Originally posted by jobob
I'm blind-as-a-bat nearsighted (-6.5/-7.0 )
I'm not trying to make this a competition, but -6.5/-7.0 is nothin'! I'm -11.5/-14!!!


I've considered lasik and talked to my ophthalmologist about it, but I'm not a great candidate for it. Contacts work well for me, but they aren't perfect. Bugs, dirt, dust, sweat and sunblock are all unpleasant problems, but with contacts they're even worse. I always carry a few of those disposable saline tubes in my camelback and have used them to wash out the crud a few times.

I do know quite a few people who have had the procedure and swear by it! One friend said the worst part of the whole process was the little device the used to keep her eye open.

I wouldn't go to one of those "discount" eye chopper places. Just be sure you go to a good doctor. Some are specialists in high mypoic cases ("blind as a bad nearsighted" people!)