1. Do you wear glasses or contacts? Should you?
I do wear them. Nowadays I mostly wear contacts, but as a chemistry teacher I wear glasses the days I'm in the lab (but I change when I get home if I'm going out running).
2. How bad/good is your eye sight?
About -3-3.5, slightly different for contacts vs glasses and left vs right eye.
3. Would you ever consider getting your eyes lasered?
Yes, but I've never gone as far as investigating it properly.
4. Have you had laser surgery? Are you happy with it?
5. Would you be able to survive without glasses or contacts?
Survive, yes. Stay in my current line of work? No.
6. If you would get laser surgery, what would your reasons be?
To get rid of the hassle of contacts. I prefer not to wear glasses as I do quite a bit of orienteering, where you need good eyesight while running.
One of my main reasons for getting surgery is that my eye sight is rather poor. If I ever get into an emergency situation without my glasses or contacts, I'm unlikely to be doing well.
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I am the Demon of Delightfulness and Sinister Smirkings!
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identity named after the Terry Pratchett of 18th century mathematics
So I'm getting my eyes checked today to see if eye can get laser surgery
24/06/2011 11:22:11 AM
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Oooo awesome!
24/06/2011 11:50:59 AM
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Well, sadly, I can only get the most painful procedure
24/06/2011 06:11:29 PM
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No, I'm nearsighted. I may have written down the 'scrip wrong though
25/06/2011 02:26:05 AM
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24/06/2011 06:41:08 PM
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24/06/2011 06:55:25 PM
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OOoh.
24/06/2011 12:57:06 PM
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Laser surgery was the best thing I ever did!
24/06/2011 01:43:47 PM
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Oh I always thought they don't recommend getting it done in such a young age *NM*
24/06/2011 05:32:51 PM
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24/06/2011 07:16:26 PM
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I've read it destroys your night vision. Do you need to drive at night? *NM*
24/06/2011 08:53:36 PM
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It can impact it (create halos), but not necessarily destroy it...
24/06/2011 09:05:42 PM
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I drive at night, but I do have a little trouble with halos...
24/06/2011 09:33:28 PM
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Re: I drive at night, but I do have a little trouble with halos...
26/06/2011 07:20:49 AM
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My night vision is slightly different.
26/06/2011 07:17:47 AM
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24/06/2011 09:40:30 PM
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I'm just going to skip current technology solutions and wait for Geordi LaForge visors.
25/06/2011 01:47:06 AM
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I've considered it
25/06/2011 09:30:16 AM
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