Yesterday a girl aged 27 called me at the phone to order my books and
declared her high myopia of 20 dioptres.
I asked her to do a check: to grab a printed page and tell me at what
distance she could read the small characters, without glasses.

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John Hasenkam wrote:

I am about to undergo another round of medical consultations, and wondered
if anyone had seen these symptoms before, and could suggest anything that I
might have the doctors look for:
For the last 4 years, I have been experiencing problems with my vision

RIGHT EYE
Distant
SPH T25
CYL -025

I went to Lens crafters for new glasses and lenses. The doc did the exam and
said each eye need a slight correction increase. I don't know what these
numbers mean but here they are:
I'm near sited.                 sphere        cylinder      axis      prism    

I bought new glasses from Lenscrafters three months ago.  After two
months the lenses were so scratched I needed new ones.  The original
lenses cost $300 and the replacement lenses were $150.  In the past I
don't recall plastic lenses being so easily scratched.  Also I remember

  I went to my optometrist.  He recommended an eye exercise for my
strabismus/v-syndrome that would use a red and a green lense, some kind of
clips (vannelli, ginelli, can't remember the name) for each eye to hold the
lense on, and a red and green filter taped to the monitor of my ...

Thought I'd post a bit of interesting info I've found recently.
Recently my first set of PALs, Varilux Comforts with rimless Movado
frames, were lost (a long story). Fortunately I had another set bought a
few months ago as a backup. These had AO Easy lenses and are pretty good,

Anyone get LASIK or PRK at a military hospital?  It's free for active-duty
military.  i'm about one month into it.  seeing 20/30 so far.  huge
improvement from my 20/200.  after full PRK recovery, hoping to be 20/20 or
better.  good luck to all.

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Good Day All,
Which progressive lens would provide me the best vision?
I am looking at Zeiss and Rodenstock lens and frames but I am open to other
suggestions.

I have been to a few Doctors and non have really helped. I have horrific dry
eye. Long story short, I had a bone marrow transplant about 12 years ago.
After the massive radiation I was told that I should have the part of my
eyes that drain tears cauterized. I did not want to take ...

Where can I buy contacts without a prescription outside of the United
States?  I understand risks concerning my eye health, have had them
checked three times in the last ten years without any further
adjustments from my initial exam, and have not had any unexplained eye

Following is a description of a recent problem I had with 1.6 high
index Zeiss G15 polarized polycarbonate lenses.  I have a query in
with Zeiss but another USENET reader suggested I ask here as well.
Others have suggested that the problem has to do with clamp tightness

How do you call the tendency of some people to exhibit "red eye" when
photographed with an ordinary flash.
In other words retro-reflection on the retina.
I think it's erythro... something.