At times I see a patch of vision that is flickering, mainly in the left
eye but occasionally in the right as well.  It is most pronounced when I
enter a warm building after being in the cold for awhile.  It is only
with a specific area with clearly defined borders which seems to ...

Does anyone on this forum wear toric lenses? I'm considering getting
them. I am quite myopic and have astigmatism.

Hi Mike
I had another of these messages that i cannot reply to from within the
thread.
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I have recently tried Hydron ActiToric contact lenses, because i have
-1.5cyl x 180 and they are the only ones that i've found with this cyl
value.. All other brands have -1.25 or -1.75 but not -1.5.
Since there were no -1.5 torics i was wearing -1.75 Focus Toric

Hi, I have had Astigmatism for my whole life, only moderate but it was
always there, worse in one eye.  About 18 months ago I started to be
much more focused on a good diet, daily exercise including daily
weights and 1/2 hour walk, more sleep, and a certain set of vitamins.

Hi i heard from a friend that works as a tech at a private practice
that has alot of medicaid pts. since medicaid doesn't pay for glasses
with plano or -0.25 prescription. the doctor would write -0.50 even if
the child doesn't need glasses. what do you guys think? would that

what do you call a man who can psychoanalyze someone knowing only their
eyeglass prescription.  or just what they post in this newsgroup.
genius (as he would like you to think), racist, egotist ?

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I noticed an article about this on Contact Lens Spectrum but haven't
seen any other info. Is Acuvue coming out with an Advance Toric soon?

Dear Prevention minded friends,
Here is an Ophthalmologist who recommends
that we begin dealing with the "cause",
and not spend so much time with the

I'm a contact wearer for about 10 years now.  I started with
non-disposibles, then after a year, got a bad case of conjunctivitis,
and switched to 2 week disposibles.  About 3 years ago, I switched to
Focus Dailies.  When I started out, for the first year and a half, I

What's the difference between Snellen and Sloan eyecharts?  Why are
there two?

We're taking a trip to Central America, and I would like to have a backup
pair of eyeglasses. Sears currently has a deal on glasses - for $97 it
includes frames, no-line bifocals, and what they call "ultralight lenses."
I'm on the 2nd year of my current prescription (my first ...

I have a lens that is very similar to the Verilux Comfort and I'm very happy
with it.
Went to Costco and they said they use Ovation lenses. They said Ovations are
very similar to Verilux.

My partner, who does not normally need glasses, recently went for an eyetest
and was told that she *does* now need glasses and was given a prescription
as follows:
Right:    -0.25 sph, -0.75 cyl (axis 178)