My doctor wants to put me in progressive lens.  I have been using
readers for awhile, but now my distance is starting to go, also.  (BTW,
I'm 44) My job uses lots of dangerous power equipment, so I need to
have good transition between near and far.  I've been doing some

6 years ago I underwent an operation for vertical strabismus in Europe:
L.E.: IR retroposition (I believe this is also known as recession),
R.E.: IR myectomy (I believe this is also known as resection
I was told that there was no risk, but there "could be no change".

I'm 17 and I've had perfect vision until a year ago when I got glasses for
(-1.5/-1.75).
I rarely wore glasses and was able to manage without them using the (i
guess) usual tricks nearsighed people use.. squinting.. reading instead of

Thanks Dr Judy,
as far as my prescription for glasses is concerned, I can't remember
exactly what it was previously - though, if I remember rightly, it
appeared to be very similar to my contact lenses. I remember the

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Does eye exam for contact lenses expire after one year? I have my eyes
examed back to Feburary 2003. However, I went to Walmart tody to buy
contact lense and was told the prescription was expired. And it is
gonna cost another $65 for eye exam. It really does not make sense to

I had an initial consultation for Lasik at Laser Eye Center in Orange
County, Ca.  The final diagnosis was that my prescription was
low(unsure) but that my pupil size was high(8mm i think).  According to
the doctor, because my pupil size was high, there is a high probability

I have just been diagnosed with a macular hole in one eye. I have to discuss
with my specialist what my options are in mid January. As I live in
Australia, we may not have the aids that I have read about to help the
face-down recovery period.

I was recently diagnosed with low-tension glaucoma in my left eye, and
was prescribed Timolol GFS with punctal occlusion. I am 46 years old and
my eyeglass prescription is as follows
              SPH.           CYL           AXIS

Thanks for all the followup on prisms related to my question (restated
below)... .
My intent is how to tweak the spectacles.  It was done earlier, sic,
with a less severe rx (but proportional during progressive worsening)

I'm looking for some papers on computer vision syndrome. I found some
abstracts on medline from "Optometry". Apparently it is published by
the american optometric association.The association has a site but I
couln't find the journal's website.

I had LASIK surgery done 6 months ago and I have experienced dry eyes
during that time.  I have been using eye drops the whole time and I
dont have a bacterial infection.  I had the plugs put in about a week
ago and I am still experiencing pain.  Is there anything else I can do

During the past year I have been to three doctors and none seem to be
able to get my prescription right.  Each seems to claim that my
prescription keeps changing -- Does this sound right?  I hae worn
contact lenses and glasses for about 25 years and havenever had a

Several times I read that prisms are not tolerated well by strabismus
patients. I wore them too and did not feel comfortable. But I can't
exactly pinpoint the reasons. Does anyone know why prisms are not
tolerated??

I'm a 30+ year myopic male (-8.5 both eyes), wearing hard contact lenses for
the last 14 years. A few weeks ago, I started having a strange problem with
my vision. It occurred after a period of eye fatigue - a movie festival +
long working hours staring at a computer screen. The ...