aimeeandbeatles
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Ask somebody with poor vision
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rugbyLEAGUEfan
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I had something similar once. This was some 8 years ago I think. I was still taking musiclessons back then I rode there on my bicycle. On my way back I notices my glasses were greasy and decided to clean them. Before I knew it I was holding one of my lenses
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Due to the fact that I use Dark blue that colour clashes so only due to the colour clash it is hard to see, but that happens even if you used normal font. But then I highlight it so I can see it.
aimeeandbeatles
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Everyone in my family with vision issues has astigmatism except me (my mom wears bifocals). I'm just myopic -- pretty badly myopic, but still myopic. I'm not sure if that'll mean I'll turn astigmatic when I'm older. Does anyone had research on this? Can it happen that a myopic person can turn astigmatic or is it pretty stable throughout life?
Everyone in my family with vision issues has astigmatism except me (my mom wears bifocals). I'm just myopic -- pretty badly myopic, but still myopic. I'm not sure if that'll mean I'll turn astigmatic when I'm older. Does anyone had research on this? Can it happen that a myopic person can turn astigmatic or is it pretty stable throughout life?
LucyDuke
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My astigmatism was insignificant when I was younger but has gotten worse with age.
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Would it cancel out the myopia?
Radio Noer
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I was when I was much younger (20/400, which is legally blind) but with vision therapy it's up to 20/30ish.
EDIT: I have refractive amblyopia, which is considerably more correctable than stabismic or occulsion amblyopia.
aimeeandbeatles
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I have a feeling it wouldnt cancel out the myopia as much as creating astigmatism (that's when everything is blurry. I keep trying to tell my mom the term but she keeps insisting she's "both near- and far-sighted").
Nope. I asked my physics teacher that question back in school. They're both different things that happen to the eye, hence the need for bifocals.
Chukchi Husky
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I just had an appointment at the hospital. My eyesight has gotten worse, and eventually I may need surgery. If I have the surgery I'll have the stitches in for a year, I'll have to take drops and anti-rejection drugs and in 20 years I'll need to have the surgery again.
The other option they said I should try before surgery is contact lenses. I had to go to the lens specialist and they said my right eye is too bad to have a contact lens, but my left can be fixed. They said the kind of lens I'll have will be a gas-permeable rigid lens.
The other option they said I should try before surgery is contact lenses. I had to go to the lens specialist and they said my right eye is too bad to have a contact lens, but my left can be fixed. They said the kind of lens I'll have will be a gas-permeable rigid lens.
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Before migraines, I tend to get a visual aura called a scintillating scotoma. It starts in one corner of the eye and spreads throughout the vision of one eye over 15-20 minutes. Once or twice it spread to the other eye but that usually doesnt happen. It looks rather like TV static.
It actually looks quite cool. But it's not enjoyable due to knowing "oh dear, my head's going to be pounding in an hour or so."
Though a few months ago I had an aura and the migraine was one of the headacheless ones, which was really quite weird.
I was talking to a friend about this and thought to bring it up here. Sometimes I also have olfactory auras (is that the right term?). If you ever watch Canadian TV channels you might remember the moments of history commercial about the woman who smelt burnt toast before a seizure -- I might have gotten this wrong though, as its been years since I seen it -- it's like that, but with completely random scents. This doesnt happen though and it always comes with the visual ones, so....
I don't know why, but even with my glasses, my vision is always kind of fuzzy when I first wake up but clears up after a while. Im not sure why this is. I always assumed because of the moisture. I dont use any eye drops though unless I had bacteria in there.
It actually looks quite cool. But it's not enjoyable due to knowing "oh dear, my head's going to be pounding in an hour or so."
Though a few months ago I had an aura and the migraine was one of the headacheless ones, which was really quite weird.
I was talking to a friend about this and thought to bring it up here. Sometimes I also have olfactory auras (is that the right term?). If you ever watch Canadian TV channels you might remember the moments of history commercial about the woman who smelt burnt toast before a seizure -- I might have gotten this wrong though, as its been years since I seen it -- it's like that, but with completely random scents. This doesnt happen though and it always comes with the visual ones, so....
I don't know why, but even with my glasses, my vision is always kind of fuzzy when I first wake up but clears up after a while. Im not sure why this is. I always assumed because of the moisture. I dont use any eye drops though unless I had bacteria in there.
