trave-dont-make-it-harder-for-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregor Trave: “Don’t make it harder for yourself!”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are your hobbies? Do you do any sports?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I do a lot of sports every day; it’s what you could call my hobby. I’ve been active since I was a child. I’ve been playing tennis for over 10 years. On school days, I play both tennis and volleyball.<\/p>\n\n

“Glasses have always gotten in the way during exercise.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n

Since tennis is an active sport, I have constantly had to either clean my glasses or keep them in place so they don’t break during activity. Contact lenses have never been a good option for me either because they tend to be rather uncomfortable and I can\u2019t keep them in my eyes for long. I’ve felt that the glasses have held me back when playing sports, but I couldn’t play without them.<\/p>\n\n

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30.10.2025 \u2013 Gregor’s last day with glasses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Why did you decide to have laser surgery at Silmalaser?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I decided to have laser surgery because I had already been thinking about it for a long time. I didn’t know much about it and no one around me had had the surgery either. As I just turned 18 this year, the possibility of laser surgery became more realistic. After that, various posts about Silmalaser started to appear on social media. I saw other people’s experiences, and it got me interested. With the free code, I decided to go for a pre-operative examination and see what it\u2019s like. As the pre-operative examination went well, I decided in favour of Silmalaser.<\/p>\n\n

How long did you consider laser surgery?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I didn’t consider laser surgery for very long because I knew I had always had the desire to have it, and that this desire would not go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

What stood out to you most about Silmalaser throughout the whole process?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

What struck me the most about the whole process at Silmalaser was that the preparation, the surgery itself and the recovery afterwards were all very patient-centred and professional. It was also very nice to get a call before the surgery to see if I had any questions or fears about it.<\/p>\n\n

What was your biggest fear before the surgery? What would you recommend for those who have a similar fear?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Before the surgery, I was a bit scared of the three to four hours after surgery, during which my eyes were supposed to feel quite uncomfortable. I would recommend to others the same thing that helped me in those first uncomfortable hours: I didn\u2019t make the experience any harder on myself.<\/strong> Yes, I felt that my eyes were uncomfortable and that they were watering and scratching. But I was thinking about how it’s really not that bad, and how it would all be over very soon.<\/p>\n\n

How did you feel after the surgery, when your vision had recovered and you could see the world around you without glasses? Did anything exciting or unexpected happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I felt very satisfied after the surgery. I was able to open my eyes properly for the first time only after I slept after the surgery, as I was not able to open my eyes immediately after leaving the clinic. Afterwards, I was very happy and wondered how it was possible that I could see so well without glasses.<\/p>\n\n

What has been the biggest change in your life thanks to the surgery?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

At the moment, the biggest change thanks to the surgery has been driving without glasses. Now I feel that I can see road signs from a distance even better than I did before with glasses. Of course, I haven’t gone back to training yet because of certain limitations after the surgery, but I think the biggest and most important change for me from now on is that I can do sports without glasses. I no longer have to wonder if I took my glasses to training, and now I can wear sunglasses in the summer!<\/p>\n\n

What would you recommend for those considering the surgery?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I would recommend that people thinking about surgery go for a pre-operative examination. There, you can get a thorough examination of your eyes, and if you have any questions or concerns about the procedure, Silmalaser staff can help you find the answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are your hobbies? Do you do any sports? I do a lot of sports every day; it’s what you could call my hobby. I’ve been active since I was a child. I’ve been playing tennis for over 10 years. On school days, I play both tennis and volleyball. “Glasses have always gotten in the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client-stories","category-laser-surgery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silm.orgo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}