Going under the knife
Thursday, November 29th, 2007 
Tasty (Chocolate) Eyeballs
Originally uploaded by Sifter
So tomorrow I finally have decided to take the plunge and get Lasik surgery on my eyes. My eye sight really isn’t all that bad, just enough to keep me out of flying fighter jets, yet good enough for just about everything else. Why am I getting Lasik? Well, I have always had a problem putting contacts into my eyes (I HATE sticking my fingers in my eyes) and my glasses always bothered me. No matter what style glasses I have, I always see the rims in the periphery , and quite frankly, that bugs the shit out of me. In addition, I like to think that I am somewhat active, and I have recently taken up motorcycle racing, which happens to require good eyesight. Funny how that works.
A few years ago, I started researching Lasik and went into a doctors office to gt all the details. The doctor was great and the seminar was very informative, and at the end, a patient came in and we got to watch the surgery. The idea is that it was supposed to show us how quick, painless and easy the surgery is. The Reality? Let’s just say that I don’t think it is natural to have our eye sliced open and a focused beam of light shined onto the windows of anyone’s soul.
It’s taken me a few years to build up the courage and the bank roll necessary to move forward, and after a friend of mine – Thanks Amy! – had her eyes done, I figured there’s no better time than the present. She had great results, and I expect the same.
Tomorrow afternoon is the surgery, let’s see (ha ha) how this goes.
- Joe