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For those of you with poor eyesight and thinking about Lasik surgery, go for it.

When I was in 4th grade, I sat in a crowded doctor's office waiting to get my first set of glasses. I remember going right after school and not getting home until dark, having to wear a large set of spectacles. I never really had a pair that fit me very well. I broke my glasses often, repairing them with tiny screwdrivers or superglue.

When I went to high school, I got my first set of contacts. For a year, I had gas permeable lenses, hard contacts. Tiny pieces of hard plastic that you are supposed to wash with soap, rinse, and stick in your eye everyday. You never truly get used to them. You can always feel them on your eye. The first hour or two you have them in, you can't bear to open your eyes. Soon they dig a groove and settle in. You can't wear them swimming at all because they may slide out. You cannot wipe your eye too hard or they may pop off of your eyes. Make sure you rinse 'em real good, or you'll be stuck with soap in your eye all day. Also, if you only get one pair, and they are very expensive to replace.

Then for 5 years, I wore soft contacts. They were nice and comfortable, easy to replace. It's was still another chore to deal with in the morning and evening. Still needed my glasses if I took them out.

Then I had my eye surgery in 2004, and it was the best thing to ever happen to me. I now have 20/10 vision. I read all sorts of things comfortably from far away. Nothing to worry about.

I'll have to wear reading glasses at forty. Oh well!