I'm a coward. Won't do it. I may have a future macular degeneration issue, so it might not be a good idea even if I were brave. And I'm already light-sensitive, so that's another problem.
I'll tell you, I'm not a guy who shies away from needles or any kind of surgery and stuff, but I was really nervous about the cataract surgery. I need to be able to see, and though I knew it was necessary to save my vision I didn't like the idea of a guy with a knife cutting on my eyes.
The prep for the surgery was ok. I had to take my shirt off and put on a gown, then a cap, and they put in an IV for whatever that was. In a while we walked to the OR, and after I got on the table they tucked me in with a funnel and hose under my chin so if I woke up puking it would go in a bucket and not all over the place.
They injected something into my IV to knock me out, and the surgeon came in. As I was blacking out he tried to make a little small talk. I felt the scalpel putting pressure on my eye, and then it was over. I woke up, and the nurse walked me back to the prep area where my wife was waiting.
As we walked out I joked with the nurse about a wheelchair, and getting some Mexican food. I stayed awake for the ride home, but when we got home I went to sleep for 3 or 4 hours.
Three weeks later it was a near exact repeat of the first time.
My eye doc says that in the spring he'll zap the new lenses with a laser to get rid of any new buildup. That should be a one time thing.
So I'd expect that LASIK would be a piece of cake compared to that.
