When they use the machine to determine the axis of the right eye, it
says 165 degrees axis.  But when they take me back to do the
subjective exam, the best results are at 40 degrees.
Is there some explanation for this?  If so, which would be the correct

 If one is looking at a certain visual scene, say with a 7x binocular.  And
then one physically moves 7x closer.  The resulting image may not appear as
bright (or clear) when one is at a distance.  Why is this?
Don W.

I have peripheral neuropathy (progressive, poly), type2 diabetes, and my
ability to focus changes continually throughout the day, depending on the
time of day, tiredness, ambient light, etc.
With my ongoing neurological problems, obviously, when I have an eye

Why can't I buy contacts without an eye doc being in the loop?  I find
this annoying.  I have a fresh eyeglass prescription, and some contacts
I like in my old prescription.  Now I need to pay someone to say it's
okay to get the contacts in the right Rx.  Looks to me like the eye

Hi all I recently posted this on another forum for help, was wondering
if I could get any kind advice here.
I'm farsighted, my original perscription was +3.25 L and 3.50 R, these
where perfectly fine up until last christmas when my eyesight got

My 83yr old mother has both cataracts and glaucoma. The fluid pressure
in her eyes ranges between 24 and 28. Her long standing specialist
recently suggested a laser operation to relieve the glaucoma.
She sought a second opinion and the recommendation was to do the

Is there any way to polish the surface of plastic lenses?  They're
just slightly abraded, so even if they can't be machine polished,
maybe there is a liquid coating that would fill in the light
scratches?

Hi, all.
First off, I'm not a vision professional. I came into this group
looking for advice on contact lenses a few months ago, and appreciate
the assistance I was given.

I just received two refractions; the second to confirm the first. To my
surprise, the second picked up astigmatism, where the first didn't; the
basic correction was very close. My question is, what difference in
real world terms would I see by choosing one over the other? Is my

Why is it so important to fully correct myopia if you have presbyopia
or accomodative dysfunction? Its common for people getting cateract
surgury to choose to be undercorrected for near or intermediate to the
tune of -1 diopters, -1.5 diopters, -2 diopters, sometimes even more! I

Dear Reader,
Before you consider paying attention to anything that Otis Brown
(otisbr...@pa.net) writes, I invite you to review all of his  previous
posts.

wie is op de hoogte over speciale procedures voor registratie van
kruidengeneesmiddelen?

I am currently using the SL66 monthly disposals and because of my very
infrequent wears, I end up throwing it away after less than 5-10 wears!
How long can I keep the monthly lenses from my first wear, i.e. once I
open them?

one of the eye doctors we have seen suggested contacts for my child .due to
my 3 year olds high myopia.i woul think this would be hard but he said he has
other kids do it with assistance from parents and it is quit easy. i know
when we had to put eye drops in her eyes the first ...

I sometimes suffer discomfort when not wearing glasses. My prescription is
currently -2.75 and -2.25.  I don't wear them for using the computer and
reading although I sometimes get eye strain. Someone said that it might be
that I am noticing the 'differnce in focus points'. What ...