My psychology teacher described the time she got lazic surgery and her son went along to see if he wanted it as well. After witnessing the doctors slice and peel open her eyes, they fiddle with them, his decision not to get the surgery was rather easy to make.
After reading about KC online, I wish you all the best of luck in coping with this disease, AppMan. I hope you find some way to manage, and that you save up for text readers and the like for the computer if it comes to that.