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[marcusmarcusrc]

I broke my glasses this morning.

I am very blind without my glasses.

Finding my back-up pair of glasses is difficult when I can't see (I'd already had my original pair shipped off to be repaired, so I couldn't use the standard masking tape temporary solution). Fortunately, I found my prescription swimming goggles, so I wore those so I could find my old glasses.

And I realized that I should really keep a pair of back-up glasses in my car. Because what if I was an hour's drive away from home when my glasses broke? I'd have to call someone to come out and fetch me, because driving without my glasses is the stuff that nightmares are made of. (I haven't had many nightmares since my middle school days, but I've probably had the blind driving one a half dozen times)

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[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

I have considered it... but I've had glasses since 2nd grade. At this point, they really feel totally natural to me. And I've asked my optometrist about lasik type stuff, and his answer was that he personally advises against it because there are non-negligible possibilities of picking up minor but annoying traits like "dry eye" or something like that.

So I'll probably think about it again in 5 years.

Or, given my family history, I'll start getting mild glaucoma when I'm 70 and in correcting that they'll fix my eyesight in the process.