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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-05-08 04:01 pm

I swear, once I get a job

(and we've dug ourselves out of this hole) I'm putting as much as I can every paycheck towards eye surgery. I don't even want eye surgery, it sounds scarier than dental work, but at 43 I think I have to accept reality: I am never going to learn to reliably put my glasses somewhere they won't break and I won't lose them.

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I wish i could get the surgery but I've 3 strikes against it

[personal profile] disgruntledgirl 2025-05-07 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
1: My eyes keep changing and apparently I have to wait for my eyes to not change for a certain period of time.
2: My grandfather was one of the first people to get cataract surgery - it was still experimental and they learned don't leave the laser on that long. Pity they did it in both eyes.
3: My brother has a detached retina that needs repeated treatment so I worry that might cause problems with my getting the surgery.

But I DO want it. Despite how all prior surgeries have left me worse every time. One eye is near sighted and the other is astigmatism.