Re: [QUAD-L] free LASIK for quads

[Eric Olson]

My wife, nephew and best friend had it done with no problems.  If your corneas are thick enough, you can have the procedure repeated multiple times.  All the people I mentioned got the lifetime of free redo's should the need arise.  A word of caution.  Some less scrupulous doctors may not tell you that lasik does not avoid what I call old people eyes.  Just as glasses wearers often need bifocals when they get older, people that have had lasik often end up needing reading glasses when they get older.  So getting rid of glasses completely may not be possible.  The younger you are when you have lasik done the less likely you are to need reading glass.  I'm 39 and already at the ago where I need glasses for distance but have to take them off to read something.  It's still worth it for me though.  There is one possible solution for people like myself-monovision.  You have lasik done on one eye.  Hopefully, your brain will rewire itself and you'll be able to see far and near.  If not, you have the other eye done. I contacted the organization the article mentions and they found a surgeon that is part of their program.  Unfortunately, it's a 5 hour drive.  I think I'll keep saving and have a doctor around here do it.  Eric Danny Hearn wrote: Have any of you ever had this Lasik eye correction surgury? It is  nice that this program is doing it for free for quads. I was interested but after reading about people that have had it done, it seems some do great but others get worse off than they were.                                                                                                                   Dan Tim Syfert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Focus On Independence Program Offers Vision Correction Surgery to Quadriplegic Patients Refractive Surgeons Robert K. Maloney and Daniel Durrie, have teamed up to help launch a national program, called Focus on Independence, in which eye surgeons provide LASIK or vision correction surgery at no charge to quadriplegics. This program was recently highlighted in New Mobility, a publication for the physically disabled.   http://www.spinalcord.org/news.php?dep=1&page=6&list=706     Celebrate Earth Day everyday! Discover 10 things you can do to help slow climate change. Yahoo! Earth Day