In the last few weeks, following the input of a man who had his vision
destroyed by a wrong lasik procedure, several clients are coming who
want to try the Bates books for the relief of very unpleasant symptoms
they are developing after the surgery.

Are they legally available in the USA yet, being prescribed here, etc.?
How do people find they compare with N&Ds?

Today I helped my young client to read outdoors.
After the use of the sun-treatment and the solar glass she was able to
read license plates with numbers and letters 9 cm tall at a distance of
15 meters.

sphere/cyl/axis
-5.25 -.50 50
-5.25 -.75 105
Went with Pentax 1.67 (vanity!), but now struggling to focus with indoor

HI .. I am in my 70s and got one major shock 4 months ago. My
ophthalmologist told me I had AMD. Went home and read all I could online

I have another very intelligent client from Naples who was suffering of
a strong prescription till the age of 6, now he is 25 and has discarded
eyeglasses permanently.
He has read the Trilogy of Perfect Sight which I publish in fine print

Otis Brown maintains that the minus lens is unsafe based on a remark
said to have been made by the American ophthalmologist W H Bates who
introduced his treatment of refractive errors to the world at the
beginning of the last century. Bates claimed that fitting a minus lens

Dear Prevention minded friends,
Subject:  Passing 20/20 -- no problem!  Jon
Please rememver, science and medicine is NEVER a "finished
business".  New cocenpts and scientific facts must be

HI .. I am in my 70s and got one major shock 4 months ago. My
ophthalmologist told me I had AMD. Went home and read all I could online

The Times newspaper published a general knowledge quiz the other day.
To the question what part of the human body never changes its size
after birth the answer was given as the eye.
Can this be true?

my eyee have been jumpy lately, i'm afraid it may be serious. should i
see a neurologist soon?
tiff

Is there a disadvantage to being corrected to 20/15 or 20/10 with Lasik?
Will reading suffer because of it.
I know a doc who says that he can correct to that level.
There has got to be a catch.

Earlier back in jan we had posted here for help (
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/browse_frm/thread/456501f8702
7fdde/e11c0498381eb2ba?tvc=1&q=estropia+toddler#e11c0498381eb2ba)
Our 3 1/2 year old seemed to have slightly crossed eyes, so we took him
in to be ...

I found a topic in this group that explains most of what my question is
but I need a little more indepth answer.
I just got glasses basically for the first time (5 years ago I had them
when I was a kid). The glasses of course the title of this topic

I've been diagnosed with uveitis (as a result of cataract surgery).
I've used pred-forte drops and seem to be healing. My optometrist says
he still sees a few 'cells', indicating I'm not fully healed.  Can
someone explain what these cells are and what it means?