I went for an eye test the other day. The results were shocking really. My eyesight had not changed since my last eye test in 2011. Not.a.single.bit.
In my 16+ years of wearing glasses, every single time I went for an eye test, the results showed my eyesight getting worse. Year. After year. After year. After year. It's a wonder I don't wear some form of binoculars really. You get the picture. Except for one year, when my eyesight actually got BETTER. Apparently that can happen.
The thing is, every time I tell people that I've been wearing contacts for 15+ years (cuz I hate my glasses and avoid wearing them in public), they're always like "get LASIK!". And my reply is....uuuuuuhhh no. I'm terrified you see. I don't quite know why, but I know that I'm terrified. Also, I had heard that your eyesight needed to be stable for 2 years before going under the beam, and well, that had never happened until now.
And sometimes I wonder whether I've probably spent more money over 15 years on contacts then I would have doing corrective eye surgery. But the other night, I decided to calculate it.
Thus. If I spend approximately £20 a month on contacts then:
Thus. If I spend approximately £20 a month on contacts then:
£20x12 = £240x15 = £3600
And, frankly, £3600 is less than, say, two Chanel handbags. Which makes me feel a lot better that, no, I have not spent a small fortune on contact lenses. In fact, if you only count the two years that I have not had a change in eyesight (which is not accurate because you'd have to wait two years before surgery) then you'd get:
£20x24 months = £480.
No one's gonna fix my eyes for that little (and if they could, I'm not sure I'd want them to!).
So Lasik, you'll have to wait.
Sx
These are my new frames that I get to pick up from the opticians soon (selfies are not our friend). |
I get SO relieved when the eye doctor says my eyes haven't gotten any worse. I have an irrational fear of going blind. I'm right there with you! Cute frames!
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