Hello friends,
This is off-topic but very important to my tactical life so it is not too out of place here. This is the widest array of good advice that I can find, so please bear with me.
I found myself in a bad spot recently where someone tried to shoot me. Wasn't too successful because he announced that he was going to shoot me and then went to the trunk of his car. He had his keys in his hand and was right next to his car when he made this audible decision to "get his gun and shoot me", so he had his key in the trunk lock before I could even get to him. I wasn't about to let him get his gun, so I tackled him and subdued him, and held him for Police. I make it sound simple in the quick description of the event, but trust me, it was a FUBAR situation, pucker factor high.
Where this is heading is that I had this bad thing happen and a wake-up call: One of my contacts slipped in the beginning of the incident, BEFORE he said he was going to shoot me. I have horrible near-sighted vision, and was left with one eye for the fray. This seriously compromised my abilities, and frankly, to keep the story short, it almost got me killed.
I have seen that unless I plan on going through life never encountering violent events, that I should do something to prevent that from happening again. It was a serious problem having to deal with that tense situation and wrestle someone away from a gun with one eye out of commission.
I think I need to remedy this with eye surgery. I am not sure which kind; I need to explore my options. I am thinking that LASIK is the way to go, but I read that it is not FDA approved and I worry about that. On the other hand, I hear great things about LASIK.
I would love to hear from some people here that have ANY experience with corrective eye surgery. Whether it be friends, family, or yourself: if you have experienced this procedure and know anything about if it is a good idea, then please fill me in.
This is a life changing decision and very important. These are my eyes(!). I don't want to screw up. But, I never want to be in the situation I was in again. Next time I could lose sight in both eyes, and end up dead because I can't see, just like the FBI agent in the "Miami shootout".
thanks friends,
thaddeus@primenet.com
Feel free to email me if we want to keep this from cluttering the forums.
This is off-topic but very important to my tactical life so it is not too out of place here. This is the widest array of good advice that I can find, so please bear with me.
I found myself in a bad spot recently where someone tried to shoot me. Wasn't too successful because he announced that he was going to shoot me and then went to the trunk of his car. He had his keys in his hand and was right next to his car when he made this audible decision to "get his gun and shoot me", so he had his key in the trunk lock before I could even get to him. I wasn't about to let him get his gun, so I tackled him and subdued him, and held him for Police. I make it sound simple in the quick description of the event, but trust me, it was a FUBAR situation, pucker factor high.
Where this is heading is that I had this bad thing happen and a wake-up call: One of my contacts slipped in the beginning of the incident, BEFORE he said he was going to shoot me. I have horrible near-sighted vision, and was left with one eye for the fray. This seriously compromised my abilities, and frankly, to keep the story short, it almost got me killed.
I have seen that unless I plan on going through life never encountering violent events, that I should do something to prevent that from happening again. It was a serious problem having to deal with that tense situation and wrestle someone away from a gun with one eye out of commission.
I think I need to remedy this with eye surgery. I am not sure which kind; I need to explore my options. I am thinking that LASIK is the way to go, but I read that it is not FDA approved and I worry about that. On the other hand, I hear great things about LASIK.
I would love to hear from some people here that have ANY experience with corrective eye surgery. Whether it be friends, family, or yourself: if you have experienced this procedure and know anything about if it is a good idea, then please fill me in.
This is a life changing decision and very important. These are my eyes(!). I don't want to screw up. But, I never want to be in the situation I was in again. Next time I could lose sight in both eyes, and end up dead because I can't see, just like the FBI agent in the "Miami shootout".
thanks friends,
thaddeus@primenet.com
Feel free to email me if we want to keep this from cluttering the forums.