even though I see perfectly well at a distance with the reading glasses on?
On Oct 13, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Dana wrote: > um no... I think it means you need bifocals > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Last summer (2007) I went to an eye specialist to figure out why I >> had >> an instance of double images. Long story short, they figured out >> that >> I didn't have it when using contacts, but with did have it with >> glasses and when not using anything. One of the things they also >> figured out is that it's very hard to nail down my prescription as >> the >> specialist said, "Your eyes are really strong and can focus well with >> different prescriptions" >> >> After trying out their optometrist who kept insisting on putting me >> in >> contacts with different focal depths, I quit going there. >> >> I went back to my local wal-mart optometrist that I've been using for >> about 7 years now and told him the story. He told me that my >> astigmatism is what causes the ghosting and that it made sense that >> my >> contacts would clear it up. Anyway, during the examination, he >> measured me out to be about 2 clicks worse in sight, -2.75 on one and >> -3.25 on the other. >> >> I ended up getting some reading glasses as it was getting damn hard >> to >> read some of these technical books and my eyes were getting very sore >> without them. I started realizing that if I kept my reading glasses >> on all day, aside from the pain of glasses, my eyes were feeling much >> better. >> >> So the question is: >> >> If my vision is -2.75 and -3.25 and I've got some +1.5 reading >> glasses...do they offset each other so that my real prescription >> should be -1.25 and -1.75? >> >> zB >> >> -- >> Green grass and high tides forever >> Castles of stone souls and glory >> Lost faces say we adore you >> As kings and queens bow and play for you >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
