I have this fear that when I finally decide to get Lasik surgery...the big earthquake happens just when I'm under the beam
I'm not vane, so I don't mind wearing glasses. Eyes go bad because the muscles that focus get older and weaker with time. I need two prescriptions in the same glasses. One for seeing far and one for up close reading. The reading part is a magnifying glass, so it makes working on and seeing small things with tiny detail pretty easy. I can thread a needle with ease, for example.
My brother was diabetic and got LASIK. 10 years later he went legally blind. Now you've heard negative things.
Doctor gave me too much of the wrong medication and my eyes became so sensitive to light that I had to wear sunglasses at night. Thanks Corey Hart. It was so bad that if I left my eyes open to long in the dark the smoke detector battery light would permanently burn my pupils. Eventually, they got my blood levels back and I was taken off the meds..... but not before I gotten multiple inner infections, lost my balance for the better part of a month and used a bottle of TheraTears a day. I recently got some floaters in my direct sight of vision.... but I don't give a shit, as long as I can walk and see in the daylight, I'm fine!
My father and mother in law both got lasik because they couldn't see far away. Five years later and they needed reading glasses and can't read anything close up.
The same happens with lens transplants. You pick your prefer distance without aid. Most people opt for seeing unaided at a distance, and reading glasses for short distance. It would really suck for picking up a fast ball or reading the turn of the seams for curve as the ball traverses through the change range.
I wear my sunglasses at night.... Cuz when you're cool like me, the sun shines on you 24 hours a day. FAMS!
I wore glasses from the time I was 2 years old (they thought they knew a whole lot more back then, when actually they didn't know shit). Eventually, as an adult, I actually ended up needing them. About two years ago I had cataract surgery. My vision is now 20/20 (20/15 with corrective lens). It feels like an absolute miracle.....though my reading vision is terrible. But I love not having to wear glasses for distance. Before anyone tries lasik, make sure your eye doctor checks thoroughly for cataracts. It's a way better option if you can qualify....
So do I, and I'm nearly twice your age. Talk to me if you still have perfect vision in 15 years, whipper-snapper.
