Have been told it is dry eye, but the drops don't work. Nov 2005 it
started, eyes were always red, but no pain. Then about Jan 2006 started
being very sensitive to the light, being on the computer or tv caused
severe eye pain. Had an eye exam, didn't need glasses, everything

My grandmother who is 82 has the belief that she must have glass for her
eyeglasses.  That plastic will be blurry and unclear. The problem is that she
only has vision in one eye and I am concerned that at 82 if she were to fall
or be in some sort of an accident that the glass could ...

I've been experimenting with pinhole glasses for a while, but they
don't seem to work for me. (I can still return the glasses.) I'd like
to know if other users have had similar problems and if they did or did
not find a solution.

How is the power of an IOL calculated?
Will my prescription be used as part of this calculation?
Is this done by a machine?
Is there a better method for someone with high myopia (-17)?

What is the red/green chart my eye doc has me looking at?  He wants to
know whether the letters are darker/clearer in the red half or the
green half.  I guess it has something to do with distance vs. near, but
I don't really understand how that works.

I am very astigmatic and when best corrected, come in at
something like 20/40 or 20/35.
For several years I've had progressive lenses which I carry
with me.  I use them for driving, walking around, museums,

Is soc.support.vision-impaired newsgroup now in effect?
Don W.

I recently purchased a new pair of perscription sunglasses with
polarized lenses.  (They weren't cheap ones, ether...)  The
polarization on the lenses seem very uneven to me.  If I look at a
clear blue sky, I can see that the lenses looks splotchy, as if the

A friend of mine told me that there actually are stock lenses - lenses
that are already grinded for various prescriptions - out there and
that's why lenscrafter and the like can finish your glasses in an hour.
She added that those lenses were actually very cheap to get. Was she

Went for an eval with a well-respected local surgeon, and as expected,
he said no Lasik for me with my dry eyes.  A friend just had PRK, and I
have to say that the long recovery time would probably make me very anxious.
I'm a 49 yr old female, used to wearing contacts with -6.00 ...

I had cataract surgery in my right eye 1 week ago and now the right side of
my head sometimes feel heavy. According to my surgeon, the surgery went well
and everything's looking good. Since my IOP is normal (16), he thinks that
the slight heaviness comes from my brain still not ...

I spoke with a couple of doctors today at an ocular pathology
symposium I would consider to be well-qualified on the subject of
glaucoma:
o  Murray Fingeret, OD (see <http://tinyurl.com/j9uw9> and

Is there any medication out there to get rid of floaters in my right
eye? These damn dots keep following me like a fly. Thanks.

I appeared for a vision test in Department of Licenesing (DOL),
Washignton. I have a low vision in one of my eye so DOL asked me to
provide a vision certificate from an ophthalmologist. I stay in
Bellevue, WA. Can someone please tell me where I can get the addresses

I am a recently graduated ophthalmologist and I am trying to design a
system for checking vision on a computer.  There are several commercial
designs - but they are quite expensive - $2000.  I figured I could put
something together myself and have played around with powerpoint and I