So, how did the examination go?
Lasik will help my distance in both eyes, but my distance is not the problem as it's still good. If I did the Lasik, I would have to wear reading glasses, but the only way Lasik takes away my glasses is to go with mono-vision, as I had feared. One eye far, and 1 eye near. Lasik will need updates in the future at considerable expense.
Dr. Woodhams now does lens implants on 50 and up. I'm 47, and he said if I wanted it he would since I'm so close. Higher risk, as 1 in 1200 has a complication, and vision may never be better. They do 1 eye, let it settle in 2-3 weeks, and then the other. Advantage is that it's done, and never needs to be done again. Dreamy. Lens implant is good for everyone eventually, as the natural lens becomes hard, and foggy, know as cataracts, usually after 60.
So Lasik is a waste of money for me, and I'll do lens implants next yea, or the next, or.... The longer I wait, the better they get, and the lower the complications % goes.
How much you ask? An arm and a leg for 2 eyes.
Lasik $2350 per eye.
Implants ~$5000 per eye.
(My mom is 80 and pays $1300 per eye for implants next week, medicaid, damn government :
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