I had LASIK a few years ago, I just grew sick and tired of wearing glasses. They would constantly get smudged, reflect light that is behind me, narrowed my vision because it seems every few years the current styles are moving to smaller and smaller lenses, and it's kinda ridiculous. Overall, I was just sick of it. I pondered it for a few years and finally did it. Got it done in Sudbury which has one of the better doctors in the area for that. I heard even people from Toronto will go see him.
I'm super squeamish when it comes to eyes, I can't imagine doing contacts, even after going through LASIK. The whole idea of touching my eye balls and playing in there is just nope nope nope. I figured LASIK is a one time thing, I'll just bite the bullet and do it. I was not too worried about complications because it's so well proven now but I was a bit nervous about that too. Mostly I just dreaded the idea of having my eyes played with, but then knew the aftermath of being able to see without glasses would make it all worth it.
I too was told that I'll need glasses by the time I turn 40, that kinda sucks, but way I see it, I would be stuck with glasses either way, at least I liberated myself for 10ish years. Maybe I'll get lucky and not need them right at 40. That's just an estimated time they tell you.
I was worried about eye rubbing too, because I might do it by accident or in my sleep. The first few weeks is the most critical so you sleep with plastic eye covers. Kinda annoying but it gets you used to not touching your eyes. For morning "eye crumbs" I got used to carefully removing them without putting much pressure on the eye area. After a few years they say the flap becomes strong enough that anything that would dislodge it would probably damage your eye either way. Even now I try not to rub my eyes anyway but even my doctor said I would not have to worry and think that was within the year it got done.
As far as vision I was 20/20 last I got checked. Though I find any brightly lit signs I don't see lettering as clearly as I feel I should, so I can't wait for my next exam to see if my eyes are still 20/20, I'm hoping so. I still get halos or starbursts from bright light but it's bearable. I've never really liked driving at night to begin with so avoid it in general, but don't really have a choice for the majority of the year given it's always dark out before and after work.
In general I'm really happy with it. Going through the actual surgery, as squeamish as I am when it comes to eyes, was not that bad, because it's so fast. I don't think I was on the table for any more than 15 minutes. The hardest part of the whole thing was the eye drops. Never get used to those, I can't remember how long I had to do it for, think it was a month. 3 times a day. That was kinda brutal, but at same time I was so excited of not needing glasses anymore it was like "whatever I'll just deal with it".
I don't get any kind of eye strain on the computer, but never did before either.
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