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Posted for <miriani33@charter.net>:
Lasik surgery has come a long way. If you are an acceptable candidate for
surgery (is your cornea thick enough etc), and you are treated by a skilled
surgeon your risk is less than one percent, risk measure being not corrected
to 20/20 without correction. Research is now out greater than 10 years.
Matt Miriani
AME
When I looked into Lasik in the late 90's, I could not help but notice that those advocating the procedure were themselves wearing glasses. The "less than 1%" risk sounds almost acceptable, but I am reminded of the fateful words of my grandfather from almost 3 decades ago, as he lay dying of cancer: "When I chose to forego further chemotherapy, I knew that my chance of survival was 98% I just did not appreciate that if I was in the 2%, I would be 100% dead not merely 2% dead."
For me at least, the inconvenience of glasses is far more acceptable than the risk of loosing or severely imparing my eyesight even in a single eye. Every individual has a different tolerance for inconveniences and a different aversion to risk -- for what it is worth, that is where I draw my line.
Regards,
Hamid
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