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LASIK eye surgery
Would you do it?
I'm finally a candidate. My eye doctor sent in a referral this morning to the clinic he uses so I can get more information.
Here's my background. I've had bad vision basically since birth. When I was 9 I got my first pair of glasses and was shocked to discover you were supposed to be able to see the design on the wallpaper from a distance - I thought everyone had to get really close to see it (by really close, I mean approximately 6 inches away to see it clearly). I annoyed my parents and sister by reading every single billboard along the road for about 8 months because I finally could. I had never been able to see them before (and actually didn't know what they were until I got my glasses - that's how bad my vision has always been).
When I was 18, my eye doctor mentioned it the first time and said if my eyes stayed the same for a year, he'd do a referral. My eyes changed. And consistantly changed every year thereafter until I turned 28. Three years later and they have not changed once. SO I'm finally a candidate (technically after one year they will do it but since my eye dr knows my 22 year history, he wanted to wait to be completely sure).
I am legally blind without corrective lenses. But apparently my eyes are perfectly healthy and in great condition other than the obvious inability to see. My eye dr thinks that they could actually give me 20/20 vision for the first time in my life. I would most likely need reading glasses eventually but if my vision distorted to needing glasses beyond that, the lasik clinic would fix my eyes again for free.
SO if you were me, would you do it? The money isn't an issue - my dad had put back money in a CD for me to have it done when I was 18. The cost has actually gone down by a LOT (almost half) since then so my dad will get some extra cash in his pocket if we cash out the CD for me to do this.
I'm definitely leaning towards doing it.
Re: LASIK eye surgery
Mike had his initial correction done in January and just had a "touch up" done a week ago. He went from wearing a -8.0 prescription to having 20/20 vision. With vision as bad as his was originally, it's rare for them to get it to 20/20 in the first shot, which is why he had to have it again. Even after the first surgery (it brought him to about a -1.25 prescription, but he never wore glasses for this) he said it was absolutely worth it. No real pain during the procedure, but he couldn't fall asleep afterwards and his eyes burned for about 3 hours or so. This time they did the surgery at 8 PM and he crashed out right after, so he didn't have to deal with the pain.
My contacts prescription are only -1.75, so not horrible by any means, but I'm getting lasik done in early 2011, as soon as I can re-fund my HSA.
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