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lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

My mom had to go back to glasses after wearing contacts for years because the contacts wore away her corneas!

That’s a slightly horrifying thought… My wife has keratoconus and has to wear hard contacts (scleral lenses, but functionally the same thing) in order to see at all.

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RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah it was unsettling.

My hope lies with science. Two women at my work had to have cornea replacement and both of them don’t need glasses at all anymore - one is 65 and one is 70.

And oh yes I was profoundly nearsighted and hard contacts gave me superhuman vision. They are the best correction by far. But I am really hoping that good artificial corneas are available soon.

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- Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  at work
  
  70
  
  Excuse me wtf?
  
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  - RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Welcome to the USA.
    
    She is planning to retire in a couple of years. Both of them say this is their last job.
    
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  - UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    MURICA, land of the freedom to die at work.
    
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  - lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    yeah the lady who I taught how to use the new computerized inventory system was like 74 or something. muricaaaa
    
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RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah it was unsettling.

My hope lies with science. Two women at my work had to have cornea replacement and both of them don’t need glasses at all anymore - one is 65 and one is 70.

And oh yes I was profoundly nearsighted and hard contacts gave me superhuman vision. They are the best correction by far. But I am really hoping that good artificial corneas are available soon.

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