... I just had PTK done which is similar to PRK. I don't know if PRK recovery is as long as PTK, but I'm headed to my fourth week and my vision changes from day to day. ... (1 replies)

... I recently underwent vision tests as part of medical testing for Air Force Flight School. ... (1 replies)

... for 45 mins or so. My vision insurance is very limited so a visit to eye doctor means 160 out of pocket for me. ... (0 replies)

... I had glasses made. The optometrist gave me grade 50 as I understood. But I can't still seem to understand the cause why my vision is like this. And also, do I have to wear my glasses all the time? ... (0 replies)

... The doctor said that most people with vision like that don't get glasses, but he also noted that I obviously struggle with distance, and when he put a prescription on me, it definitely helped! ... (15 replies)

... if you count them from 20 feet. ... (38 replies)

... I figure someday I will make that choice also. But I don't see how a white cane would help you. If the blurring in the bad eye is so bad it interfers with the vision from the right, than wouldn't blocking that eye completely from seeing be of help? ... (38 replies)

... I have a lot of corneal issues. Had dry eyes for years, wore soft contacts for 20 years. At one point, could no longer tolerate them. Had LASIK with moderate success. ... (1 replies)

... the blurred vision is clearing up. I had the Toric Astigmatism Implants. ... (2 replies)

... I passed the field of vision test fine and was event sent to a retinologist for a Fluorescein angiography which showed no active leakage in the eye. ... (1 replies)

... The doctors are telling me the lower 40% of my retina in one eye is detached. The macula is still on. 1. I have read that gas is ineffective when the detachment is in this lower position. Does anyone have any knowledge on that issue? 2. What is the purpose of the gas? I have read conflicting opinions. Most sources say it is to push the retina against the eye wall so... (1 replies)

... I'm just curious. I've long had bad eyes, and always see better with contacts than with glasses, but I have an injury on my cornea and have to be in glasses for at least a week while it hopefully heals. That being said, I have no idea what my eyesight is on the 20/20 vision system. I can't see the big E on the chart at all, but anyone know a ballpark figure. The... (1 replies)

... Hey, new to the forum and have some concerns i'd like to share about my vision. I'm 21 years old, male. At around 16 my eye site started deteriorating, so i went to the doctor and found out i had 20/25 in one eye and 20/30 in the other, my left eye being the better of the two. So i got a pair of glasses, but hardly ever used them (i was 16, didn't think it was cool). Things... (0 replies)

... Well said Jodie. I still feel embarrased though when it seems difficult to get it right but that's just the way I am. (699 replies)

... Marshall, having 20/25 vision is really very good! It seems to me that a trial-and-error process is the only way to get the best possible correction for many retinally-induced problems. I assume that the cost of returned lenses is built into the high price for the lenses. (699 replies)

... You're all old enough for your eyes to have stopped growing; when you stop growing, your myopia stops worsening too. I'm fifteen and my myopia is over -10.00. I can't describe how scared I am to lose my sight. I love to draw and paint and read and I know that I'd probably attempt suicide if I lost my sight. Losing my sight...would kill me. What worries me the most is that I... (19 replies)

... My refraction is plano. Yet, I am pretty sure that I noticed immediately that with the natural eye closed, my vision in the the Crystalens eye was a little blurry, more so at greater distance. I am also pretty sure that it has gotten worse. ... (1 replies)

... Monday 8/25/08 Left lazy eye had cataract removal 8/5/08 and the next day it was 20/25 with absolutely no problems. Right eye also had cataract removal with iol impant Tuesday 8/19/08 but had much tearing and soreness and is very very blurry after using four drops and ointment evenings religiously. (0 replies)

... If you can see better with glasses, you made the right decision. It would be more useful if you could tell us what your prescription is, eg. -.50 or -1.25, or whatever--in other words, how slight or moderate the correction is. (15 replies)

... is absolutely amazing. The question you ask is one for the eye doc as to whether fusion can occur or whether you will continue to have monocular vision and have to switch from eye to eye. ... (3 replies)