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Medical Forum / General / Vision / May 2008advice for my impaired vision
I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the results came out thus Right -0.75 -0.5 x .75 Left -0.75 Add 1.75 I am told that this means I am not suitable for Lasik surgery. Thing is , I really don't like to wear glasses - I don't even wear sunglasses and I live in a very sunny climate. What options are available to me apart from just accepting slight diff in reading small print and seeing distance objects more clearly. I certainly can live with my reduced vision but would consider perhaps contact lenses or some type of procedure to correct my vision ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** If you haven't yet started on glasses, then you are in a lucky position. It will be easier to cure you. Forget Lasik and contacts and glasses. Print a snellen chart and read it every day from a distance. Practice with the imagination. See things moving. Carry the memory of a black period with you. Close your eyes to rest them. Learn to gaze the sun without discomfort. Blink your eyes gently to help them see. Enjoy life. > Carry the memory of > a black period with you. For me, that's the day that this "Zetsu" character first posted on s.m.v. Neil, you have a photographic memory don't you? Why don't you utilize it? Can you remember a black period? Close your eyes now and try it. Then open your eyes until the memory is equal with eyes open & closed. > Neil, you have a photographic memory don't you? Why don't you utilize > it? Can you remember a black period? Close your eyes now and try it. > Then open your eyes until the memory is equal with eyes open & closed. Close enough to remember that we've had this discussion before.... > > Neil, you have a photographic memory don't you? Why don't you utilize > > it? Can you remember a black period? Close your eyes now and try it. > > Then open your eyes until the memory is equal with eyes open & closed. > > Close enough to remember that we've had this discussion before.... Yeah, but did you try it? > > > Neil, you have a photographic memory don't you? Why don't you utilize > > > it? Can you remember a black period? Close your eyes now and try it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Yeah, but did you try it? And, apparently, I remember this discussion better than you do.... In article <aebb1066-019f-46f9-acd5-3400172da6d5@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, > > Carry the memory of > > a black period with you. > > For me, that's the day that this "Zetsu" character first posted on > s.m.v. For me, the black period ended on 6/6/07, when I killfiled it. My filters have killfiled about 2100 posts, or an average of about 6 posts every f.cking day!  SignatureDan Abel Petaluma, California USA dabel@sonic.net > If you haven't yet started on glasses, then you are in a lucky > position. It will be easier to cure you. Forget Lasik and contacts and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the sun without discomfort. Blink your eyes gently to help them see. > Enjoy life. Congratulations on the most retarded post of the month. > I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the > results came out thus [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** You have presbyopia. You will now need glasses to read small print. That's just the way it is. SignatureScott Reverse name to reply He doesn't need glasses. That's just not the way it is. He needs to rest his eyes. Zetsu <absolutelyinvincible@hotmail.com> wrote in news:cc3751e0-4b79-4822- ab74-d9dd1cd186f8@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: > He doesn't need glasses. That's just not the way it is. He needs to > rest his eyes. You need to rest your keyboard SignatureScott Reverse name to reply > He doesn't need glasses. That's just not the way it is. He needs to > rest his eyes. please disregard this idiot Zetsu. you are presbyopic indeed, so if you have glasses or contact lenses (or LASIK) that corrects your distance vision perfectly so you see 20/20, then you will need reading glasses to see near. otherwise you will can take off your glasses and read at near without much difficulty but be blurring somewhat in the distance. no amount of "resting" or exercises can fix that. its the way humans are put together. > I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the > results came out thus [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > can live with my reduced vision but would consider perhaps contact lenses or > some type of procedure to correct my vision It's probably just age, and happens to nearly everyone. You can no longer see both near and far with the same correction. If you get contact lenses for distance, you will then need reading glasses even more. You may wish to ask the doctor whether you are likely to pass the vision screening to renew your driver's license without correction. This is a big factor for many people. The requirements vary by state in the US. I don't know about other countries. SignatureDan Abel Petaluma, California USA dabel@sonic.net > In article <f10cb$48315916$23...@news.teranews.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > It's probably just age, and happens to nearly everyone. Nearly everyone? What about the people that it doesn't happen to? Why are they ignored? o_O > I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the > results came out thus [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thing is , I really don't like to wear glasses - I don't even wear > sunglasses and I live in a very sunny climate. You are lucky to live in a sunny climate. This means you can accustom yourself to the sun and bright lights more quickly. For me in the UK, we get a very miserable climate. > You are lucky to live in a sunny climate. This means you can accustom > yourself to the sun and bright lights more quickly. For me in the UK, > we get a very miserable climate. And evidently a miserable education in science. -MT At our age, when everybody has presbyopia, -0.75 or -1.00 are about the best compromise possible, as close as you get to "not needing glasses." -MT, OD >I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the >results came out thus [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > At our age, when everybody has presbyopia False. > > At our age, when everybody has presbyopia > > False. Ah, yes. Proof by Assertion. Mike has decades of clinical experience to support his contention. You have ... your reading of A book? Got it. Based on all those measurements you've made? If your parents are paying tuition, they're getting ripped off. -MT > False. I have been using NGs for years and have not had so much fun as with this post. This guy 'Zitsu' or whatever he/she/it is called has made my day. What medication are you on cos I think I will get some after I've finished staring at the sun and chasing black dots around the bed. !! Thanks to the other guys for your input !! -keevill- > Based on all those measurements you've made? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >> False. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > I am aged 50 and have never needed glasses. I had an eye test and the > results came out thus [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I am told that this means I am not suitable for Lasik surgery. Lasik would correct your distance vision, doing so would make your near vision worse. > Thing is , I really don't like to wear glasses - I don't even wear > sunglasses and I live in a very sunny climate. > What options are available to me apart from just accepting slight diff in > reading small print and seeing distance objects more clearly. Bifocal contact lenses are one option. Monofocal contact lenses (correct one eye for distance, the other for near) are another option. If you adapt well to the monofocal contacts, then you could consider LASIK surgery to make it permanent. You should discuss these options with your eye doctor as there are a number of other considerations that are best addressed by someone familar with your case. Ignore Zetsu, he is a high school student. Dr Judy |
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