the eyes have it

[jrtom]

I've been putting things in place to allow me to get laser surgery on my eyes for something over a year now. Today I finally made an appointment to get it done.

In my case, this is not going to be a trivial operation: my myopia is sufficiently extreme (about -12 diopters in each eye; I literally cannot focus two inches in front of my face) that they're going to use two different forms of LASIK (conventional and WaveFront) for the operation, and the chances that I'll have 20/20 vision afterwards, while probably better than 50-50, are not great. Hopefully the benefits will be worth the risk (and the cost)...but if nothing else, I should at least be able to function without corrective lenses, which I simply can't do now.

Crossing fingers...

Comments

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. But I'm still going to be kind of annoyed if I go through this (and pay the money) and then still have to wear glasses or contacts. It worked great for my sister, though, and her eyesight is almost as bad as mine, so I'm hoping it will work as well for me.

[red-frog.livejournal.com]

I am so excited for you! You're going to love it: it's amazing being able to see without contact lenses or glasses.

Use lots of drops during the healing. They'll tell you, but you've got to give me something to do here. :)

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

I am amused by the general tendency to italicize "see" in this context, as manifested by these comments. :)

As long as my vision is at least 20/40, I'm sure I'll be more or less OK with it. (What can I say?--I'm picky.)