While working with Paul McCartney on the two hit singles "The Girl Is Mine" (1982) and "Say Say Say" (1983), the pair became friendly. McCartney told Jackson about the large amount of money he earned from owning music catalogs; he was earning approximately $40 million a year from other people's songs. Jackson subsequently began buying, selling, and distributing publishing rights to music from numerous artists. In 1985, ATV Music, a music publishing company owning thousands of music copyrights, including the Northern Songs catalog that contained the majority of the Lennon-McCartney compositions recorded by the Beatles, was put up for sale. Jackson took an immediate interest in the catalog, but was warned he would face strong competition. Excited, he skipped around saying, "I don't care. I want those songs. Get me those songs Branca [his attorney]". Branca contacted McCartney's attorney, who clarified that his client was not interested in bidding: "It's too pricey". After Jackson had started negotiations, McCartney changed his mind and tried to persuade Yoko Ono to join him in a joint bid, but she declined, so he pulled out. Jackson eventually beat the rest of the competition in negotiations that lasted 10 months, purchasing the catalog for $47.5 million.
On May 14, 1984, he was invited to the White House to receive an award from President Ronald Reagan for his support of charities that helped people overcome alcohol and drug abuse. Jackson won eight awards during the Grammys that year. Unlike later albums, Thriller did not have an official tour to promote it, but the 1984 Victory Tour, headlined by The Jacksons, showcased much of Jackson's new solo material to more than two million Americans. He donated his $5 million share from the Victory Tour to charity. He also co-wrote the charity single "We Are the World" in 1985 with Lionel Richie, which was released worldwide to aid the poor in the U.S. and Africa. It became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with nearly 20 million copies sold and millions of dollars donated to famine relief.
I am a writer and editor, so I spend much of my time in reading and sitting before a computer. Thus, it is a matter of course that I was suffered from myopia in my 10s. And now I am 50 years old which means that I have been wearing glasses for over 30 years, but not a single day during the 30 some years I was not thinking about getting rid of glasses. On one hand, it is a real inconvenience; on the other hand, it makes me like a nerd.
Although I had also tried to wear contacts lenses, which indeed gave me a broad vision and a good look, from the age between 18 to 40, but later I found when I wore them, my eyes would turn red every time. After an eye examination, my eye doctor told me that it contributed to my thin tear which could not form a good buffer between the contact lens and the surface of the eye. Therefore, I gave up to wear contacts.
I had ever considered having a Lasik eye surgery to correct my vision, but my eye doctor told me that Lasik is more suitable for people in their 20s or 30s. If one as me who was 50 years old has such a surgery, he or she still had to wear glasses or contacts so as to see objects clearly. Then, I thought why would I pay thousands of dollars for Lasik surgery if it meant I would still have to wear glasses most of the time?
Fortunately, the other day, on a magazine, I noticed an advertisement, writing about another option for nearsighted people in middle age and beyond. That is the Refractive Lensectomy. It is a refractive surgery procedure in which the crystalline lens of the eye is removed and replaced with an artificial lens implant in order to correct refractive error. RLE is most commonly used for middle aged and oder hyperopic people with higher levels of farsightedness. When I read those information, I was trilled, because with so many years' bothering of wearing eyeglasses or contacts lenses everyday, I did want to rediscover the freedom of life without life. Therefore, even the refractive lensectomy is costly: about $4500 per eye, which is 2 to 3 times the cost of Lasik, I made a decision to have such a surgery.
As a matter of fact
RayBan Sunglasses, if I divide the total cost by the number of the days in 40 years (I suppose that I can live until I am 90), there would just no more than 60 cents a day, plus that there would be little possibility for me to deal with cataracts in my later life. Therefore, it is deserved.
I did not have my two eyes done at the same time
DRINK WITH AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK_880, but with two weeks later, another eye received its new ReZOOM. At the time when the first eye was undergoing the surgery, I was a little bit nervous, because I don't know what the result would be and I was calmer the second time for I knew what to expect.
It has almost been two year since refractive lensectomy was done, everything goes fine. I am able to lead a normal life without the restriction of eyeglasses and contacts. I am relieved about the right decision I made two years ago.
At present, I can drive my car, can read small print easily, and can thread a needle. Although it is a little bit difficult for me to tread a needle, but if I try several times, I can do it. Compared with my eye condition, it turns out much better. However, there are also shortages, for example, it is almost hopefulness to read low contrast print, and to read in dim light etc..
In general, I am totally satisfy my "new eyes" which provide me with another kind of feeling about life and about life experience. Refractive lensectomy is a good news for people of middle age or beyond who suffer from eyesight problems.