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| Bassslapper:
> Since I had the Lasik procedure done and have had much success, I have
> really had no need to go out of my way to contact my surgeon or eye
> doctor regarding what my prescriptions are. I give guestimates because
> I am not going to jump on the phone and call to verify the exact
> prescription just to post it here. They did tell me but, again, I
> cannot with 100% certainty quote it exactly. Next time I get checked
> out I'll obtain a copy.
No problem, this is fine. Do you remember your 20/xxx before lasik? Was
your UCVA measured? Do you believe you could have been around -3
perhaps?
> Vision can fluctuate and I am sure the times I was faithful to NVI
> showed me th most improvements but when I backed off things may have
> regressed. It's like training for peak competition, that ideal may only
> be temporairly attainable before regression to a more homeostatic
> position occurs.
Then whats not to say those who regress after lasik should just do NVI
than get enhancements? If its pseudomyopia, youll just end up hyperopic
and when you can no longer accomodate well, youll need bifocals.
> Your point of not getting Lasik because of potential complications vs.
> cost are correct and dulely noted. My point was there is a cost
> associated with any form of eye correction and anyone can present the
> numbers in a light favorable to their arguement.
The monitary costs pale in comparsion to the cost of risks. Something
we agree on.
> You need to experience Ortho-K firsthand to really get a feel for all
> the pros and cons. It is not the utopia you seem to believe but I hope
> it works for you. If you can tolerate Ortho-K it will be less of a
> hassle then glasses but unfortunately there are a lot of "ifs" involved
> and you won't know until you try it.
You are the one with experience so I cant argue much. From the sounds
of it, its less a hassle than glasses and im fine with this. Even if im
not happy with orthoK, I have glasses to "fall back" on. I guess the
fact you hate glasses a hundred times more than me has played into your
decision why you risked lasik and why in my opinion I think people are
crazy to risk lasik.
> You prefer distance glasses to readers, I prefer the potential for
> readers over distance. We agree to disagree. I do lots of things thaqt
> require distance vision to where it is profoundly inconvenient and
> annoying to wear glasses, more so then things I do up close. Given
> that, I did what I felt I neede to do to rid myself of the
> inconvenience of corrective eyeware.
I use my eyes for near 80% of the time and for distance 20% of the
time. Therefore it is logical to me that its a very bad tradeoff and is
why I prefer an undercorrection even with orthoK as this will achieve
the greatest reduction in glasses dependency. Not only that, my
distance vision will be to the point I can go without distance glasses
much of the time as well. So overall im looking at 90-95% reduced
glasses *without* needing readers nor straining to see something up
close. I guess my lifestyle is different than yours.
> The fact that you have the time to research previous posts to find out
> what my quote vision was on a given day makes me wonder if you are
> independently wealthy and have too much time on your hands  Your
> resilience and passion are comendable but, speaking from personal
> experience, after banging your frustrated head against the wall there
> is only so much you can take before you finally give in. That is how it
> was for me with myopia and Lasik. 6 years of NVI and 23 of myopia were
> enough. I still do NVI for my strabismus but now I can see the beads on
> the string.
Took me one minute to find them. I have a high IQ(sorry Serebel) and by
memory, I could easily search out your posts. I remember your poking
your eye with the glasses frame was the final straw that broke the
proverbal camels back. Im sure alot went thru your mind at that time.
You just didnt care anymore and lasik begin to look good and you were
prepared to deal with whatever lasik gives you rather than countinue
wearing glasses. I hope you dont hate reading glasses as much when the
time comes. I hate readers much more than distance and it is the grace
of my myopia that I can take my glasses off to read. I will retain
between -1 and -2 with orthoK(doubt a full correction is possible
anyway and I dont care. Ragnar thinks orthoK isnt for me but ive told
him I dont care for a full correction!) -1 is a nonissue and -2 is
hardly a big deal. I dont drive much but I read everyday.
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