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1 posted on 04/20/2009 12:49:33 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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My husband and I both had Lasik surgery about 5 years ago. We had excellent results as well.

Our doctor has free tune-ups should we decide to go through it again. While it was quite simple I don't know if I could go through it again.

I am a big baby and even though there was ZERO pain, the knowledge of what they are doing sends me over the edge. The 1/2 valium they gave me wasn't enough to keep me really chilled. It took the edge off but I could have used the other half.

We have both - hust recently - had to buy "cheater" reading glasses but that is very minor.

2 posted on 04/20/2009 12:54:23 PM PDT by ninergold3 ("Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?" -Mark Lowry)
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Wish lasik was covered by my vision plan. Makes sense to me since in the long run it’s cheaper than the money they pay every year for contacts/glasses.

Course on the other hand I may be less apt to go to the eye doctor every six months if I could see fine so may end up not paying for the eye insurance and just self insure


3 posted on 04/20/2009 12:55:15 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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Leave the mouth and nose uncovered and you could see better, but you could also count on an early departure in time to catch the tail end of the breakfast buffet!

And if you hold out a little longer, you catch the TALE end of the breakfast buffet.

"You shoulda been here earlier. The cornbread was to DIE for! Uncle Harry went back fifteen times and every time he filled his plate with cornbread and sweet butter."

4 posted on 04/20/2009 12:55:51 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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What are you hunting?


6 posted on 04/20/2009 1:09:53 PM PDT by Free State Four
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I always think of the Opti-Grab from “The Jerk”. One day all of these people who had laser surgery are suddenly going to become cross-eyed.


7 posted on 04/20/2009 1:11:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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A thumbs-up here as well. Been five years now and it changed my life. I was 20/300 in my power eye, and the opthamologist mentioned the "T" word - trifocals - and I decided what the heck, the price of the operation was only five pairs of glasses if I didn't.

Thrill number one was dropping my glasses in the recycling box on the way out of the operation. Thrill number two was waking up the next morning, sweeping the hotel curtains back, and seeing a seaplane land in Coal Harbor and realizing I could read the side numbers. Whoa.

It absolutely improved my shooting. And driving. Yes, I'm over 40 and do need reading glasses as they must have warned me about at least 50 times. Ten-dollar cheaters and I don't really even need them that bad. What a difference!

12 posted on 04/20/2009 2:15:24 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Im blind as a bat too but with my contact lenses I seem to have no troubles with fogging up or my time in the tree stand being affected.


13 posted on 04/20/2009 2:15:55 PM PDT by Frogtacos (It all went to hell when we started cooking outside and crapping inside.)
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