I decided against getting lasik eye surgery.

[caty]

For over ten years I have worn one contact lens in my right eye. I am near sighted, but can read without glasses. When I wore glasses, I could not read with them on and was constantly taking them off to read something and then putting them back on. My eye doctor suggested wearing one contact so that I could see far away with that eye and still read with the other eye. It's called mono vision. It's been working great. However, there is some discomfort at times wearing the lens.

So, I went to see about getting lasik eye surgery today. I wanted to get just the left eye done. That is the eye I have the worst vision in. But, the doctor wanted me to get the right eye done. That's my best vision eye and I don't want to take a chance of damaging it. And, there are risks. I had to look over seven pages of warnings and sign them.

Now, I was already hesitant about getting my right eye done instead of the left one. But, half way through those seven pages I just stopped and said, "No, I'm not doing this". I will just keep doing what I am doing. I didn't mind rolling the dice a little bit to correct my worst vision eye--the left one. But, I'm not taking that chance on my best vision eye.

If it ain't broke--don't fix it.

[ThomCat]

1. Not a bad choice.

Surgery is becoming so common that people don't think twice about it. But if it's not necessary then it's just not necessary.

[mtnester]

2. See another doctor

I went a few years ago, and the doc ONLY wanted to do my worst eye. My left was horrible (nearsighted) but my right was damn near perfect. He said we would not need to touch that one, as it was unnecessary.

Also, doing only one eye put off reading glasses for quite a while as I had "mono vision" for awhile.

However, you do have to choose on what you want corrected...your inability to see close or far...as a person who has worn glasses since I was eight (30+ years at the time of my surgery) I chose to have my nearsightedness corrected.

I sobbed for days because I could see clearly. Those who have always seen things blurry without glasses will understand...the stars, the cars across the road, I could read street signs, see the TV scroll clearly...etc.

I don't mind wearing glasses when I do desk work but when outside and active, it is great that I do not have to worry about glasses (slippage, breakage, losing them, etc).