Anyone else use eyedrops during gaming?

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Just curious. I had Lasik eye surgery just over year ago (thank God for this
great technological advance). I had some dry-eye problems, but for the most
part have gone away. Except when I game for an extended period, and have to
start administering eye drops. I guess I just bugger out too much and don't
blink. Anyone else need eyedrops when playing games?

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"endorphine" <thedirtyyellowbastard@hotmail> wrote in message
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> "HockeyTownUSA" <cyberpilot at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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>> Just curious. I had Lasik eye surgery just over year ago (thank God for
> this
>> great technological advance). I had some dry-eye problems, but for the
> most
>> part have gone away. Except when I game for an extended period, and have
> to
>> start administering eye drops. I guess I just bugger out too much and
> don't
>> blink. Anyone else need eyedrops when playing games?
>>
>>
>
> I used to use eyedrops before I wore glasses. They were Visine brand with
> moisturiser. Now I wear UV coated glasses, use LCD screens and take
> regular
> breaks. No gaming session lasts longer than 45 minutes. It helps to keep
> an
> object on the top of your monitor (action figure, photo etc) and tell
> yourself every so often to look at it and blink.
>
> At out interest how much did it cost you for the surgery and was it for
> one
> eye or both? I am thinking about having it here in Thailand. I think its
> roughly $1000 USD per eye.
>
>

Mine was $1500 USD per eye. But my wife works at the hospital where I had it
done, so they payroll deducted it from her paycheck over a year and pre-tax
dollars. $000 per eye sounds about average here too. Recommend going to
someplace that has a decent eye surgeon just to make sure you're covered if
there are problems. For the most part it was pretty straight-forward. Just
make sure to keep your eyes closed as much as possible for the first 24
hours. I now have "better than perfect" vision. Except bright lights at
night still have a glow around them. Other than that, I can SEE!!! My
eyesight was pretty bad, but now it is superb!

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"HockeyTownUSA" <cyberpilot at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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> Just curious. I had Lasik eye surgery just over year ago (thank God for
> this great technological advance). I had some dry-eye problems, but for
> the most part have gone away. Except when I game for an extended period,
> and have to start administering eye drops. I guess I just bugger out too
> much and don't blink. Anyone else need eyedrops when playing games?


I wear glasses and have a fairly strong prescription but I've never had a
need for eyedrops for gaming or anything else. I don't game as much as I
did when I was 7 or 8 years younger, but even then I was fine.

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> "HockeyTownUSA" <cyberpilot at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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>> Just curious. I had Lasik eye surgery just over year ago (thank God for
>> this great technological advance). I had some dry-eye problems, but for
>> the most part have gone away. Except when I game for an extended period,
>> and have to start administering eye drops. I guess I just bugger out too
>> much and don't blink. Anyone else need eyedrops when playing games?
>>
>
> Haven't had dry-eyes problems, nor the Lasik. However, a few years back
> when I hit 45 yrs, I had to get eye glasses just for computer use.
> Your surgery was probably to correct vision to see things far away. Did
> your doctor say anything about down the road when you get older? As
> people age, their eyes harden and therefore can't adjust to see things up
> close.
>
>
>

Yes, I can just get reading glasses or they have a new procedure to correct
your farsightedness without cutting your eye, its all done locally with
laser with no incision