This may or may not be construed as OT. I am asking this same question on
several different forums and discussion groups that I participate in. My
lifestyle (being outside, and active as much as possible), hobbies (cycling,
camping, hiking, spending time with my dogs outside), occupation (upholstery
and carpentry) are all impacted by the fact that I wear glasses. It is
South Louisiana and glasses are a real pain. Sweat, foggy, slipping on the
nose, the whole nine yards. Up until my early 40's I could wear contacts
and didn't need close vision correction. Well, the bifocal thing caught up
with me and contacts don't provide the visual accuity that I need to
maintain a high standard of detail in my upholstery.
Lasik has come such a long way, and we have an excellent doctor here who is
the area front runner, not the "guy who is the cheapest". I have an
appointment this afternoon for consultation. My best friend had it done,
and he says WOWZA! OTOH, I have a friend who works at a clinic and does
angiograms on eyes and says that Lasik failures are a small percentage of
the doctor's numbers, but if *you* are that failure, then your percentage is
100%. That's scary. I do know that close vision will still have to be
corrected with "readers" but that's do-able.
If anyone is offended by the off topic, I apologize, but I am asking here
for anyone in a similar situations, etc. who may have input, pros and cons.
Perry