Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Lasik Surgery or Stock Options

This year major dilemma was choosing to invest in stocks or get Lasik eye surgery! The cost of Lasik can range from $1,500 to $2,500 dollars for both eyes. Jango has gone thru on this procedure about a month ago. He claims it was some what uncomfortable with his eyes being so sensitive to light when they were operating on them. That the procedure involved him to have his eyes wide open and not blink as they made incisions in his eye. The surgery itself was very quick and but still consisted of time. Jango had to get prep a week before the surgery and the day before as well. This was the case because they need to make sure the eye is prepared and ready for the surgery. I think this is the case for most people who wear contacts. They must make sure the eye is rested and not been in contact with any foreign objects for a week. That means no contacts lenses for a week. But the steps after surgery are important. I have been told you cannot rub your eye or have any contact with liquids in your eyes for a week or two. Since your eyes are so sensitive that, a foreign liquid could cause blindness. They will give you eye drops that must be used every few hours. So my money now is now in stocks! I plan on leaving it all there and invest little by little till the end of the year. I have chosen to use Sharebuilder as my agent. They allow you to invest in partial stocks. You can commit about $100 bucks a month and it will auto invest it in any stock you wish. Some place expect you to buy the whole stock. Which sounds reasonable but some stocks are very pricey. My next step will be to make an account with Zecco so that i can do 10 free online stock trades a month so long as I maintain at least $2,500 in equity in my account. So what ever you decided I reccommend that you do your own research before getting the surgery or investing in stocks. Hopefully the money I make on stocks this year will cover for my Lasik surgery next year.