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Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta
I made it!! I love it thus far!! My distance vision has adjusted well, it's the close up I am working on. I have my computer settings blown up and I still have a bit of a headache, 1.5 days now post-op...
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So happy for you!
Of course, if you're the one in 10,000 for whom LASIK doesn't work out, it's pretty catastrophic. But in the years since I've had it, I think they have learned the better candidates.
I started wearing glasses when I was five, and the hard contacts when I was 12. The thought then was that the hard contacts would act much like braces on the teeth, and keep my eyes from getting any worse. FWIW, they didn't. I eventually went to the soft contacts, then of course, LASIK. I still have monovision (no bifocals for me - ever!), and no regrets!
I reread this thread and want to say that my mother was legally blind at the time of her death. She had both glaucoma AND macular degeneration. She was on the protocol for the medication Preservision, so her AREDs didn't progress at quickly as many others at the time. However, when it did, she had to get shots in her eyes to stop the bleeding into the retina. I know it hurt her badly, and it hurt me to watch it. I honestly hope that I die prior to having to go through that!