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[mmaria]

Without my glasses, I can see things at 20 feet/6 meters, about as clearly as the average person can at 800 ft/approx. 243.8 meters.
The floaters are tiny, nearly transparent things that just seem to "float" in your vision. A lot of people have one or two of them and they may not even notice them unless they "float" into just the right place. But I have so many that they ALWAYS obstruct my sight somewhat.

Take a clear plastic bag. Now draw a whole bunch of tiny little squiggly lines on it with a marker. Hold that up to your eyes. Then imagine those tiny little squiggly lines also MOVING around constantly.

That's what it's like to be me.

thank you for explaining me that, I was always wondering about it

 

[mmaria]

Without my glasses, I can see things at 20 feet/6 meters, about as clearly as the average person can at 800 ft/approx. 243.8 meters.

well you're way better than me

 

[bribrius]

had lasik like 15 years ago. I can drive and read without glasses but I still wear them because I see better with them and I get the tinting ones because my eyes are sensitive to light. I have noticed my eyes have gotten worse since I first had lasik as it has been so long, but are still quite a bit better I think than what they would be otherwise. And if I lose my glasses now it doesn't matter I wont freak out I can see anyway.

when I first had lasik I never wore them. Last couple years though my eyes are like 20/40 or something so a mild correction makes me see a little better.

 

[snowbear101]

Just out of curiosity, Marija, how do they measure vision there?

 

[Stradawhovious]

Her baby was a little over a year old.

One of my Exes was pregnant when I met her... we played on pool league together. Long story short we where shooting nine-ball one night about a month after she delivered, and the waitress came over... "When is your baby due?"

Her response, she looked her dead in the eyes and said "Last month, b*tch." then she turned around and went back to playing.

I couldn't help but laugh.

 

[Gary A.]

Bonjour Leaderboarders ...

 

[Gary A.]

I get asked that question all the time.

 

[bribrius]

yup, turned up + for a while now.

for a couple months I was going crazy because my eyes with the camera in focus was all over the place.
I found out that when I was pulling my camera out of the bag my finger was rolling the diopter dial .... I did one photo shoot where I had to rely on the camera's AF system totally as everything I saw was OOF.

Now I check focus once in a while in relation to the diopter setting.

how old are you?

I'm apparently a good candidate for lasik, but when you reach certain ages and have troubles like you do, makes you a not good candidate

having troubles with sight SUCKS!

you should seriously consider it. I had mine done in montreal. The pre stuff takes some time doing the measuring but the actual procedure I think took only ten minutes. Two days in a hotel room and I was driving home with no glasses. And I was one of those people that couldn't even stand putting contacts in but it was worth the ten minutes of freaking out. Other thing is the cost. Figure it cost me fourteen hundred I think, but I went years without buying contacts or glasses. Huge money savings. Imagine the technology is way better now it was still fairly new back then. I have contemplated seeing if I could get it done again.

 

[astroNikon]

I get asked that question all the time.

When are you expecting ?

 

[snowbear101]

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[Stradawhovious]

And those of you looking into lasik even if you are a good candidate, with present technology you only have a 10% chance of getting to 20/20 vision.

Read the fine print.

Personally I will stick with glasses until the success rate is a little higher.

 

[bribrius]

And those of you looking into lasik even if you are a good candidate, with present technology you only have a 10% chance of getting to 20/20 vision.

Read the fine print.

Personally I will stick with glasses until the success rate is a little higher.

There is only so much correction they are capable of doing.
it isn't about being 20/20, it is about being as close to that as you can. There isn't many people that are 20/20 even that don't wear glasses from birth. Even if you don't get to 20/20 if you don't have to reach around in the morning blind trying to find your glasses you are way better off.

 

[Stradawhovious]

There is only so much correction they are capable of doing.
it isn't about being 20/20, it is about being as close to that as you can. There isn't many people that are 20/20 even that don't wear glasses from birth. Even if you don't get to 20/20 if you don't have to reach around in the morning blind trying to find your glasses you are way better off.

I guess for me spending thousands of dollars for the liberty of not having to wear my glasses to find my glasses isn't carrot enough to chase after.

To each their own.

 

[sm4him]

Beatles: Drive My Car

 

[sm4him]

Jimmy Buffett: Everybody's On The Run