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Just thought I'd speak up here and share my LASIK experience.

I used to wear contacts that I could leave in my eyes for up to 30 days
(although 3 was my personal max).  When I camped with my horse I needed to be
able to see as soon as I woke up, rather than having to try to put contacts in
my eyes with dubiously clean hands in a dirty dressing room.  It worked
reasonably well for several years.

But I was tired of having to worry about rubbing my eye and either losing one or
folding it under my eyelid, getting dirt under them, and all the other stuff
that goes along with using contacts.  It was especially inconvenient when I
went to rides, as I had to remember to bring extra contacts in case I
ripped/lost one.

It just so happens that I got a new job and switched to Anthem Blue Cross for my
health insurance, then found out there was a LASIK discount available.  Instead
of about $1200 an eye, I could pay only $895 an eye!  When I checked into it
further I discovered that in order to sign up for the discount program I would
need to have the surgery done at a clinic about an hour away; they were the
only clinic enrolled in the discount program.  However, when I mentioned this
to my *local* LASIK center, they said they would MATCH THE PRICE without me
running it through my insurance at all!

I used my Medical Savings Account (or whatever it's called) to pay for it, and
am paying that back out of my paycheck on a weekly basis.

The morning after my surgery I was 20/20 and two days later I was 20/15.  I am
still 20/15 three months later and cannot believe how much easier life has
gotten now that I don't have to worry about my contacts.  Not to mention how
much less STUFF I have to carry in my toiletries bag when I go away to rides!!

If you're eligible but you're on the fence... DO IT.  You won't regret it.

-Sharon L. in Maine

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