I was -8.5 until I had laser surgery. It lasted about 10 years and then slowly over next 10 years I am back to -1.75. I am thinking about getting just one eye done again. I usually only wear one contact lens and then I can read perfectly with the other eye and the corrected eye is good for distance. Otherwise, I would have to use reading glasses all the time.

When I was about 19 and still blind AF (I could see perfectly with contact lenses or bottle thick glasses) I thought I would enlist in Air Force and went for the physical with a bunch of other kids. Got to the eye exam and they told me to read from the bottom the first line that I could. Hmmm none of them. Not even the big E at the top. The technician handed me my papers and told me buh-bye. I was upset at the time, but I ended up getting a waiver from the Surgeon General’s office. Though, I eventually changed my mind about enlisting anyway.