I, too, wore glasses from age 7 until 45 when i had Lasik. I got tired of not being able to read the digital alarm clock two feet from my face -- my uncorrected vision was -5.75 and -6.00. So I put aside some funds into a HSA and had the Lasik. Since I was soooo far out of whack, they opted to err on the side of caution and NOT try to get the correction in just one surgery, lest they go 'too far'. I had one eye done in December, and the other in January (different HSA years
) One eye corrected, and the other wore a contact until
it got corrected! Post surgery, 20/40 in one, and 20/30 in the other. After three months, I had the 'fine-tuning' correction that got them to 20/15 and 20/20. Yeah, both done for distance.
A couple of years later, I started to develop the need for reading glasses for close vision - so off to Walmart for a pair of $5 'readers'...
So now at age 60+, I go back to the optometrist, and I'm still 20/20 in one, and 20/25 in the other.
Was it worth it? YOU BET! It also made getting sunglasses much easier!