? for the medically inclined

[DIKASUN]

Anyhow, those are my guesses on the subject. I'm not "medically inclined," just someone who is a voracious reader, researches damn near everything, and still manages to retain most of it.

5-90

didn't they make a movie about you 5-90? i think it was called rainman. hahaha

 

[imma honky]

High occular pressure does not hurt, that is why Glaucoma is such an incidious disease. It pushes back the optic nerve over time and causes a gradual reduction in peripheral field, then blindness. A few points over the "norm" is about where I score and have gotten the lecture many times over the last 35 years. About anything can affect that reading. I have found that pretty nurses bounce the reading up a good 3-5 points
and that the "puff" test is usually high, so most take a second "direct" reading (something like a dial indicator).

Cannibus use reduces occular pressure, probably for the same reason is reduces just about everything else

Headaches surrounding optic problems generally occure not because of internal pain issues, but because there are muscles which change focus and move the eye around.
When these muscles get strained, they act like any other muscles that are over worked. If your focal length changes, the muscles which adjust the lens get strained, causing headaches. IIRC There are no pain sensors in the eye itself.

Swelling of the optic nerve is nothing to fudge with, it can leave you blind as a deaf bat.

Damn. That definitely explains more. I do have more eye strain when focusing on things. My prescription HAS changed quite a bit from 2 years ago (they rechecked on friday). I go for a field test next friday to see if it has changed.

 

[5-90]

didn't they make a movie about you 5-90? i think it was called rainman. hahaha

This is not the first time I've been compared to that movie - I might have to watch it one of these days...

It's all in fun, right? Right? RIGHT?:confused1

5-90

 

[DIKASUN]

yessir

 

[red91]

This is not the first time I've been compared to that movie - I might have to watch it one of these days...

It's all in fun, right? Right? RIGHT?:confused1

5-90

jepordy is on at 4...must watch jepordy.

 

[WB9YZU]

Damn. That definitely explains more. I do have more eye strain when focusing on things. My prescription HAS changed quite a bit from 2 years ago (they rechecked on friday). I go for a field test next friday to see if it has changed.

Rapidly changing persciptions happen at certain times in our life.
Puberty is one, around 40 we get another of natures suprises as the body changes once again. I went from 20/20 as a kid to near sighted as a young adult, stable though the 20's and 30's, then at 39, my vision became 20/20...for about 1/2 year. Now I am far sighted and need reading glasses to read schematics, read books...

Sort of like that line from Young Frankenstien. " (doc)Damn your eyes!! (igor) Too Late "

Hope things work out OK!

 

[5-90]

Considering I now have extreme myopia (near -8.00 diopters in both eyes, with a cylinder correction for astigmatism of 1.50/1.75,) I'm wondering if I'll even out in a few more years...

Frankly, I'm getting tired of my glasses...

5-90

 

[imma honky]

Rapidly changing persciptions happen at certain times in our life.
Puberty is one, around 40 we get another of natures suprises as the body changes once again. I went from 20/20 as a kid to near sighted as a young adult, stable though the 20's and 30's, then at 39, my vision became 20/20...for about 1/2 year. Now I am far sighted and need reading glasses to read schematics, read books...

Sort of like that line from Young Frankenstien. " (doc)Damn your eyes!! (igor) Too Late "

Hope things work out OK!

Well, when I was in 3rd grade, I was legally blind with cataracts. They removed my natural lenses and replaced them with new ones (this was before lasic, and I was one of like 200 or so for the experiment). After the new eyes, I had better than 20/20 until around age 15, then it went to 20/20, then around 19, it went to around 25/20 and I started wearing glasses. I have ALWAYS been hyper sensitive to light, so I tend to wear sunglasses at ALL times. It just seems that things are falling apart upstairs and it's frustrating not knowing why (and no one telling me why). I would rather know why and not be able to do anything about it, then not know anything at all.

 

[imma honky]

Considering I now have extreme myopia (near -8.00 diopters in both eyes, with a cylinder correction for astigmatism of 1.50/1.75,) I'm wondering if I'll even out in a few more years...

Frankly, I'm getting tired of my glasses...

5-90

That's another thing, I have a horriblly high estigmatism.

 

[WB9YZU]

Considering I now have extreme myopia (near -8.00 diopters in both eyes, with a cylinder correction for astigmatism of 1.50/1.75,) I'm wondering if I'll even out in a few more years...

Frankly, I'm getting tired of my glasses...

5-90

You could always get Lasik, I hear it works well.
I was considering it, but the advent of Lasik coresponded with my eyes changing anyway.
I have had the "pleasure" of having one lens replaced with a clear, but fixed focal length one. There is no pain with the surgery as there are no pain sensors on the Cornia. The only "medicine" I got was a local to the muscles which move the eye ball to keep the eye steady. I suspect Lasik is like that also. Some claim they see night time distortion around stong lights because of the cuts, but I can't possibly believe it is worse than the distortion induced by glasses!

 

[WB9YZU]

Well, when I was in 3rd grade, I was legally blind with cataracts. They removed my natural lenses and replaced them with new ones (this was before lasic, and I was one of like 200 or so for the experiment). After the new eyes, I had better than 20/20 until around age 15, then it went to 20/20, then around 19, it went to around 25/20 and I started wearing glasses. I have ALWAYS been hyper sensitive to light, so I tend to wear sunglasses at ALL times. It just seems that things are falling apart upstairs and it's frustrating not knowing why (and no one telling me why). I would rather know why and not be able to do anything about it, then not know anything at all.

Sounds like my Wife!
She is also sensitive to light (always wears sun glasses outside, even on cloudy days), color blind, nearsighted- but needs glasses to see close(!). Technically she is legally blind. She is good at covering it though. It took me 2 dates before I added up all the signs. She told me I was good looking; that was when I knew she couldn't see me ! -LOL!

I am absolutely terrified that my eyes will go someday, then we will both be dependant on that darn bus <shudder>.

 

[imma honky]

Sounds like my Wife!
She is also sensitive to light (always wears sun glasses outside, even on cloudy days), color blind, nearsighted- but needs glasses to see close(!). Technically she is legally blind. Her "car" is Madison Metro (the bus).

I am absolutely terrified that my eyes will go someday, then we will both be dependant on that darn bus <shudder>.

Wow. That is close. I'm colorblind (blue/green), hyper sensitive to light, but one lense is for close, one is for distance. My glasses "even" things out so I see perfect.

 

[WB9YZU]

Reading back though the thread, it looks as though the Young Frankenstien quote was pretty close

Cataract surgery very young, then glasses. Cataract surgery has a possible side effect, that being glaucoma and macular degeneration, but I suspect they already informed you of that. Add that to the other problems, color blindness (not unusal for a male) and light sensitivity and your having more fun than the law should allow!

It would be interesting to find out if they can re-do the cataract surgery to install updated lenses and put you on glaucoma medicine to prevent further degeneration problems.