Laser Eye Surgery – the story continues…

Just like a trashy American soap here’s a summary of the story so far:

I’ve worn glasses since I was about 12, then at 17 switched to contact lenses. Skip forward many years (hey not too many, I’m only 26) and I’m barely wearing my contacts at work because they’re a pain to get in first thing in the morning and working with a computer most of the day makes my eyes dry and uncomfortable.

Last year I looked seriously at having laser eye surgery and had consultations with both Optimax and Ultralase. After deciding Ultralase were far and away the better option for me, I then dropped the whole thing when my boyfriend suggested we could have a puppy instead of my laser eye surgery…such a sucker for cuddly puppies…then I found out my parents weren’t really my parents as they’d stolen me as a baby from a super-rich family who desperately wanted me back to shower me with riches…oh hang on a minute, no that last part didn’t really happen. I’m getting confused between real life and a soap opera.

Cut to the present day. I had new contact lenses last year which for the first couple of months seemed to be working out fine. Vision was perfect but very quickly I fell back into my routine of not wearing them more than I wore them. Which makes as much financial sense as buying shelf loads of out-of-date food products just in case I find someone with a time machine who can zap them all back to being in date and mould-free.

So now I’m thinking about laser eye surgery again. And I’m thinking if I don’t go through with it this time, will I come back to this every year? Like a broken record stuck on a song about whether to have laser eye surgery. I just might. So I’m about to book another consultation with Ultralase in Chelmsford, and start the whole process off again. Lasik or Lasek. Wavefront or not. Intralase or not. Hmmm. Back to the research board it is.

The most important thing is that I’ve found a swanky pair of Oakley sunglasses for my post-op light sensitive eyes – and for all those non-prescription sunny days ahead of me! (Oh won’t the anti laser eye surgery people just love that little slice of vanity in what is an otherwise very sensible blog). ahem. No but seriously, they’re very nice sunnies take a look for yourself here. And yes I was joking about this being the most important thing. It's the second most important thing after being able to see.