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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:11:23 +0000
From: "Thomas A. Easop" <tomeasop@mi*.co*>
Organization: EPI
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Laser eye surgery
My correction is very slight. I have worn glasses since I am eight, that makes
it 28 years. I never wear contacts and only need to remove them for one thing
(to get through my neck seal :-)) I have a corrective mask and a corrective
spare mask.

Bruce Graham wrote:

> Thomas:
> What is your correction?
> How long have you been wearing glasses?
> Do you wear contact lens' when diving or corrective mask?
>
> >>> "Thomas A. Easop" <tomeasop@mi*.co*> 01/27/00 01:54PM >>>
> HELLO RBDhunter
>
> Now that you can see without glasses you should reread my post, and get a
clue.
> The word 'knife' is notated such that *I* know it is not used in the
procedure.
> Its figurative. I know all about the procedure.
>
> My point is the last question asked in the original post was 'is it DIR'?
That is
> what I answered.
>
> My response is totally correct and based on fact. Guess what. Strokes that
people
> like you love to bitch about have a diving complication rate MUCH LOWER than
your
> less than 2% for the procedure. You will not risk diving non DIR but you
willing
> to subject your sight to this procedure. Listen to yourself. My purpose here
is
> education, lets keep it that way!
>
> If your lifestyle is so active you cannot wear glasses and you want to have
this
> done then go ahead that is your decision. It is definately not worth the risk
for
> me, foregoing my active lifestyle. And my statement also did not speak to
people
> whose vision can not be corrected with glasses.
>
> RBDhunter@ao*.co* wrote:
>
> > << Going under the 'knife' for a condition easily corrected with a
simple
> > lens,
> >  subjecting yourself to side effects, botched operations, etc., is
definately
> > NOT DIR.
> >   >>
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > Are you familiar with this procedure at all?
> > FYI, lasik surgery is non-invasive. There is no knife involved, and the best
> > surgeons have complications in less than 2% of cases when the patient
follows
> > post-Op direction. Side effects are even more rare. Some people with active
> > work or sport lives feel its worth the cost and minimal risk to see without
> > the need for glasses or contacts. The request was for direction not a
> > personal and obviously inexperienced opinion. Our purpose here is education,
> > lets keep it that way!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard Daniel
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