Eye exam

Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...

Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts. that
tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's! At 50,
the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse again a
couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my vision checked
2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance vision was sort of
fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I needed a new
prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even my left eye's
vision - which has always been considerably worse than the right! News
lenses ordered. :-)

Cathy

Cathy F. wrote:
> Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...
>
> Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts. that
> tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's! At 50,
> the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse again a
> couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my vision checked
> 2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance vision was sort of
> fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I needed a new
> prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even my left eye's
> vision - which has always been considerably worse than the right! News
> lenses ordered. :-)
>
> Cathy

That's good news! Now if the optometrist could only prescribe
longer arms...

The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're
trying to read something up close, you always have the option of
taking off your glasses, an tool that folks with 20/20 vision
don't have. I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get
bifocals by at least 2-3 years.

FurPaw
--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy F. wrote:
>> Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...
>>
>> Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts. that
>> tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's! At 50,
>> the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse again a
>> couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my vision
>> checked 2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance vision was
>> sort of fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I needed a new
>> prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even my left eye's
>> vision - which has always been considerably worse than the right! News
>> lenses ordered. :-)
>>
>> Cathy
>
> That's good news! Now if the optometrist could only prescribe longer
> arms...
>
> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're trying to
> read something up close, you always have the option of taking off your
> glasses, an tool that folks with 20/20 vision don't have.

Yep.

> I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get bifocals by at least 2-3
> years.

Huh - I never thought of it that way. Although I did put off getting
bifocals for... probably about 5 years since I had first noticed it. But
then one day - around 48 - I read a printed numeral incorrectly; well, I had
*seen* it incorrectly. That was the signal that I really needed to break
down & get them... (I tend to keep my glasses on in school - need to see
distance too frequently to keep taking them off for close work.)

At home I virtually never read w/ my glasses on - often take them off to
eat, too.

Cathy

Cathy F. wrote:
> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message

>> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're trying to
>> read something up close, you always have the option of taking off your
>> glasses, a tool that folks with 20/20 vision don't have.
>
> Yep.
>
>> I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get bifocals by at least 2-3
>> years.
>
> Huh - I never thought of it that way. Although I did put off getting
> bifocals for... probably about 5 years since I had first noticed it. But
> then one day - around 48 - I read a printed numeral incorrectly; well, I had
> *seen* it incorrectly. That was the signal that I really needed to break
> down & get them... (I tend to keep my glasses on in school - need to see
> distance too frequently to keep taking them off for close work.)

> At home I virtually never read w/ my glasses on - often take them off to
> eat, too.

My myopic dad did that, too, for many years. The only reason I
use mine most of the time is that there is about a 2 diopter
difference in my left and right eyes. The print is in focus in
one eye and out of focus in the other one, so when I read for
long periods without glasses, that leads to eyestrain and headaches.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

My Mothers Myopia got much better as she aged...probably from aging
At 53 my eyesight became worse. I went from -5.25 to -6.00 . Come to find
out I had the beginnings of cataracts...three years later they caused my
eyesight to go to -7.00 .The cataracts made me feel like I was looking
through waxed paper.
I was shocked that I had cataracts at my age..I was told that these kind are
seen in "younger" adults...My Diabetes caused them to progress faster then
normal. I had both lens replaced last year. I still wear glasses because the
Dr couldn't correct my eyesight like he want to because of severe
astigmatism...he said my eyeballs look like footballs At least I don't
wear coke bottles anymore. My eyesight is like -2.25 and -2.75..Much
improved

"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
> news:UdWdnesuqqnqauvanZ2dnUVZ_o-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Cathy F. wrote:
>>> Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...
>>>
>>> Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts. that
>>> tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's! At
>>> 50, the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse
>>> again a couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my
>>> vision checked 2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance
>>> vision was sort of fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I
>>> needed a new prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even
>>> my left eye's vision - which has always been considerably worse than the
>>> right! News lenses ordered. :-)
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>
>> That's good news! Now if the optometrist could only prescribe longer
>> arms...
>>
>> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're trying to
>> read something up close, you always have the option of taking off your
>> glasses, an tool that folks with 20/20 vision don't have.
>
> Yep.
>
>> I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get bifocals by at least 2-3
>> years.
>
> Huh - I never thought of it that way. Although I did put off getting
> bifocals for... probably about 5 years since I had first noticed it. But
> then one day - around 48 - I read a printed numeral incorrectly; well, I
> had *seen* it incorrectly. That was the signal that I really needed to
> break down & get them... (I tend to keep my glasses on in school - need
> to see distance too frequently to keep taking them off for close work.)
>
> At home I virtually never read w/ my glasses on - often take them off to
> eat, too.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
>

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> My Mothers Myopia got much better as she aged...probably from aging

When my myopia improved at 50, the optometrist said it was a common thing to
happen around that age. But I didn't realize that it might *continue* to
improve. Works for me! :-)

> At 53 my eyesight became worse. I went from -5.25 to -6.00 .

