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.
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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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