When a friend of mine needed Lasik it was relatively new so we flew up to Canada of all places to get it done. I had to stick lotion on his eyes in the middle of night and stick these bee looking aluminum things on him. Then drove him back to the airport next day. The Hotel probably thought we were gay but since it's Canada nobody cares.Show Image(http://www.eyeshieldtechnology.com/images/Products/DuoShield/G972A.jpg)
i'd love to get lasik surgery but i'm convinced something will go horribly wrong.
I was a contacts wearer for 10 years, but eventually i became too lazy even for that.
When my optician/optometrist had unsuccessful LASIK, my enthusiasm vanished with the clarity of his eyesight.
Especially when you don't have a spare.
Toric lenses suck.
I'm into the hipster look. Big Glasses are BACK!
But I don't want to look like a hipster so I'll stick with my old ones.Show Image(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4755247511_04230bca92_z.jpg)
kishy, have you inserted a squirrel in your butt?
kishy, have you inserted a squirrel in your butt?
...can't say that I h...OH I GET IT!
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kishy, have you inserted a squirrel in your butt?
Actually, looking at YOUR avatar....
Has she recovered after seeing you clearly for the first time?
i'd love to get lasik surgery but i'm convinced something will go horribly wrong. NYT had an article on this not long ago, profiling some lady who had persistent "dry eye" and blurred vision after getting it done. That article prolly scared off a lot of folks (like me). Of course she was in the minority, but its a terrible minority to find yourself in. So I'm too afraid. But who wouldnt want to get rid of bulky glasses. Every few years I'm always tempting to take the chance and then talk myself out of it. My glasses are nerdy but they work 100% of the time. Except when i sit on them, but then they're cheap to replace too.
I was a contacts wearer for 10 years, but eventually i became too lazy even for that.
Keratoconus FAQ. (http://www.intacsforkeratoconus.com/index_faq.php)
No LASIK in Oqsy's future. I might get to wear some dead person's corneas, though!
Every day I feel more disconnected from the seeing world. I have RGP contact lenses, but my eyes are always dry, and they are the equivalent of putting fingernails against my eyeballs. Not bearable in the least. I've recently started Restasis for the dryness, so hopefully the contacts will become bearable soon.
I'm beyond the help of glasses. I'm wearing mine now, but it's more for psychological reasons that vision correction. I guess they do still help my left eye a bit.
My brother had LASIK years ago and has had no problems or complaints after the first few days of "itchiness" and "weird blurriness like halos around light sources". All of that resolved quickly and he's better than 20/20.
I recommend always finding the BEST ophthalmologist / optometrist, even if that means some traveling or personal expense, and doing LOTS of research before getting any procedures performed on your eyes. Finding a patient of that particular doctor that has had that particular procedure is a big plus, because you can find out what negative experiences they had, if any.
I'm going to take some fish oil and flax seed to try to boost my tear production.
Peace.
Apparently, it doesn't work well for astigmatism and can actually end up worse, so I am stuck wearing glasses. I tried contacts, but Toric lenses suck.
I might get to wear some dead person's corneas, though!
The eye doctor with an eyeglass store in the same building told me I had astigmatism and needed glasses.
The eye doctor with no relationship with an eyeglass store told me there would be no perceivable difference and that my vision is pretty much as good as any glasses could help it be.
While it is true that I tend to see 8s and Bs (and other combos of course) as the same thing at certain distances, when they set up the big lens thing that they can dynamically change which helps identify the specs for your glasses (not sure what it's called), there was no setting which corrected it or even made it slightly better. Odd.
Interestingly I have no problem at all reading the electronic signs on the front of buses several blocks away.
The eye doctor with an eyeglass store in the same building told me I had astigmatism and needed glasses.
The eye doctor with no relationship with an eyeglass store told me there would be no perceivable difference and that my vision is pretty much as good as any glasses could help it be.
While it is true that I tend to see 8s and Bs (and other combos of course) as the same thing at certain distances, when they set up the big lens thing that they can dynamically change which helps identify the specs for your glasses (not sure what it's called), there was no setting which corrected it or even made it slightly better. Odd.
Interestingly I have no problem at all reading the electronic signs on the front of buses several blocks away.
As I understand it, astigmatism is where the eye shape is not quite round but oblong or oval in some way causing a slight distortion or doubling of focal points that would ordinarily be one point, which differs from the all around blurry that is more traditional near or far sightedness? (where I guess the focal point is not as narrow?) So therefore the correction for astigmatism would have to be specific to the actual shape of the eye as opposed to varying magnifications or adjustments of focus on a spherical eyeball - and this also why contacts for astigmatism have to be weighted to always lie in proper alignment with the distortion?
The eye doctor with an eyeglass store in the same building told me I had astigmatism and needed glasses.
The eye doctor with no relationship with an eyeglass store told me there would be no perceivable difference and that my vision is pretty much as good as any glasses could help it be.
While it is true that I tend to see 8s and Bs (and other combos of course) as the same thing at certain distances, when they set up the big lens thing that they can dynamically change which helps identify the specs for your glasses (not sure what it's called), there was no setting which corrected it or even made it slightly better. Odd.
Interestingly I have no problem at all reading the electronic signs on the front of buses several blocks away.
Has she recovered after seeing you clearly for the first time?
Instead I see this pattern of dots, with the real one in the middle
I thought those were fairies.
Pixies are more mean-spirited and sneaky, right? From Celtic folk tales?
i think you're thinking of Sprites.
i think you're thinking of Sprites.
I keep seeing trolls actually... even with my glasses.
Pixels, however, are quite noble and kind, until they die. The negative energy of the dead pixel then dominates all the living pixels around it until all you can see is the dead pixel. A real downer, those dead pixels.
lol, thats just geekhackers. we live under bridges.
The pixels on my monitors never die because I use CRT's.
My CRT's have also passed the time test (Once it's 15 years old it's pretty much immortal).
Pixies are more mean-spirited and sneaky, right?
No, that's pikeys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9XQvJX6OiA).
what is that? tv show? looks good.
Awww... I thought you were going to say MaoDonalds looks like a good place to eat at.
I actually made that picture for a game... you play as mr. creosote from monty python's meaning of life and have to get to mao donald's, whilst avoiding falling bowls of rice and walking mao zedongs.
lol, sounds like a fun game, tho i was referring to the pikey video