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• "I get all anxious, because I'm reminded that my body is deteriorating, and also that if the shit went down and I was trudging through post-apocalyptica and my glasses broke, I'd be screwed!" I know exactly what you mean. That is why I got a spare pair. How often do you break your glasses anyways? I scratched one of the lens once, (back when I used plastic lenses,) and now I think I've had the same pair for 8 years, so I figure I'll die of something else, (cannibals possible, or more likely an infection,) way before I run out of usable glasses. Matthew D answered in Health/Drugs 2 months ago | Report 2 0 3 comments by ROM, Matthew D, and ROM… I've broken three pairs in the last 10 years. Two of those pairs started off as severely used pairs that I found in my parents' garage (belonged to my dad in the '70s). So the metal was already deteriorating. The other pair was my first pair - plastic Ralph Lauren. And they lasted like 4 years. Maybe I'd be more into keeping glasses if my glasses granted me powers, like ultravision. But for now all they do is correct my messed up eyeballs. And now we have lasers that can do that. I do wonder, however, if I would miss them. Are glasses part of my look? Do they have to be? The vast majority of my friends wear glasses. And shopping for them and trying out pairs can be fun. Would I start feeling left out? ROM commented 2 months ago | Report Not that I'm dissing the laser idea at all, however: I imagine that newer metal frames are better than the older ones, not to mention that they haven't been sitting in the garage for 40 years. And I'd stay away from plastic, the elastic deformation range is much higher in metal, and even in the plastic deformation range you can almost always bend them back. (In other words, I've sat on my glasses, and then I fixed them and nobody can tell the difference.) As of ultravision: I've got photo grays (they go dark in sunlight,) so they do more than just help my vision, they make it possible to check out babes at the beach without anyone being able to tell. (Track with your eyes, not with your head, and all that.) So I'd say that there are advantages. However, people that give me fashion advice tell me that they make me look like I'm 60. I suppose I could get prescription sunglasses, but then I'd have to change glasses all the time, and that would get old. I just wear them all day now and it doesn't seem like a big deal. Matthew D commented 2 months ago | Report I'm not into metal frames these days. I like plastic. I think 4 years is a decent amount of time. Plus styles and preferences change. I don't think I could go 9 years with one frame. But, at any rate, my frames now are exactly what I want. I'm not looking for new ones. Just looking for better eyes. And I've had photo gray action in the past, and wasn't too into it. It took too long to go back to normal after going inside. Plus I'd prefer to have my sunglasses look different than my regular glasses. I'm okay with switching out into the prescription sunglasses. ROM commented 2 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• Your insurance probably won't cover it (stupid insurance sees the surgery as purely aesthetic), but the money i spent on Lasik about 6 years ago was SO worth it. Like you, I was always feeling like glasses got in the way of my physical pursuits, so I didn't want to have to wear them anymore. Bottom Line: Eye Health NW, Dr. Kerry Hagen. The surgery was not painful, took about 15 minutes, and the Dr. and staff were super great. Good luck. autumn answered in Health/Drugs 2 months ago | Report 0 0 1 comment by akaplan98… Be careful = Lasik has a 'damage' rate. Published is about 1.5%, but unpublished is much higher. The flap never heals, and if you need an 'enhancement', yet more material of the eye gets zapped away. Ortho-k is much safer, frees you of day-time correction needs, and is being proven to help retard the progression of near-sightedness in kids. akaplan98 commented 2 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• I had my LASIK done at Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute in Tualatin. They were great, can't say enough positive things about them. http://www.pcli.com/ dimag05 answered in Health/Drugs 2 months ago | Report 0 0 Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• You may want Lasik but Lasik may not want you if.... your corneas are too thin, your pupils too wide, your eyes too dry. Before you go to a Lasik place, go to an independent eye doctor-one who evaluates if you'd be a good candidate for Laser vision correction. If you're not eligible, don't despair. There is always Ortho-k, which is what I do. bikefor1 answered in Health/Drugs 2 months ago | Report 0 0 Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.