The Myopia Chronicles

OD | sphere: -4.25 | cylinder: -1.00 | axis: 020
OS | sphere: -4.25 | cylinder: -1.00 | axis 160

Holy cow.

And what's yours?

pffffft

-10.00 in both eyes

left to right, -8.0 and -8.5, ish, with -1.25 and -1.0 astigmatism (one of them's 85 degrees, forget the other one)

Right: sph: -4.50  cyl: -1.25  axis: 040
Left : sph: -4.50  cyl: -1.25  axis: 155

Also, right eye has prism: 1 deg base: out (whatever they mean)

OD: Power -7.00 | Cyl -0.75 | Axis 010
OS: Power -6.00 | Cyl -1.25 | Axis 180

My glasses would be weak on snoball, and his would be strong on me, but looks like we could both make it down the street.

Right: sph: +0.50 cyl: -1.00 axis: 035
Left : sph: -0.50 cyl: -0.50 axis: 150

A little bit short-sighted in one eye, a little bit long-sighted in the other.

o_O

-6.5, -7.5 dunno which is which, dont have contacts so dont really think abt it.

My eyes are just bad enough so I have to wear glasses, and just awkward enough to make contacts not worth it.

Wear your specs with pride.

i can't wear glasses anymore--i get more bang for my buck with contacts

At -10 in both eyes, I'd really look into surgery. No, seriously.

[controversial moderator edit] xpost

i would still probably have to wear glasses. i think -10 is pushing it as far as lasik goes.

my sister is -8 in both and they told her she cant have surgery, hope its not the same for me

Maybe Minority Report surgery then. Just get some new eyeballs.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t214/ZachRScott/RENOUNCEDOG.gif

right eye: sphere -6.50 | cyl -1.25 | axis 180

left eye: sphere -5.75 | cyl -2.25 | axis 173

Oh thank god...evil guide dog!

That dog will only guide you down the wrong path.

The path to SIN and RUIN and DESTRUCTION

Ok maybe you're right. That sounds like kind of a lot of fun.

yeah i (at -7.0) asked my doc once about LAZERS and he said well, only if you have a really thick eyeball. i think -10.0 might be right out.

anyway, a friend of mine has had an unpleasant outcome to lazers and i'm pretty happy with disposable contacts so

working outdoors + glasses is so nasty in hot weather, I'm tempted by LAZERS but, yow, two grand.

Fortunately Kenan looks really good in glasses.

I have 20/15 vision, so I have nothing else to add in this thread.

Well then. I certainly appreciate your input. :)

lolling about in the middle of the night without my lenses in i realise i am totally fucked should i ever lose one. should really get some backup glasses but haven't owned a pair in several years. bit of an effort tbh.

right: -1.75 -050 084
left: -1.75 -025 095

Right Eye:
Sphere -1.50
Cylinder -0.50
Axis 7

Left eye

Sphere -1.25
Cylinder -0.75
Axis 180

PD 59

can someone break down what all these numbers mean

pd is distance between your pupils

measured in mm. I tried reading the wikipedia entry on prescription eyeglasses but it was all whoosh. just know degree (the first one) refers to the power of magnification it something

Right: sph: -3.00 cyl: -4.50 axis:100
Left : sph: -3.75 cyl: -4.00 axis: 82.5

Presume it's astigmatism in both eyes that makes it difficult to judge a straight line....I often track a spreadsheet line along with my finger to make sure.

"Sph" or "Sphere" means how close the eyeball is to being a perfect sphere shape. Negative numbers mean the eyeball is slightly shorter when measured from front to back = short sighted. Positive numbers mean the eyeball is slightly longer = long sighted. "Cyl"/"Cylinder" and "Axis" define how much astigmatism there is and where it is, respectively.

interesting astigmatism fact: did yall know that El Greco is sometimes thought to have had astigmatism and that's why all his figures are so distorted?

I only know my sph: +0.0 in both eyes. They didn't tell me the others and told me to go forth in peace.

They didn't tell me the other numbers, I mean. Not the scores for my other eyes. I only have two eyes and anyone who says otherwise is lying.

Right Sph = -3.00 Cyl = -1.00 Axis = 65
Left Sph = -3.25 Cyl = -0.75 Axis = 110

I've worn glasses since I was 12 and my prescription hasn't changed much for ages. Nasty creeping feeling that the next few years will include the onset of some longsightedness too, and a one-way journey to The Land of Bi-Focals.

I've worn glasses since I was 8 (I'm now 36) and in the last 10 years I've got slightly less short sighted.

-2.25
-2.5

can't remember which way round. My eyes don't change much, they've been around -2 for 2 years. And I have mild astigmatism in one eye, but again I can't remember which one, because I don't actually notice it.

heh that should say around -2 for 20 years...

-1.75 L
-2.5 R

don't know any other numbers. wear glasses all the time, but probably don't really need to bar driving and tv.

contacts for sport, socialising

Wow, I am -0.75 in both eyes (just had eye test, excited abt having some numbers to post cz I couldn't read my previous optician's handwriting - lol etc) and I thought I was pretty shortsighted, but it's the smallest on the thread yet? No more being shamed when the other half expects me to see a picture on his monitor 6ft away and has to zoom in about 5 times until it fills the screen and then I usually still have to admit that I don't really know what I'm looking at.

I can get by w/o glasses round the flat, but I try not to leave the flat without them on cz I have trouble reading signs and can't tell if I know anyone more than 2 feet away, what the front of the bus says in time to hail it, etc. Can't drive but wouldn't be allowed to learn without glasses.

(R Sph:-0.75 Cyl:-0.75 axis:95 / L Sph:-0.75 Cyl:-1.25 axis:94, for anyone compiling ILXor Myopia Top Trumps)

can't tell if I know anyone more than 2 feet away

this is the worst part of it by far.

OD | sphere: -3.50 | cylinder: -1.25 | axis: 090
OS | sphere: -3.50 | cylinder: -1.00 | axis 105

A little worse than I stated previously, but not too bad. I've remained pretty steady the past ten years, with only subtle changes from prior rxs.

xpost solution is just waving to everyone who could possibly be someone you know.

sometimes if i look at ILX without my glasses i will see a post by "earlnash" and read it as "sarahell"