Lasik evaluation

This afternoon I go to Denver for an evaluation to see whether I'm a good candidate for lasik surgery. I've been wanting to do this for years and years. I finally decided that it's worth the money. I've been having a lot of trouble with my eyes. In the fall, I had a scary episode that sent me to the emergency room. It turned out to be just overwear of my contacts, but it made me realize how sick I am of the whole contacts/glasses thing.

I got my first pair of glasses in third grade. By then I was already pretty blind. I couldn't see the blackboard at school, and I remember sitting in the audience at the Hall and how the speaker's face was just a blur. I didn't realize I couldn't see; I thought it was like that for everyone. My first pair of glasses must have been pretty strong. I remember how the sidewalk sloped downward and away so that I could hardly walk and how I was amazed at seeing the buds on the trees.

So here I am, 40 years later, and blinder than ever. 20/700+. I see fairly well with my contacts, and I have adjusted well to monovision (am hoping to have my lasik done that way also). But when I take my contacts out and put my glasses on, I can't see worth a damn. I often get headaches because of it. It takes days for eyes to adjust, so switching back and forth daily between contacts and glasses just doesn't work.

I'm going to be terribly disappointed if I can't have the surgery. I want to know what it's like--for the first time in my life--to open my eyes in the morning and be able to actually see. And no more dealing with contacts and solutions and glasses that need adjusted and get scratched all too easily.

I'll know by 3:00 this afternoon. Wish me luck!