Just returned from the AAO. Ectasia, as has been discussed earlier on
this site, is more prevalent than what is being discussed publicly.
Surgeons who are concerned are moving towards PRK for certain "higher
risk" patients. One focus group of twenty surgeons that I sat in with,

I've got a bit of a strange question to ask but i'm quite an anxious sort of
person so that probably explains it!
Basically I've always wanted to wear contacts ever since I started wearing
my glasses. I tried them a few years back and found I couldnt get them in my

I'm interested in reading if anyone has had Visudyne photodynamic
treaments when they do not have  macular degeneration.  What was your
condition and what was the outcome?    I am 41, non-diabetic, and have
an "idiopathic"  subretinal neovascularization that is bleeding

Help -
I am trying to find an alternative to wearing glasses. I have
investigated laser vision correction, but was told only one eye is a
good candidate. I used to wear the Boston lens and have tried the

I'm not sure if anyone can help me here, but I can't seem to find any
info anywhere else.  My 7 yr old son had eye surgery 3 wks ago to
correct his strabismus (his eyes were turning in).  This is his 2nd
surgery, the 1st one was done about 3 yrs ago.  This surgery involved

Yesterday I had eyelid surgery to correct entropion.  Afterwards they gave me
some eye compresses which they told me to use several times a day for the next
few days.  They also gave me ointment for the eyelid.  
My problem regards the eye compresses which are a jelly-like substance ...

i have -2.50-2.50x133 and -6.50-2.75x66. i was fitted with toric and
monovision and i hated it. my doc told me he's not aware of any soft
bifocal that correct astigmatism as well. he suggested i see a contact
lense specialist to be fitted with rgp that may fix it.....any

Sitting in my living room watching TV, after about 15 minutes something went
wrong with my vision, made me think I was either having a stroke or going
blind.
As I casually sat in my chair in semi-darkened room watching TV about 15 feet

"Mike Tyner" <mtyner@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:<Blfed.5923$ta5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...

Dear Jan,
Subject:  "I declare that Otis' idea about preventing myopia
     in humans must be destroyed."  Jan (normally Dutch
     spoken)

I recently got a new pair of glasses.  My old ones are many
years old, and as was normal at the time, a lot bigger than
what is common today.  The newer ones are significantly
smaller.  I find that when I look at objects significantly

Subject:  What SOME ODs want us to think -- about the scientific proof
     concerning the natural eye's behavior.
    "Insanity is doing the same thing over-and-over again -- but
expecting different results."

I am considering Lasik or something similar to correct my nearsightedness. I
have some astigmatism in one eye, but nothing too exciting. I currently have
contacts, but mostly wear glasses.
My glasses are an old prescription and don't correct my myopia all that

I was wondering if anyone knew if Bausch & Lomb's new Renu "with
MoistureLoc" is going to be available in Canada?  I was recently working in
the US and happened to pick some up and I found it to be MUCH better than
any other solutions (like regular Renu) that I have used before - ...

 Dose nystagmus complicate fitting lenses and getting a perscription for
somebody with myopia?  Every time I go to get glasses I come home with
glasses that are no better than what I had previously.  I do this about
every other year or so (in many cases I re-use the frames to save ...