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Lasik Eye Surgery

Lasik Eye Surgery

My husband has worn glasses since he was a child. He isn’t really into contacts, so until the advent of lasik eye surgery, we figured he was destined to wear glasses and rely on my good eyes for the rest of his life. He became interested in lasik eye surgery almost as soon as it was made available, but a fear of having anything jabbing around his eyes kept him from pursuing it at first. A fear of the cost kept me from encouraging him to pursue it.

It wasn’t until about a year ago, that he got so tired of wearing glasses that he started doing a bit of research on lasik eye surgery. I knew he was serious about it when he started leaving charts at my place at the breakfast table that compared the cost of lasik eye surgery to the cost of replacing glasses for the rest of his life. Sometimes at dinner, in between asking me to pass the potatoes, he would casually mention that he had heard the cost of lasik eye surgery was going down.

Finally, I got the hint and I agreed to go to the lasik eye surgery office with him and investigate whether or not he was a good candidate for a lasik eye surgery procedure. The whole eye exam only took a few minutes and we were able to watch a video of the procedure in the waiting room. I have to admit, that I was a bit squeamish about the idea, but my husband was so excited that I didn’t want to stand in the way of his lasik eye surgery. If he wanted to have his cornea peeled back, I figured that was up to him.

The day of his lasik eye surgery, we showed up at the office on time, eye drops in hand and ready to toss his glasses in the trash bin on our way out the door. The doctor informed me that as the spouse of the patient, I could watch the whole lasik eye surgery on a monitor. I can honestly say that I have seen a side of my husband that most wives don’t get to see. 

It wasn’t until the doctor was halfway into the lasik eye surgery procedure that I had an awful thought and almost yelled for the doctor to stop. I suddenly realized that for the first time in our marriage, my husband would really see the way I look first thing in the morning.

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