I wear glasses, but no way would I mess with elective eye surgery. Still, even with side effects, she should have kept going for the family who loves her.
Deciding on Lasik surgery is an example to teach young people: the time to be pessimistic about something is when the cost of failure is high. A 1 in 20 chance of damaging your eyesight is a bad bet. People that have Lasik done eventually need glasses again anyway so why bother.
I went for a visit to see about possibility of cataracts.
I was put in an assembly line,room to room to room,one had a film showing the benefits of Lasik,and then in the last room I was fast talked into Lasik and made an appointment.
When I got home my sanity was restored and I realized that I was treated the same way that a car salesman would have treated me.
I cancelled the appointment———that was 4 years ago.
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I’m with you on the whole elective eye surgery thing. Then there’s my sister. She had LASIK done around 4 or 5 years ago and is happy as a clam, to the point she says she is likely to do it again if she needs further surgery.
Not me. I’ll put up with dirty lenses...
I’ve been talking to some lefties, and of course reading DU where I get my laughs these days..
.. They are suicidal. This is not uncommon. I wonder if this young woman was part of them ? I read all the time about people wanting to end it, stop eating, divorcing and losing their jobs because of our President.
Which like I said.. makes me happy. But the suicides are real and that sucks.
I wore glasses from the age of 4, and never would consider any surgery. At about 50, I developed cataracts, and ended up having both lenses replaced. Both eyes are fine now, but I would never have had any surgery if it had not been a choice of surgery or blindness.
My wife has had cataract surgery and corneal transplants in both eyes, but we’re definitely apprehensive about her macular degeneration since there’s no corrective surgery for that. If she goes blind, I’ll take care of her, that’s all. (But I threaten to rearrange the furniture.)
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TV talking heads do tend to be “all about themselves.”