Glasses. I used to wear contacts, but my eyelids developed a hypersensitivity so the moment my contacts got the slightest bit dirty (i.e. in about 5 minutes) I would start having massive problems

Good heavens yes.

I don't think I actually near the legal bounds of "visually impaired", but it's still pretty bad. +2.75 OD, +3.50 OS, along with a good dose of astigmatism in both eyes

I've actually been considering speaking about it with my optometrist in a couple weeks! Not in a "do it sometime soon" way, but more a "is this a feasible option for sometime in the next 10 years" view.

I have not, obviously. However, my uncle had his eyes done relatively early on when it started becoming more commonplace. He's still had to get reading glasses as his eyesight aged, but he was quite happy with the results and continues to be.


SURVIVE? Probably. Would I have to undergo some major lifestyle changes and limitations? Definitely.


...What? I'm not sure what the addition of "edgar" means, but I would get laser surgery so that I wouldn't have to wear glasses any more. I prefer them to not being able to see properly, but I hate having the limitations on my viewing field and seeing the frames. I actually have MORE of a problem with the latter since going frame less, strangely enough. For some reason the refraction of the light as it hits the edges of the lens is far more distracting than my simply wire frames were!


That sounds like a damned good reason. I've been in that situation a couple times (ex. after taking a soccer ball in the face and getting my glasses all bent up) and it's quite unpleasant... I'd hate to imagine what I'd have to go through if I was stranded some where and broke my glasses beyond repair!!