My sister was *extremely* near-sighted -6.00 & -9.00. (OTOH, she had
inherited the thick hair & good teeth - neither of which I did.) Mine had
been -4.5 (L) & -3.5 (R), but had improved somewhat. Right eye was down
to -2.75, IIRC. I'll be interested in seeing the numbers for the new
lenses' scrips.

Come to find
> out I had the beginnings of cataracts...three years later they caused my
> eyesight to go to -7.00 .The cataracts made me feel like I was looking
> through waxed paper.
> I was shocked that I had cataracts at my age..I was told that these kind
> are seen in "younger" adults...

A friend has that sort, apparently. Cataracts began to form in her ...
mid-40's, I think.

My Diabetes caused them to progress faster then
> normal. I had both lens replaced last year. I still wear glasses because
> the Dr couldn't correct my eyesight like he want to because of severe
> astigmatism...he said my eyeballs look like footballs At least I don't
> wear coke bottles anymore. My eyesight is like -2.25 and -2.75..Much
> improved

Definitely! :-)

Cathy




>
> "Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
> news:eZOdnU2BpPdXYevaRVn_vwA@giganews.com...
>>
>> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
>> news:UdWdnesuqqnqauvanZ2dnUVZ_o-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Cathy F. wrote:
>>>> Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...
>>>>
>>>> Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts.
>>>> that tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's!
>>>> At 50, the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse
>>>> again a couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my
>>>> vision checked 2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance
>>>> vision was sort of fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I
>>>> needed a new prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even
>>>> my left eye's vision - which has always been considerably worse than
>>>> the right! News lenses ordered. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cathy
>>>
>>> That's good news! Now if the optometrist could only prescribe longer
>>> arms...
>>>
>>> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're trying to
>>> read something up close, you always have the option of taking off your
>>> glasses, an tool that folks with 20/20 vision don't have.
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>>> I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get bifocals by at least 2-3
>>> years.
>>
>> Huh - I never thought of it that way. Although I did put off getting
>> bifocals for... probably about 5 years since I had first noticed it. But
>> then one day - around 48 - I read a printed numeral incorrectly; well, I
>> had *seen* it incorrectly. That was the signal that I really needed to
>> break down & get them... (I tend to keep my glasses on in school - need
>> to see distance too frequently to keep taking them off for close work.)
>>
>> At home I virtually never read w/ my glasses on - often take them off to
>> eat, too.
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy F. wrote:
>> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
>
>>> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're trying to
>>> read something up close, you always have the option of taking off your
>>> glasses, a tool that folks with 20/20 vision don't have.
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>>> I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get bifocals by at least 2-3
>>> years.
>>
>> Huh - I never thought of it that way. Although I did put off getting
>> bifocals for... probably about 5 years since I had first noticed it. But
>> then one day - around 48 - I read a printed numeral incorrectly; well, I
>> had *seen* it incorrectly. That was the signal that I really needed to
>> break down & get them... (I tend to keep my glasses on in school - need
>> to see distance too frequently to keep taking them off for close work.)
>
>> At home I virtually never read w/ my glasses on - often take them off to
>> eat, too.
>
> My myopic dad did that, too, for many years. The only reason I use mine
> most of the time is that there is about a 2 diopter difference in my left
> and right eyes. The print is in focus in one eye and out of focus in the
> other one, so when I read for long periods without glasses, that leads to
> eyestrain and headaches.

Makes sense. Mine aren't that disparate - at least not any more; I can
focus both at the same distance.

Cathy


>
> FurPaw
>
> --
> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
> every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
> a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
> those who are cold and are not clothed."
> - Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> To reply, unleash the dogs.

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote:
> Cathy F. wrote:
>> Ellen's remark in the procrastination spam semi-thread reminded me...
>>
>> Since turning 50 (um... several years ago), the only medical appts. that
>> tend to yield a happy reaction are the ones at the optometrist's! At 50,
>> the myopia in my right eye improved. Then it got a little worse again a
>> couple of years later, but not as bad as it had been. Had my vision checked
>> 2 days ago - had noticed that my left eye's distance vision was sort of
>> fuzzy (w/glasses - nevermind sans glasses!) - knew I needed a new
>> prescription. Turns out the myopia's improved again, even my left eye's
>> vision - which has always been considerably worse than the right! News
>> lenses ordered. :-)
>>
>> Cathy

> That's good news! Now if the optometrist could only prescribe
> longer arms...

> The good thing about myopia and aging eyes is that when you're
> trying to read something up close, you always have the option of
> taking off your glasses, an tool that folks with 20/20 vision
> don't have. I figure that my myopia delayed my need to get
> bifocals by at least 2-3 years.

It's delayed mine for well over ten years (am 65). I'm lucky in not
only being myopic, but in having an aquiline nose which I can use as a
focus adjusting ramp for my spectacles. They go halfway done my nose
for computer work, fully down for book reading, and I take them off to
read stuff that's too small for normal eyesight :-)

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