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I met a man whose life as a programmer ended after a failed Lasik in the early 2000s - it was quite traumatic and he had serious financial problems afterwards


They did both eyes at the same time?


I think that's actually pretty common with Lasik, since the "recovery" time to clear vision is so short.

Other kinds of surgeries have longer recovery times, so they're kinda forced to do them one eye at at time.


Wow, that's a recipe for nightmares. I'm just now remembering a recent story of a woman killing herself after a failed Lasik operation.


Lasik is a great example of the kind of positive-sum risks I would take if suicide were legal and easy. As it is, I risk being legally required to endure fifty years of blindness, so I won't try it.




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