Laser Eye Surgery
05-02-2009 | 06:05 PM
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From: Kelowna, B.C.
I turn 60 this year and have to wear readers which is not so bad compared to bifocals.
Wearing glasses 100% of the time sucks. They fog up in cold weather when you come inside. The rain impairs vision as well. Depending on your vision swimming is done blind and scuba diving requires an expensive diving mask.
Life is much better without the wire and glass plastered on your face.
Besides readers are so much cheaper than prescription lenses. I always have plenty around. When I can't reach out and grab a pair, I know I need to go buy another 3 pack from Costco.
It good to hear that there does not seem to be much of an issue about degradation of vision after surgery.
p.s. A friend of mine had PPK surgery and it was hell! He missed almost 2 weeks of work. The doc talked him into it. I told him laser was the way to go but then what do I know.
Wearing glasses 100% of the time sucks. They fog up in cold weather when you come inside. The rain impairs vision as well. Depending on your vision swimming is done blind and scuba diving requires an expensive diving mask.
Life is much better without the wire and glass plastered on your face.
Besides readers are so much cheaper than prescription lenses. I always have plenty around. When I can't reach out and grab a pair, I know I need to go buy another 3 pack from Costco.
It good to hear that there does not seem to be much of an issue about degradation of vision after surgery.
p.s. A friend of mine had PPK surgery and it was hell! He missed almost 2 weeks of work. The doc talked him into it. I told him laser was the way to go but then what do I know.
05-02-2009 | 06:56 PM
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From: Smalltown
I need readers all the time now. I have bifocals (no line) which I wear at work, as I don't want to take readers off and on all the time, and I used them at night as they really help with night time vision issues.
Around the house, I use the cheap readers.
I won't like wearing glasses all the time, and I assume that day will come, but no eye surgery for me.
Around the house, I use the cheap readers.
I won't like wearing glasses all the time, and I assume that day will come, but no eye surgery for me.
05-02-2009 | 10:04 PM
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From: Medina, OH
I have worn glasses or contacts since I was 8. When I started to need reader in addition to the contacts I looked in to (no pun intended) laser. I went to the Cleveland Clinic but they told me my corneas were to thin for them to do the surgery 
Oh well, what's another few years with specs!
Oh well, what's another few years with specs!
05-02-2009 | 11:35 PM
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From: Plattsburgh, NY
Originally Posted by buckeyesue,May 2 2009, 09:01 AM
I didn't need any glasses until I was aged 44.
Then, I started needing reading glasses a little bit. I would just put them on when absolutely necessary. After a few years, though, that did not work anymore as I was constantly putting my glasses on and off.
So, I started wearing glasses all of the time. I got "no-line" biofocals. At first, I needed no prescription for distance, so the upper part of the lens had no correction.
As the years have gone by, though, my reading prescription has needed to become stronger, and there is now a correction for distance, too. In fact, a number of years ago, I had a hard time passing the driver's eye exam without my glasses, so now I have to wear glasses for driving. That was a very sad day for me.
I guess I should just be thankful that my vision can be corrected with glasses. It is hard to believe, though, that now I have been wearing glasses for nearly 20 years (I am now almost 60 years old.)
Then, I started needing reading glasses a little bit. I would just put them on when absolutely necessary. After a few years, though, that did not work anymore as I was constantly putting my glasses on and off.
So, I started wearing glasses all of the time. I got "no-line" biofocals. At first, I needed no prescription for distance, so the upper part of the lens had no correction.
As the years have gone by, though, my reading prescription has needed to become stronger, and there is now a correction for distance, too. In fact, a number of years ago, I had a hard time passing the driver's eye exam without my glasses, so now I have to wear glasses for driving. That was a very sad day for me.
I guess I should just be thankful that my vision can be corrected with glasses. It is hard to believe, though, that now I have been wearing glasses for nearly 20 years (I am now almost 60 years old.)
05-03-2009 | 03:45 AM
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From: Worthington, Ohio
Originally Posted by Lainey,May 2 2009, 10:56 PM
I need readers all the time now. I have bifocals (no line) which I wear at work, as I don't want to take readers off and on all the time, and I used them at night as they really help with night time vision issues.
Around the house, I use the cheap readers.
I won't like wearing glasses all the time, and I assume that day will come, but no eye surgery for me.
Around the house, I use the cheap readers.
I won't like wearing glasses all the time, and I assume that day will come, but no eye surgery for me.
But, I am too chicken to get the eye surgery, though. I also haven't really investigated it, but I'm not sure that I am a candidate for it anyway. I have astigmatism, and I think I have heard that then you are not a candidate for it.
I have tried over the counter reading glasses, but I just don't like reading with them as I do with my prescription reading glasses. I think that could be because of the astigmatism, too. I'm really not crazy about reading with my bi-focals either. I would much rather read with my prescription reading glasses. But, it is too hard at work to be constantly taking glasses on and off all day long.
I wear progressive bi-focals all day at work, but as soon as I get home I take those darn bi-focals off. I just wear my prescription reading glasses at home, because most of what I do at home is close-work. I spend a lot of time at home reading, including on the computer (did you ever guess that???) and also sewing.
05-03-2009 | 09:29 AM
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From: Delaware, OH
I had to wear glasses for distance correction from the age of about 14. In my late forties/early fifties I also required close-up correction for reading. Then, at about age 53 I passed a driver's license eye exam without glasses for the first time in my life. On my next visit, my optometrist confirmed that I did indeed meet Ohio's standard without glasses. Which is proof positive that the standard in Ohio is WAY too low. It would be unsafe for me to drive without my glasses regardless of what the dimbulbs at the DMV say.
05-03-2009 | 12:28 PM
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From: bolton
Originally Posted by RedY2KS2k,May 3 2009, 01:29 PM
I had to wear glasses for distance correction from the age of about 14. In my late forties/early fifties I also required close-up correction for reading. Then, at about age 53 I passed a driver's license eye exam without glasses for the first time in my life. On my next visit, my optometrist confirmed that I did indeed meet Ohio's standard without glasses. Which is proof positive that the standard in Ohio is WAY too low. It would be unsafe for me to drive without my glasses regardless of what the dimbulbs at the DMV say.
There was an elderly women in front of me for the test.
She couldn't even see well enough to even look into the machine never mind pass the test.
She also had a physical aid helping her around and she was trying to get her license renewed
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