Actually, Big Jake...
I'm an ophthalmology resident (not an optometrist !!! Ophthalmologists have MD's). If you are over 40 you might start noticing the effects of presbyopia, which is an age related decrease in the eye's ability to accommodate. This is why you need reading glasses when you get older. Unfortunately, this is entirely due to the crystalline lens in the eye becoming less flexible. It is the lens' ability to be stretched or released which allows you to see near objects. Lasik, which is a great procedure, particularly if done with wavefront or custom cornea, only affects the cornea, which is the clear front part of the eye. While your distance vision should be perfected, this will not help your presbyopia. You will still need reading glasses or magnifiers for close up work. Sorry.