I’ve been making judicious use of the MultiTimer app to help keep up with the litany of eye drops I need to put in my eyes, all of which are on different schedules. I use this app all the time for things like this. Such a good tool.

https://www.alexstandiford.com/micro/2007

#IPhone #LASIK

I got LASIK yesterday, and for the first time since 1994, when I was 6 years old, I am able to see without corrective lenses.

https://www.alexstandiford.com/articles/personal-updates/i-got-lasik-and-for-the-first-time-since-i-can-remember-i-can-see-without-corrective-lenses/

#LASIK

👀 I have worn glasses for 35+ years and never considered laser surgery (Lasik). The whole premise of using a laser to slice and reshape part of your eye never sat right with me, even though conventional wisdom says it's easy and painless. 👓

❓ Have you considered it? Had it done? Any problems?

I feel like this is important info:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/lasik-laser-eye-surgery

#lasik #eye #surgery #health

Boosts appreciated 🚀

"Surgeons view Lasik as routine, but patient advocates and some experts say the complication rate is far higher than reported." #optometry #opthalmology #eyes #Lasik #medical #health #LaserEyeSurgery #eyesight

The patients who regret laser eye surgery: ‘My life’s stood still since then’ | US healthcare | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/lasik-laser-eye-surgery

Apparently getting #LASIK or #PRK while having #astigmatism is a recipe for a really bad time, can't believe this isn't wider know or talked about often

On the bright side (literally dark, of course), I can see Orion in the sky with my own bare eyes. Being #nearsighted from age 9, and mostly living in big cities, I can see it now thanks to #LASIK and as positive side effect of #KyivPowerCut

Well, about two years after getting #Lasik, and I'm already back to needing glasses (just for reading and computer work).
Just my two cents, but if I could go back, I'd skip wasting the money on it. It was not worth it.
At least I held on to my old frames, though...

As a sighted person (albeit imperfectly even with #LASIK) I still default to reading image descriptions if:
* there is text on the image. It's almost always blurred by screenshot tool, and then further by processing of social networks, more than once if you repost from somewhere else;
* the photo is from look-at-that category. I often lack contest to get it at all, or may easily be wrong about expected reaction. I have to know what I'm nodding to.
#accessibility #imageDescriptions #AltText

Gradually recovering from #lasik surgery. Several days later there are still times of the day where I'm wearing my contacts indoors to sooth my eyes.