12 years is a pretty good run

[hakamadare]

last week i stopped by the Eye Care Center (adjacent to the Somerville Hospital) for an eye exam. i had been noticing that when driving around with chaiya, she generally seemed to be able to read street signs sooner that i could; couple this with my officemates observing that they can tell i'm working hard when i'm leaning increasingly closer to my

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[ichur72]

>> 11.75 diopters in on eye, 13.5 in the other IIRC

Much (belated) sympathy! My RX for glasses is ~10 in one eye and ~12 in the other, with a healthy helping of astigmatism in both eyes. Being blind is no fun.

[awfief]

lyonesse had success with eye exercises I believe, you might want to ask her.

[olivetree]

Hm. Thoughts re: lasik, pls? I've been half-heartedly considering it-- my vision is just bad enough that I might really benefit: -4.75 in each eye.

[hakamadare]

i'll write up a more detailed LASIK post shortly. you should still ask me to tell you the entire story when i next see you, though; it loses something without the full complement of facial expressions, accents, sound effects, and pantomime.

-steve

[ladymeag]

That's the downfall for LJ for certain people. Most of your stories are missing the facial expressions, accents, sound effects, and pantomime. Picturing it in one's head isn't quite the same!

[n2mlq]

I really like frameless glasses since they tend to disappear to my internal perception. I'd like to get them again, but with the twins, that's a *bad* idea.

Yes, she is, and you would be well off not to forget that.