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| Strabismus Surgeon Question | 18 Oct 2005 23:34 GMT | 2 |
Does anyone have any experience with a Dr K W McNeer in Richmond Virignia? Any input would be helpful. Thanks
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| *=* OTIS BROWN WARNING *=* | 18 Oct 2005 19:10 GMT | 8 |
He, apparently, has decided to grace us with his presence once again. Therefore ..... ---- Dear Reader,
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| Eyeglasses in cyberspace | 18 Oct 2005 03:37 GMT | 2 |
What about the cut-rate eyeglasses which can be bought via the Internet? Can they be any good? Are some vendors better than others?
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| Contact Lenses | 17 Oct 2005 22:16 GMT | 4 |
I have been wearing glasses for about ten years now, and have been told in the past that I would not be a suitable candidate for contact lenses. Prior to getting my glasses I was having headaches which was caused by hypertropia/hypotropia (misalignment vertically) in each eye and ...
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| Recovery period from allergy | 17 Oct 2005 21:37 GMT | 5 |
Hello. I have had slight swelling of the eyelids for a few years. I have recently changed an acne cream I've been using for about 13 years which is benzoyl peroxide based and pretty brutal. It worked well, but after trying various things and still getting swollen eyes ...
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| compuetr eye glasses | 17 Oct 2005 18:30 GMT | 1 |
I have a frame with fiting height 16mm that I want to use to make a pair of computer eye glasses. What the best lens material for the computer eye glasses? Should I get a bigger frame to gte maximum benefit of making a pair
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| Protein Build-Up on Contacts | 17 Oct 2005 13:32 GMT | 2 |
Whenever I wear contacts for more than 6 hours, the lens get coated with thick layers of protein deposits. If I take the lens out to my palm, and rub them on a pool of saline solution, I start seeing lots
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| Non-Toric lenses for astigmatic eyes? | 16 Oct 2005 17:30 GMT | 4 |
My optometrist prescribed toric contact lenses to correct my nearsightedness & astigmatism. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the right toric lenses here
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| RGP lens size | 16 Oct 2005 17:24 GMT | 11 |
I was fitted with RGPs yesterday (my first contact lenses). I noticed that when I'm outdoors, I can clearly notice the edges of my RGPs. Is this normal? Or are they supposed to cover my whole field of vision?
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| Ortho-K | 16 Oct 2005 16:46 GMT | 4 |
Hello, since I'm hear I might as well mention that I saw Orthokeratology demonstrated on a tv show the other day. The presenter, who had worn glasses/contacts all his life had tried Ortho-k lenses and for the first time in his life could see without any assistance, after a while. ...
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| Tobradex and increased eye pressure | 16 Oct 2005 05:41 GMT | 1 |
I had an epiretinal membrane removed from one eye on June 2. The surgery went well without complications. After the operation the surgeon put me on the following drops: June 3 (saw surgeon)
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| eye dilation | 14 Oct 2005 22:46 GMT | 9 |
My husband had his eye dilated yesterday afternoon for numerous tests--they kept adding more dilating drops as time went on--and his eye is still dilated 24 hours later--does that indicate some problem or just that the doctors used a lot of drops? He is now on a topical
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| Curious about autorefractor | 13 Oct 2005 22:48 GMT | 12 |
After IOL implant, surgeon's technician autorefracted me, and showed me clearly the 20/15 line with a phoropter. I understood the correction was minus 1.0 D consisting partly of cylinder. Surgeon mildly chastised tech for using the autorefractor. "Just do a standard
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| Why are so many people myopic? | 13 Oct 2005 12:34 GMT | 37 |
To the eye professionals out there......does the evidence suggest that people always had such poor vision throughout history and just didn't realize it or are we doing things that are degrading our vision and contributing to its worsening performance.
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| Squinting - is a 'sunny day' squint = a 'blurry image' squint?? | 12 Oct 2005 15:21 GMT | 7 |
Reminder: Me = severe dry eyes, despite 4x punctal cautery; severe ciliary spasm (etc., etc.) To combat the effects of (glare, breeze, dust, etc.) on my dry eyes, I squint an awful lot when the environment dictates: outdoors, in
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