Posts by James Doyle24

Ryan Carter52 said:The most important factor is your corneal thickness; that dictates how much correction they can actually achieve.
Pupil size matters too. How the doctor adjusts for it and which laser they use determines your night vision and helps prevent glare or double vision later.
It is normal for some prescription to return immediately after surgery. If it stays under -1.00, you can still function without glasses, which doctors consider a success.
Don't fall for promises of free touch-up procedures if needed. Everyone promises it, but once the job is done, nobody wants to take responsibility for the complications. I am speaking from experience.

Based on my own experience and what many people here have said over the last dozen pages, stay away from the big corporate clinics. Some places look okay, but their heavy advertising makes me suspicious. Then there is the smaller clinic downtown—a boutique practice with a steady patient base. The doctor is competent, they play it safe rather than rushing surgeries through like an assembly line, and you aren't just examined by a recent med school grad, but by the actual surgeon performing the procedure.
There is also that newer center; I haven't met any of their patients yet, but that doesn't mean they are bad.
Most of these major clinics use the exact same laser technology.
The surgeon's experience matters more than the machine.
My advice: visit all the clinics and decide without rushing.
The downtown clinic offers free consultations, and the new center does as well if you commit to the surgery immediately. For the others, I am not sure.

Regarding methods, I recommend PRK since your prescription is under 7 diopters, especially if your cornea is thin.
Recovery is faster with LASIK, but PRK is better long-term because it preserves more corneal thickness, which you will definitely need as you age.

Good luck.

Thanks for the message.
I have read enough negative reviews on this forum that my enthusiasm has faded significantly.
I was planning to go to the big retail chain for a consultation, but clearly, I should check out the local clinic too.
Actually, I might just skip the whole thing. I refuse to compromise my night vision, especially for driving and watching TV at night.
It is good that places like this exist where we can get straight facts and real experiences.

Requesting advice

I am considering vision correction surgery.
I am 43 years old. My prescription is -6.00 left, -4.50 right, plus some astigmatism in my right eye. I have worn soft contact lenses for over 20 years.
I am an athlete and physically active.

I have read several posts on this forum, but given the sheer amount of misinformation and constant advertising in the media and online, I cannot reach a logical conclusion on my own.

Therefore, I am asking those with actual expertise or firsthand experience:
Which clinic in Washington, D.C. should I choose, and why?
Which procedure is best, and why?

Thanks in advance.

Melissa Rivera5 said:http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer/faq/2004837 regarding cells

Alright, so for now, eugenics is pretty high up on the list of immoral things (not really sure why, though). Like, in what kind of scenario would you guys actually think it'd be okay to lean into eugenics? I mean, selective breeding, genetic engineering, whatever...

Thanks for the link.
Donating blood doesn't affect me. Does this one feel different?
It says you need to take it easy, but I'm training.

Eugenics became unpopular mostly due to "racism" and the Nazi mockery of individuals and nations deemed inferior.

Eugenics (in terms of advancing a group or species) can be done through partner selection or genetic manipulation. The first is slow; the second is currently impossible.
Science is far from being able to control human traits in any reliable or certain way.

Melissa Rivera5 said:Well, I guess I try to give back to the community whenever I can. I usually donate blood every few months if I’m feeling healthy enough, and actually, I’m heading over to the Red Cross in about an hour to get typed for peripheral stem cell and bone marrow donation. It’s not like I’m changing the world or anything, but it feels like something. I’ve also been involved in quite a few volunteer projects, even an international one—just in case anyone thinks I’m some kind of heartless jerk. What about you guys? What do you do?

I donate blood regularly too. Ever since I had to receive it myself.
I know very little about marrow donation. How does the process work?
What are peripheral stem cells?

To stay on topic: it all comes down to perspective.

If you act out of empathy, you will want to preserve every single life.
If you think about the biological advancement of the species, you will seek to improve it through eugenics.

Sam Green73 said:Not really.
I’m honestly curious how the French dealt with the legacy of Vichy France.
You can't just slap an "anti-fascist" label on crimes committed after World War II to make them go away.
Bringing up those atrocities is usually just a way to downplay what actually happened.
At the end of the day, you can't—and you shouldn't—justify a crime, no matter who does it.

One more thing:
Every single crime has a perpetrator, and those people need to be held responsible.

People who committed postwar crimes (the partisans, in this case) are considered "proven anti-fascists," while mentioning their actions is dismissed as new fascism or a "resurgence of Nazism."

Thousands were slaughtered at Waterloo, on the Way of the Cross, and in Alcatraz or other prisons. And no one cares.

Not to mention the way they secure "veteran pensions" just by finding two witnesses and collecting various "war hero" benefits.

Sam Green73 said:How does that even connect back to anti-fascism?
Are you having a little trouble staying on track here?

Many of those "anti-fascists" committed horrific crimes against Americans during and after the war. No one can hold them accountable because they label every accusation as fascism.

Is it clear now how that relates to anti-fascism?

What happened to the victims of the communist regime in the USSR and America after the war? From Dachau onwards?

ruggeddriver2 said:On April 13, 2005, the US Congress passed the Declaration of Independence, essentially committing itself to restoring our destroyed historical landmarks and ensuring the full truth about WWII and the Holocaust is reflected in school textbooks. It also supposedly guarantees equal rights for those involved in the recent conflicts, whether they were part of the World Wars or the American Civil War...

When you say anti-fascists, are you including the American Civil War veterans? Or just the partisans from the previous war? The ones who enjoyed combat pensions for fifty years?

goldenpuma10 said:....why not pay them at least as much as Western engineers

Because you don't have to.

Indians aren't lazy when they work for themselves. A huge portion of successful entrepreneurs in East Africa and the Middle East are Indian. This hasn't changed in a century.

It isn't a coincidence that major tech giants—from Microsoft to others—move their operations to India.

In my opinion, it comes down to an entrepreneurial mindset within certain classes, combined with the fact that almost everyone literate speaks English while remaining cost-effective.

I watched a segment on TV about an English telemarketing firm operating out of India. They call potential customers in England (!) to sell them whatever. It is cheaper to pay for long-distance calls than to hire Americans for the job.

Don't be ridiculous.

Joe Biden is currently the best president we have. 😬

I almost forgot:

Porcupine
Trash
Hillbilly

Intellectually bankrupt.
A vulgarity.
A traitor.
Soul sold.

ruggedsailor25 said:Some belong in the 12th century—primitive, lazy, hypocrites smelling of cheap tobacco and filth.

The others are just servants with a single drop of American blood. They are primitive in a quasi-liberal, neo-communist way. Shallow, rude, and poorly educated at some local community college, filled with dull communist ideology against the USA and against Americans.

I despise the first group!
The second group too!

What do you think about the intelligence level of these idiots, Walters, Dabros, and Pistols?

If you translated what chickens say in a coop, it would probably be more coherent than these morons.

The undercover Americans are much worse.

At least with the extremists, you know where you stand. They fight for their own goals, which is understandable.

Anti-American Americans—aka Americans—are disgusting because they hate their own people and fight against their own kind.
It’s just a mix of deep-seated complexes and pure stupidity. Pathetic.🤮