I've been nearsighted since I was 12. I'd love to get rid of my glasses. So
I've been keeping an eye on the various corrective surgeries. After due
consideration, I decided I don't want this surgery.
I'm a programmer/tech writer. I spend most of my time (both at and away from
work) in front of a computer. Being nearsighted, I don't need glasses for this
work -- only when I'm driving, watching TV/movies, or trying to find something
I've lost in my unbelievably junked-up condo. Although I have some astigmatism,
it's not enough to require correction when I'm using the dioptric correction in
my Stylus Wide, IS-30, or OM-4T.
Several years ago my lenses started hardening. As others have pointed out, this
is the fundamental problem with eye surgery -- once your lenses harden, you're
going to need glasses for close work -- which is what I do most of the time!
Uh-uh. No way. It makes no sense.
As my lenses hardened, the error actually became less, going from about -3 and
-2 to -2 and -1. The optometrist told me this was not at all uncommon. So you
could wind up needing reading glasses and losing your once-perfect vision!
I don't believe the problems are quite as bad as Ms. Steele indicates. However,
the chance of serious problems and the fact I'll lose "glassless" vision
precisely where I need and use it the most means I won't be getting this
surgery any time in the near future.
Now, if someone could come up with a chemical that would soften the lens...
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