repairing aluminum frames is simple-form and solder with a 25 watt iron
and transistor gauge solder.
but finding the aluminum is difficult-hardware store aluminum doesn't
solder as aluminum oxide film immediately coats the metal surface

I'm a T2 diabetic and notice that my distance vision changes about a half
diopter with blood sugar changes.  What is the physiology behind this?  My
last dialated retinal exam shows normal.
TIA

A friend of mine is doing this - she is 43 and was finding it difficiult to
focus on reading matter. I wonder if I might try it in later life but have a
couple questions.
- how much would one of my eyes be undercorrected?

I will be 49 this year. I do not wear glasses, however, I do have some
to read with. It seems like things close up are blurry and hard to
read, but distance things I have no problem with.
I bought some reading glasses at the pharmacy a couple of years ago

Here's an honest question for the professionals in the audience:
I've seen several posts lately in which I'm led to believe that as an
astigmatic myope I *must* keep my spectacles on my face as I will be
rendered inexplicably unable to read if I take them off.

My 8 yr old just had his first eye exam, after the school did their vision
screening.   Here is what they found:
R: -1.5  L: -.75
Based on some information I read on the web,  I challanged the OD with his

I have some news to tell all of ya! Last week I went to the
ophthamologist. You can read about it here.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/browse_thread/thread/7c0c68b16a86f
aaf/19ca60b779c86bf5#19ca60b779c86bf5
I went again earlier today to get my manifast refraction. ...

Had my Chalazion surgically drained 4 weeks ago. The Chalazion
dosen't have any fluid inside but is merely a bump, it is still red.
I've been advised by the doctor to stop using the antibiotic ointment
as I've been using it for a few months now. Whats the norm for

I am a 42 y/o male with very mild myopia and a slight astigmatism in my
left eye. (Yet I can see well from 2 feet to 5 feet pretty clear
without correction).
My progressive lens eyeglass prescription is:

As soon as I can unless you or someone proves that orthoK is nearly as
dangerous as laser surgury. From what I read, its nearly as safe as
regular daily wear contacts and 10x safer than overnight extend wear
contacts. In the meantime, I will be trying different brands of soft

I don't know if this is brain related or vision related. I have been having
this weird thing where all of a sudden on eye will get bright sparkles in
front of it and its very hard to see.  It is very similar to when you rub
your eyes real hard and then re open them and its hard to ...

To whom it concerns,
Wake up all nitwits, there is no excact conversion possible from diopters
into vision acuity
and vice versa, period.

I've been wearing contacts for 15 years or so to correct pretty severe
myopia.  I know I'm > -10 in each eye, probably more, but I don't have an
actual Rx.  I'm 45 and should be presbyopic, but I'm still "a few clicks"
from needing reading glasses.  I'm also a long time T2 ...

I cannot remember, is there a time limit after CAT surgery for getting
glasses. I have a patient who had CAT surgery last Spring and I want to know
if she will still be eligible for eyeglasses. Does anyone else find the
DMERC Region A website hard to navigate? I wish they had a ...

It looks like the whackos have messed up s.m.v. once again.
I'm sure it's only temporary, so I'll check back from time to time, but
for now, you can find some answers and I'm available for other questions at:
http://www.obase.net