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[Esther Lumsdon <estherlist AT gmail.com>]

I don't expect to get rid of glasses.  I expect to be able todecode what I see outside the edge of glasses.  If you have -4.0 diopters of correction, you see what I mean.  One of my eyes cannot get corrected to 20/20. 

If I needed only -1.0, and astignatism were smoothed , I could use prescrip cycling glasses.

Esther

On Oct 14, 2010 10:39 AM, <Childers.Paula AT epamail.epa.gov> wrote:
> Esther,
>
> I've had several friends who've had Laser eye correction surgery. As I
> understand, the risks include "starring" in your night vision, clouds,
> scarring (if you get an infection, especially), etc. The more severe the
> necessary correction, the greater the risk. Since it's still your own
> eyes, if they are changing with age, even if lasik corrects you to
> "bifocal" normal for now, your eyes will keep changing and you'll still
> have to wear reading glasses at some point. I think it gets "sold" as a
> miracle cure, but the reality isn't so miraculous. Something like 20% of
> people get some kind of side effect from the surgery, and plenty of people
> still have to wear glasses afterward.
>
> All said, I'm staying with glasses. Isn't it hip to be a geekgirl with
> glasses?
> Paula
>
>
> internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote on 10/13/2010 10:14:11 PM:
>
>> From:
>>
>> Esther Lumsdon <estherlist AT gmail.com>
>>
>> I am thinking about LASIK procedure. Currently, the surgeon can edit
>> the cornea to basically do a bifocal correction.
>>
>> I wear bifocals. I have -4.0 nearsightedness and astignatism. If
>> you've had LASIK, and your vision was like this before, I would like
>> to hear about your experience.
>>
>> In particular, I'm worried that I don't know what the risk factors are
>> for the poor outcomes, other than thin cornea.
>> thanks, Esther Lumsdon
>> --