Just wanted to share my experience with those considering LASIK. I went
for my final pre-LASIK exam where they verify all measurements a day
before surgery. I told my doc that I felt my eyes were a bit drier the
past few days and he did a Schermer (sp?) test and it came out to 1 ...

Hey, all.
I recently bought a pair of nice Serengeti sunglasses off Ebay. The
price was _really_ good - like less than 40% of retail. It was cheap
enough for me to wonder if they might be a knock-off.

Hi my uncle complained that his vision got worse after the triple
bypass. would the surgery cause any harm to his eye sight? TIA

When a doctor uses OCT. Does the machine "default" to scan the entire
360 degree retinal surface of the eye from the peripheral or edge to
the center or macula. Or does he has to input regions to scan such as
macula or even optic disc or selected retinal

I'm myopic and astigmatic, about -2.75 myopia and -1.75 astigmatism in
my right eye and -1.25 in my left.  When I don't wear my glasses, my
right eye strays off and I get headaches. I'm trying not to become too
dependent on my glasses so fr closework I try to survive without my

I have a pair of Vuarnet sunglasses that use a plastic frame (may be
nylon, not certain).  I need to change the lenses.  I have new lenses.
Does anyone know how much heat I need to soften the frame?  Is a hair
dryer too much, too little?

I am in my early 70s.  I have utmost faith in meyedoc whom I will see
in a couple of weeks.  At the last exam, based on my vision complaints
and testing, it was determined that I finally passed the threshold for
cataract surgery and lens implants.  We had a thread here on lens

My right eye is 20/50 or wors, quite blurry. I get eye
staribn.headaches BUT
With both eyes open ny vision is fine, not as great as otehrs but still
fine becuase my left eye is nearly 20/20.

Hi, I'm getting ready to buy a backup pair of glasses, and they'll be
the first pair of glasses I'll have been able to really research, since
I've finally learned my lesson (+my prescription is settling down...
only changing by a decrease of -0.25 spherical power diopter every 2

I have been diagnosed by a retina specialist with Macular Degeneration of
one eye.  I have been treated by Visudyne Therapy and an injection of
Avastin.  It will be repeated every 3 months about 4 times.  My central
vision with that eye is almost gone.

Dear colleagues:
This is my first post to the group and I hope it will be in line with the
issues that are normally discussed here.
I am an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon currently working on a project that

I have a lenticular astigmatism. I also work in IT and therefore spend
a lot of time looking at a PC monitor. I have noticed that if I spend
less time using my PC (e.g. if I am between contracts) my vision seems
to improve slightly. Equally when I start using the PC for long periods

I notice that my right lens has been problematic these past few days.
When I put it on for the first time in the day, it has what appears to
be a "dry film" on the outside, which blurs my vision (sorta like
looking through a stained glass).

I'm 61 yo and have worn glasses since I was 12. I'm also
a computer programmer. A couple of years ago I noticed that
when reading the paper and especially when using the computer my
vision would get fuzzy or bit blurry. Sort of like the lens of my

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Bet you didn't know that the human eye has 40,000,000
nerve endings, that the focusing muscles move an estimated