I'm 29 years old, myopic with astigmatism, and correctable to 20/20.  
I wear glasses about 70% of the time and contacts the rest of the
time.
Lately I've been noticing a weird sensation with my vision...  If I

Hi, I´m a bit confused about mtf curves and perceived sharpness
because I found seemingly contradicting statements. Some texts say
that perceived sharpness correlates best with the 50% value of the mtf
(where contrast has dropped by half) and others state that the

If you've had a bad outcome from LASIK or other refractive surgery,
read this excellent article by (unfortunately) very experienced LASIK
malpractice attorney Ken Keith.
Can You Sue?

I bought a quality pair of polarized sunglasses (Hobie, $60 sale/$160
retail) for driving purposes, especially to help in daylight rainy
conditions. I read about the theory of polarized light, and thought it
would be a great improvement over regular sunglasses. However, I've a

I can see why prescriptions are required for drugs, because those can
be easily abused or sold in the black market. But to me, eye
prescriptions don't seem that critical.
My analogy is shoes. You could probably mess up your

Could someone please explain the difference between the Physio and
Physio360.  I've been to
 Varilux.Com, but they are far from clear on the target market of
either product.

I've been wearing soft contacts for a while now (Coopervision
"Preference") and would like to try a color lens.  Unfortunately
they're hard to find in my prescription... -7.50, 0.75 cyl.
The only toric lens with a high enough sphere that I found is Durasoft

I wrote breifly about an eye problem I have and no one has made any
suggestions. If any one is interested please let me know and I will be
more specific.
Also is this an eye place or dental place? I thought I signed up for a

Dear Second-opinion friends,
    Yves (name changed) contacted me about the plus.
    He was about -2 diopters and 20/140.  After several months
of using the plus he saw no progress and he suggested Ortho-K.

I have visions problems and was wondering if anyone could help me with
a diagnosis. I have been to eye specialists who dont have a clue.
I see kind of like a sparklie, glittery type of stuff in certain lights
and it seems to depend on how the light is entering my eyes. I have

I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on CIBAVision's
O2 Optix was imminent.  Anyone got the scoop?

I am posting an update on my case to document it for other patients,
since Google will not allow me to reply to my previous posts.  The
orginal posts are pasted below.
As of today my lesion is still scarred over, no bleeding.  My last

I'm experiencing some frightening symptons.  Went to the ER one night
- they referred me to an opthamologist who was stumped - and he
referred me to a specialist neural opthamologist who was stumped - and
he has now referred me to a neurologist at the Stroke Prevention

Ok,
So,
Let's say, I have a 4th Nerve Palsy which is causing a torsional
diplopia. My fusional amplitudes are pretty good and I converge the

Would it be reasonable to request all my RGP contact fitting
information from my previous doc, including topographies?  I'd like to
just walk in there and get them, but I'm not sure if they'll give me
trouble.