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Is 20/20 Vision Possible for Me?
Interview with the Dr. Kim Deok-bae
Gwangju News, May 2022
gwangjunewsgic.com
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By Pia Bjerring
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hen I was 24 – quick math, 31 years ago – I had the tip of my finger crushed between two huge rocks, resulting in broken bones, a lost nail (for a while), stitches, and a splint for weeks on end. Now you might ask, how is a crushed finger in any way related to eye surgery, but let me tell you, both are at the very top of my "Top 10 List of Horrible Things” that could ever happen to me. To add to my anxiety, eye surgery is so expensive in Denmark, to the level where you could kind of choose whether to buy a new Kia Morning-sized car or have your eyes fixed. Thus, no eye surgery for
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me, and I am still wearing glasses and contact lenses every day. Fast forward to present times in Korea, where eye surgery is so popular, easily accessible, and affordable, too. After wearing the mandatory mask, where all of us depending on glasses are faced with blurry eyesight because of foggy glasses, I thought I could at least go have my eyes examined for a possible operation. So, when the GIC called out for someone to go through an eye exam with them, I thought let's do it and once and for all determine if my eyes are good
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