I just received my new Rx and I am trying to figure out how much difference
there is from my old one, especially in the reading area. I am concerned
about this because I have found that over the 50 years that I worn glasses,
that many ODs and OMDs tend to over-prescribe my ...

Dear Friends,
    A personal loss.
    Francis Young died last year.  I co-wrote papers with him on
the dynamic nature of the fundamental eye.  This is my

I've been wearing the same pair of prescription glasses for the past 5
years and have noticed no real significant changes in that time.  When
examined by an O.D. in December 2001 I was prescribed the following
which I still wear to this day:

At the weekend I picked up glasses with a new prescription, not much
different to my old one they said.  Because of the activities in my calendar
for the last couple of days I've been wearing these more than I generally did
the last pair, now when I take them off it seems as though ...

I'll have cataract surgery, and I have a couple of questions.
First, I'm running a business and I'd rather have everything done
in a short period then doing it twice. In a 2002 posting to this
group I found that the reason they do one eye at a time is

I've been wearing progressives for many years and finally
ended up with the Varilux Comfort because I was able to
adjust to it.  However, the poor peripheral vision
performance of the lens has made me look further now that I

A couple days ago, my cousin (in his mid-thirties) noticed that he ha
a well-defined, darker spot in the center of his field of vision fo
one eye.  His vision in that eye is also a little blurry.  Thes
things are noticable day and night.  His mother has had cataracts

dr., what are your credentials. Let's see them now right here in this
newsgroup.

Since the conventional optometrists here kept hiding what they know
about the cause of myopia, I will share a little bit (which is all I
know) about the cause of myopia.
Myopia is caused by ......

Hi. I just turned 40 and suddenly I started seeing a persistent floater
last week. It started as a spec flying around in front of my one eye.
I've noticed this spec for brief moments in the past but it alway
disappeared. Since the onset of the persistent floater last week, the

I have been having diabetes type 2 and  I realized for 5 years ago.
After 4 years the vision began to diminish, was seeing but blurred and
when I was where the doctor I realized that my sugar level was of 563.
The endocrinólogo  prescribe me  a series of medicines that managed to

Is there any evidence that undercorrecting myopia in adults can reduce it -
eg wearing -3 instead of -3.50 contact lenses?
And is there a risk that wearing something too strong will advance myopia
even in adults?

Mike Tyner wrote:

Dang.  Got off the 'net for 4 or 5 days and the idiotic "Dr." Segal has
 managed to troll the group into a worthless batch of babble soup.
I suggest what really worked pretty well with Otis for awhile.  Stop
responding to his crap and he will eventually crawl down under someone

I just started wearing Gas Permeable lens by Menicon Z brand lens and
have been wearing PMMA regular hard lens for 30 years and I cannot wear
my new GP lens for more then 8 hours without them feeling like they
have a grain of sand in the upper corner of my eye. I have not had any