AlexNichiporchik

They said it's about 5% per surgery, had to sign loads of disclaimers that I wouldn't sue them if things go wrong, it's at your own risk, etc

Oh wow, this part about using permanent contacts makes me feel very uncomfortable! At least that's what I understand it is?

I haven't really had many alternatives.

So this metal thing is like a circle that goes down on your eye, around the retina, and fixes it in place. My eye lids were spread out, so I guess it went into my socket? Should've taken a selfie right there to know exactly

I might be off with 20/200 -- having trouble finding what +8 converts to. It meant I was unable to read anything up close. I could read giant signs that are far away, but nothing on paper.

The bigger issue though was that most clinics wouldn't operate my bad eyes because the laser would burn them out before fixing them

Right, thanks for clarifying -- I get mixed up in medical terms, all of my procedures were communicated in Latvian