Contacts aren't going to happen. I'd sooner just deal with the glasses forever.
Life has a strange way of coming around full circle,,,,
Myself:
I was up to 4 or 5 diopters of nearsightedness before I had RK done back in 94 in my early 30's. I 'hated contacts,,',
(My doc said I was a 'good candidate' as well,,,,,,,)
~Best/highest rated~ practice that was available in Austin, TX at the time did the work.
Like many who have had the differing types of eye surgery, the first 10 yrs or so were great!!! But after that, I started to become farsighted
Today, I'm up to about 9 diopters of far sightedness,,, Getting hard to find retailers who can even order lenses that strong,,,
You mentioned eyeglasses that drop below your sightline,,, With my 'pop bottle' progressive lenses, looking through the corners of my lenses throws things out of focus. When 'below my sightline',,, everything is just a complete blur,,,
So,,,,,,,
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I'm back to
attempting to wear contacts,,,,,, 'Piggyback' contacts, with both a soft and a 'hard' contact in each eye.
I can still remember 'hating' my old soft contacts and wanting 'something better',,, Wish I would have just stayed with the contacts/glasses now.
Wife:
Her vision wasn't as bad as mine, but she 'hated contacts',,,Had Lasik done in ~'late 90's early 2000~
About 10 years of ~bliss~ but today she needs corrective lenses.
My conclusion:
It's quite common for folks to get ~10 yrs~ or so out of corrective eye surgery, but due to multiple factors, including aging, it's by no means a guaranty of 'never needing glasses again' or, worse yet, you could end up like me, longing for just a 'normal' pair of glasses or 'normal' contacts like I had before.