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Bassslapper wrote:
> I had my procedure back in June and so far have had no post-op
> complications, not even dry eys. My vision is 20/15. Night vision is
> fine. I can see/read/drive fine.
>
> Ace, no offense, but ot insist that everyone will become
> symptomatically presbyopic in their mid-40's to 50 is a little extreme.
> And I do lots of reading and my profession requires acute, clear close
> vision. And who the hell really needs to see to brush their teeth? What
> are you looking for? Are your glasses so powerful that they allow you
> to discern microscopic plaque build-up?
>
> On those occasions that I lost one contact and had to go around with
> one I hated it so I doubt monovision would have been a viable
> alternative for me. Poking myself in the eye with my glasses was the
> icing on the cake.
>
> Since I found ortho-K to be an inconvenience and annoying, I would
> hardly label it a success even though I could see during the day. Also,
> by evening my cornea was already reverting back to it's natural myopic
> form so I was having blurry distance vision by evening. And I may not
> have been "blind" but my vision was poor enough that it affected my
> life in an adverse and negative way.
>
> The bottom line is after 23 years of visual prison, I can see close,
> far, up, down, sideways, and at whatever distance without corrective
> eyeware. Isn't that enough? This constant barrage of negativity is
> getting old. This is why I have not logged onto this forum in a month.
> I have been liberated, thrown away my visual crutches and embraced the
> world with my newfound vision. My family and friends have noticed a
> change in my attitude because I am not obsessing over my crappy vision
> anymore. I am not throwing money away on glasses, contacts, solutions,
> and optometrists anymore. I CAN SEE!!!! That which was taken away from
> me at age 14 was returned to me at age 37.
>
> When you can take your glasses and smash them under foot or with a
> sledgehammer, it is the most exhilerating, liberating feeling out
> there. Gotta go, football is on and I want to enjoy watching it clearly
> from across the room ;)
Sorry but presbyopia is a fact. You knew about this and by getting
lasik, was prepared to end up in readers in a few short years if you
want crisp near vision. You did say distance is more important and the
tradeoff would be worth it(to the tune of $4000 and risks)
You were -4 when you got orthoK. This is the limit of what orthoK can
treat(with a 6mm zone) so its no supprise the results lasted only 8
hours before starting to revert. But then its still far better than no
correction! You hate glasses and contacts much more than me, so much in
fact you went around without correction! Yes you did free yourself of
distance glasses and ended up dead on plano. There is alot of
negatively on lasik. Even you werent convinenced of the safety and long
term results.(neither am I) But I guess you just had enough with
glasses and slightly blurry UCVA when not wearing glasses that you just
didnt care anymore and decided to take your chances with lasik. I am
not a risk taker and all the negatively on lasik makes me wonder why
some still are willing to risk lasik, especially if they are informed
as I am. Im sure something better is due in the near future that will
displace or replace lasik. In the meantime, I will give orthoK a shot
that will nearly eliminate my glasses dependency(without needing
readers) I am 24 so ill still not be old when something better and
safer comes out. I guess you are at a different point in life that you
just want to enjoy what is out *now* before you get so old nothing will
matter anymore.
You still havent answered what your prescription was at the time of
getting lasik
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