I had a rather scary experience while shopping this past weekend.  I
was looking for duct work and noticed that, suddenly, I had what
appeared to be 6 small fluorescent tubes (red, green, blue, yellow,
red, blue) in a pattern of your right hand (pretend there's an extra

A piece of sawdust got in my left eyes a few days ago.  I tried to rub
it off, I felt a little burn after that, then it's over,  I didn't
feel pain or irritate at all.
A few minutes later, I thought I saw a fly in front of my eyes, I

my roommate had a red eye and was disgnosed with herpes simplex
keratitis. he is using eye drops now but will i get it too? is it
contagious? he forgot to ask the doctor if it was contagious.... TIA

Both of these lenses are made by the same company (formerly
Wesley-Jessen).
I've tried Freshlook litetint and I like these lenses very much..! but
these lenses only come in MEDIAN base curve, and i need a steeper

Is there any statistics of the success rate of these lenses. Do they in fact
work in eliminating need for glasses.
Bill Shurben

Because I occasionally lose a RGP contact lens, I always keep an extra
pair around.  Does it matter if the extra pair is stored in solution or
dry?  A friend told me that it should be stored dry.  But then, if I
need the extra lens quickly in an emergency, they would be very

Dear Friends,
Subject:  Same old song -- ode to the minus-lens in the valley.
    You have to love Larry-Doc since he chooses to mock the
concept that the natural eye is "dynamic" and calls it "garbage".  

The Wildsoet Lab
      Controlling Myopia Progression - A Confusing Story
       The dilemma of managing young progressing myopes.
         The O'Leary study.  The Comet Study

I'am a 35 year old amplyope (refractive) with 20/25 visual acuity (corrected
to 20/20) on the good eye and 20/60 (best corrected VA) on the amblyopic.
Having monitored this group for a while (and also some other sources on the
Web), I would like to ask you on any updates on adult ...

My daughter (4 years old) went for an eye exam. After performing several
tests and measurements, the optometrist discovered that she was far sighted
and needed a prescription of +5.00 for each eye. He recommended that we
start with a +3 .00 prescription for the first several ...

Subject:  Who is responsible for inducing fundamental change?
         You or the OD?  Who has the motivation to start
         a process of fundamental change (for prevention)?
         Who suffers the consequences of over-prescription

Rishi, what are you smoking? Can I get some? You are so far out there
that you've done a full 360 and have come back around.
Why don't you offer a "solution" to the floaters that you keep
criticizing the docs for not doing? That's because you have none. Not

Booth eyes are different as far a strength needed so how could I get a
pair of reading glasses over the counter that would not harm my eyes?
I hate spending the money for new glasses at the doctor.

One morning this week I noticed a large change in the focus of my left eye.
My correction has always been symmetrical and small. Suddenly one eye was
blurry both for closeup and distance vision, but the effect was much more
pronounced close up. I could easily read standard size ...

After my mother's death at 91, I noticed she had glued bright
orange-red caps
or used covers on items like containers in which she kept sugar, soap
pads, etc. Could this be something someone with cataracts would do?