Upgrades
Posted on: October 2, 2009
If you haven’t seen my post on Facebook, I had LASIK surgery done on my eyes today. The procedure was a complete success and after wearing eye glasses for 19 years, I am free and seeing clearly.
Being that it’s only been half a day since the procedure, I’m still in post-op mode. My eyes feel a little gritty but and there is a general haze or fog over my vision which will decrease to normal in the next few days.
I‘ve thought about getting my eyes adjusted for some time now but it’s not until our trip to Maui this year that i’ve put some real serious consideration to actually moving forward with it. The bottom line is that personally, glasses are a hindrance, not for any one specific reason, but a host of many lesser but important ones. {water sports, etc} The big one for me is being able to function in an extreme emergency like an earthquake. The Northridge quake in 1994 happened in the middle of the night and I remember how lucky I was to have located my glasses in the dark during the shaking. That might not be the case the next time.
The state of the art in laser technology is making the goal of perfect vision more easily attainable, especially in the hands and talent of LASIK pioneer Dr. Robert Maloney, who performed my surgery. My extreme gratitude goes to him and his amazing staff for their care and expertise. I did ask him for killer laser beams and x-ray vision but he kind of looked at me funny. It seems a rather logical request but maybe it’s just me.
To help shield my eyes after the procedure I was given a pair of Schwarzenegger-style sunglasses. Watch out. I can see all you aliens walking among us and me and Roddy Piper are coming to get you.