| May. 11th, 2008 @ 12:57 pm Begging Bowl Out |
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Now Feeling:  hopeful
I've worn glasses since I was 12, I wear contacts when I'm filming, but let's face it. It's a fiddle, constantly sticking your fingers in your eyes isn't very good for them, and we'd all rather just be able to see. Besides my slight astigmatism means I can't actually see very well with my contacts in, I'm wearing them right now and it's actually quite a task to read what I'm writing.
Lulled in by Optical Expresses £395 per eye claims I went for a consultation, the cheapest possible fee for laser correcting my eyesight will be £895 per eye, a total of £1790 for the lot. And that's without their super-duper fix it exactly and don't have a surgeon stick a scalpel in your eye machine which costs about £1500 per eye!
Anyway, I still want it. I want to be able to see without mechanical assistance. I want my eyesight back. Personally I think the government should pay for it, isn't that what the NHS is for? But since they won't even cover my eye tests anymore I look to you, my friends and family. I've seen other people do this for other things, I've contributed to a few of them in my time, but I've never done it myself
If I can raise £1000 ($2000) I will cover the rest of the money myself!
In return you get, well nothing actually, except the knowledge that you are a charitable and lovely person who will undoubtably be rewarded in some karmic fashion by the universe at large. Also if I get really rich and famous at any point I will pay you back, because I am nice that way.
I have two paypal accounts, one that you can't use credit cards to send money to, but that paypal don't steal a percentage from, and one that you can use credit cards with, but that paypal do steal a percentage from. Pick the one that fits you. Or if you see me often or have my address you can give me money directly. I will keep you all updated on the total on here.
I know £1000 sounds like a lot, but don't let that put you off, you don't have to give a lot, if every person I'm friended to on Livejournal (just as an example) were to give me £3 ($6) I would have reached the target!
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