Eli writes:
I’m happy to report that I went to the eye doctor 2 days ago and had a complete eye exam (dilation and all). I was able to read 20/15 (both eyes, slightly straining with left) with my -7.50 contacts (which is a whole .50 less than my previous eye doctor insisted I needed). I proceeded to tell him about the vision rehab that I am working on and to my shock he has said that he seen people be able to drop there strengths over time!! He actually agreed and understood everything I said I was doing with the up close blur distance and horizon etc. He basically said that reading with the lowered prescription lowers the stress on the eyes. “
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For Eli’s whole account, including questions about single eye reductions, visit his thread in the forum.
If you find an enlightened man (or woman) ophthalmologist or optometrist who will tell you that reading with a lower prescription lowers the stress on your eyes, you are a lucky one. Bring him/her Christmas gifts, refer clients, make sure he/she stays happy and in business!
Two for one today as for the wise practitioners, as we have another story in the forum.
Matthew writes:
I didn’t go to the optometrist until late November because of insurance issues, but when I did, he gave me a reduced prescription. He remarked that if my vision kept changing and improving like that, I wouldn’t need glasses for much longer. The reduced prescription is:
OD -3.25 -.50 177
OS -2.50 -.75 177
He said that the reduction was 1 diopter per eye. At that point, I wasn’t really paying attention to my cm measurements. I was just trying to reduce strain and get outside more often. I got the new glasses on December 10, and could read the 20/20 line on the snellen on the first day I got them.”
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There is more worthwhile reading in Matthew’s forum thread as well, which you can find here.
Find those practitioners who are willing to give you less than maximum prescriptions. It may not be easy, but once you have one, you are supporting the type of business that actually allows you to protect and recover your healthy eyesight.
This site needs some sort of directory, though Alex keeps saying that it will have about ten entries. If you’d like to help jump start a resource, please post your favorite local rehab friendly doc in the forum. I created a special new thread for it, here.
And a big thank you to Matthew and Eli for taking the time to post progress!
