[OLD REGGIE]

Actually, I had radial keratotomy over 10 years ago, and I see just fine.

I have been very nearsighted all my life but to this day I can still see very well up close. (within a couple of feet). I find myself reading without my glasses while the television is on. If I hear something interesting I must hunt for the da----d glasses and usually get them on by the time the interesting part is long gone. If I'm on the floor cleaning up my cat's hairball I take my glasses off, make sure I get all the mess clean, and then kneel on them.

A few years ago I asked my son in law, an outstanding opthamologist, about radial keratotomy. His answer was (paraphrase) "we don't do that for old geezers like you."

[Judith Anne]

I had 20/900 in one eye (left, the good one) and 20/950 in the other. I was wearing contacts and glasses in order to see, and radial keratotomy was a miracle for me.

The doctor would only do one eye at a time, in case there was a complication I would still have some pitiful amount of useful vision.

This has beem a miracle for me. Now the only concern is, for a high myope like myself, the risk of sudden blindness from retinal detachment. So far, so good.