My mother is in need to a Trabeculectomy procedure for her wide angle
glaucoma that she has been treating with eye drops for 20 some years
and she's trying to pick a surgeon. Question is: How difficult is
this operation? Would having a great surgeon matter, or are chances for

I've had one eye implanted with a Restore IOL and second eye will be done
next week.
Looking ahead I'm wondering if one color of sunglasses might be better
suited for this application than another.  Or, is it strictly a personal

Anyone ever get eyeglass lens from Coscto?
Did they do you OK?

I've had my RGP's for a week now.  The discomfort is going away, but
I'm still sort of seeing the edge of them in my peripheral vision.
This effect comes and goes from blink to blink and over longer time
periods, but I do find it kind of annyoing, kind of like tunnel vision

You guys ignoring me, or is there a fundamental flaw with my posts? Are
they so unanswerable?
Cheers
Simon

Why can't you SIMPLY answer these questions ... HONESTLY, DIRECTLY,
AND COMPLETELY??  HOW HARD COULD THAT BE???
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1.    There seems to be a great deal of evidence that primates have

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/browse_thread/thread/c90adb7646840
8d7/390e3852084a228e#390e3852084a228e
Big problems can develop! See above link!

Current Prescription
R :  SPH -5.50 , CYL -1.00 , Axis 20, Prism 1.5 Base Out
L : SPH 6.00, CYL -1.00, Axis 5 , Prism 1.5 Base Out.
On April 6th a pair of Hoya Rimless Glasses were ordered from

If one were to avoid the Costcos/Walmart's, and go with high-quality
local optometrists, I understand prices are going to be much higher.
Just for lenses, what can we expect for single vision lenses, at high
index (1.67) and high quality AR coatings (preferably the Alize's)? How

Recently I purchased a new pair of glasses under my vision plan at work.
I am presbyopic(2 diopters reading) with a slight 0.5 diopter correction
for distance. I explained that mostly I work on a computer & that my
current glasses were bifocal with the upper portion correcting ...

had oasys in , somewhat red veins and redness on the right of the center
when i woke up and was driving for a while i saw it in my eye,  it did not
hurt, but i took the contact out, i slept the contacts overnight as you
proabbyl know...

[*** I'm moving this to a new thread as this is now completely
off-topic from the original thread.  I'm not even sure if this is the
most appropriate Usenet group for such a discussion.  If there is one
more appropriate, please feel free to inform me as such. ***

Anyone have any ideas on sticky rgp contacts?  I started with OK back
in january and am still working to make it right.  Today I am pretty
happy with the results, though I do have some nighttime starbursting.
My biggest issue is dryness induced decentration.  If I wear my lenses

I'll have a surgery in my only good eye in a month. Before going over the
details w/ my doc, I just want to know if my thinking makes sense.
1. I want the monofocal distance to be around 8-9 inches because that has
been my comfortable reading distance (I need to read manuscripts ...

My 4 years old daughter was just diagnosed with hyperopia and
amblyopia.
Also I undersrstand that it was diagnosed with functional amblyopia.
I am trying to learn and understand more, what should I do and what are