Heh. I was 20/400 in one eye, 20/425 in the other.
It's a freakin' gift, I tell ya. I won't call it a miracle, but it's close. Kurt On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:52, Erik Goldoff<[email protected]> wrote: > I had lasik in August of 2003, prior to that I had the coke-bottle looking > glasses, going back as far as second grade ... It wasn't perfect for me, > but still good, 6 years later and my vision is about 20/40 , compared to > over 20/200 or worse ( I don't remember ) ... > I do suffer from dry eyes now way more than before the Lasik, but that > doesn't happen to everyone. My biggest complaint is that this wasn't > available to me when I was in my 20s, sure would have changed my social and > athletic lives for the better ! > > process literally takes only minutes total once you're preppped. Kind of > funny, they told me to take off my glasses so they could sterilize my face > around the eyes ( we don't want infections, do we ? ) using betadine, > iodine, or somesuch ...and I was worried about losing track of where my > glasses were because you cannot put them back on after they apply the > betadine ... after the lasik procedure, they rinsed my eyes with saline and > sat me up, and guess what ? > > I COULD SEE !!!! > > > Erik Goldoff > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > ________________________________ > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: The "Duh" Question of the Day 8/4/09 > > Yup, I'm probably a good candidate, eyesight for distance hasn't changed in > several years and I only have a slight astigmatism. It's nice to hear from > others that have had it done. I'm only considering it now because I'm > starting to need reading glasses some, and I don't want bifocals. I've > never had any kind of surgery, so the thought of something being pointed at > my eyes and I am going to be semi aware of what is going on really freaks me > out. I'm a wimp, I can't watch when I give blood or have to have blood > drawn for a blood test, I have to look the other direction. > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Let us know what they say… if you are a good candidate, I think you’ll >> love it. ALtho it won’t help with the color issues.. >> >> >> >> -sc >> >> >> >> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:35 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: The "Duh" Question of the Day 8/4/09 >> >> >> >> I think I officially became an old fart a couple of weeks ago when I >> finally installed Office 2007. The font color in most of the office >> applications is way to light for me to see....it's rather annoying and a >> co-worker who is the same age as I am did the same thing and he's >> complaining about the same thing, so I don't think it's just me. Why is the >> font color and size setup like that Microsoft? And now with this new >> monitor it's even worse... >> >> I've got an appt. next week for a preliminary exam for lasik eye >> surgery...... >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
