An aging community we are

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Is it just me, or did John Esak say:
> Going OT
> 
> Okay, since we *are* drifting ... Just a quickee since you mention Laser
> surgery.  Everyone  is so enamored of Laxix (sp?) surgery these days... And
> in the majority of cases it goes well... And is a pretty good thing....
> But, my very top of the mark eye surgeons both say it is about the worst
> thing you can do to your eyes.  So really think about it before you leap
> just because it's getting cheaper.  Two things. It weakens your cornea...
> Bad... If you have it done when you are say 30, by the time you are 50 to 60
> it will have degraded your vision irreparably.  They often neglect to fill
> you in on these two facts.  Also, in many, many cases ( high percentage like
> 35%) it has to be re-done after a couple years!  

If you have it done before you're 40, you've not researched enough.  

It shouldn't be done before then, as when you get older to the point you
usually need bifocals due to that stiffness of the lens-shifting setting in
with age, the lasik correction you had earlier won't be right anymore.

It's not something to jump into lightly, nor too early--if at all.

mark->
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the way. But I'll get the job done" --Captain Matthew Gideon, "Crusade"