Dear Second-opinion friends,
Subject: Here is a discussion on how to avoid ENTRY into
myopia.
http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2254

If my prescription is:
L:  -1.25 ADD 2.50
R:  -1.25 ADD 2.50
for a pair of SV reading glasses do I need +1.25 left and right ?

There is a comanaging OD who practices in my town. He talked a long-
time patient into having LASIK and it ruined her vision and comfort.
He has attempted to fit damaged LASIK patients with hard lenses and
failed. Still he comanages. He had an amateur boxer ready to have

Dear Sir,
I am ZEAD ABDULLAH AL-FURAIH , I am working at college of applied
medical sciences at king saud university in Riyadh - Optometry
Department.

The Risks of Lasik
By:  L. Fleming Fallon Jr., MD,
    All of these surgical procedures carry risks, the most
serious being corneal scarring, corneal rupture, infection,

I've read that Spasmus Nutans resolves, but what does resolve, the lone
head movement, or both the head movement and the eyes' nystagmus?
Thanks,
Andrea

I could use a little input on progressive lenses ...
My Rx is -1.25, add 2.5 (both eyes) and I have post-surgical IOLs since 1999
.. I assume this is basically a very "minimal" prescription and I'm
wondering how it affects my choice of a progressive lens

Dear Sci.med.vision members,
One poster raised the issue of optical dead-band,
and then told some one to F. O. when he
asked questions about it -- if you are a professional.

I hope someone on this very informative forum can fill me in on contacts and
astigmatism.
My astigmatism is low and in the past opticians have compensated for it by
increasing my prescription. I hope that makes sense. I have friends who wear

Several years ago, I had worn glasses that I bought at For Eyes.  I
found that the frame gave me headaches.  I don't know if the frame
just wasn't adjusted correctly, or if perhaps the lenses were too
heavy.  As for the lens quality, I did not notice any problems.

SCHOOL CHILDREN'S EYES
THE cure and prevention of imperfect sight in school children is very
simple.
A Snellen Test Card should be placed in the class room where all

i recently had a retinal detachment
i went to the doc and the doc put a gas bubble in my eye and so far
its fine-there is no black spots.
the bubble is still in there but i still have one problem.

I am looking for anyone who may have had an acoustic neuroma which may
have caused a dry eye condition and then had lasik surgery.  Did the
dry condition become worse after the surgery? Where there any other
conditions that developed after the surgery?

I recently reported that the British had decided to run comparitive
studies between Avastin and Lucentis, and now, I've learned that the
Germans will be doing the same thing.
Here's the link to my posting:

I visited today the retinologist, who examined my eyes after dilation
and found everything to be OK -- my good eye is still good with no
pathology, and the retina and macula in my bad eye are intact, hole
closed and retina still attached.  My corrected VA today was