Kathi writes in the forum:
I started wearing glasses over 30 years ago. Just before I started the program I went to the eye doctor just to see what prescription they would tell me I needed.
Here it is: Right eye -6.25, left eye -7.00 with -.50 x 165 for astigmatism in the left eye. I didn’t buy those glasses because it was close tho the prescription I was already wearing from 2 years ago.
My snellen measurements at the beginning were: (using the 40ft line) in the morning right eye – 23cm, left eye – 20cm, both – 23cm, after several hours of close up right eye – 20cm, left – 19cm, both – 21cm
I don’t work so all of my close up is reading books, tv, or computer. I make sure I take the breaks. My outside time has been limited since it is cold here in the winter but I spend at least 30 minutes outside in sunlight with no glasses on to get uv light and do the peripheral awareness exercise. I am increasing the time outside as it gets warmer.
My snellen measurements for day 23 were: right – 23cm, left – 21cm, both – 25cm in the morning and right – 21cm, left – 19cm, both – 24cm after reading and using the computer for a few hours. Not a lot of improvement but some, and I may not of measured exactly right. I do notice when my eyes get tired form reading and feel pressure behind them when my glasses are on that goes away when I take off my glasses.
The full thread is here.
The takeaway is simple: 26 Days – from 23cm to 25cm improvement in the morning, and 24cm instead of 21cm after close-up work.
So Kathi obviously found success in getting control of her inter-day close-up strain (a nice 3cm improvement), and her eyes are happy about this, showing an overall improvement (per the morning result).
And in Kathi’s experience is everything that matters. Taking the core premises, and the time to apply them. It takes very little time to experience first hand results – after which, all else is a foregone conclusion.
Once you realize the actual impact of lifestyle and prescription on your eyesight health, and know a better way to manage both, it is easy to work from a better perspective. The most difficult thing (and well done, Kathi), is to take those first few weeks, and have this experience. We talk a lot about theories about myopia, and I refer to quite a few studies (updated more recently), which explain NITM and lens-induced myopia in detail. The leap though, from theory of myopia cause, to actually improving your own eyesight, can only be bridged by your own participation.
I keep meaning to post about other ways to buy excellent lenses for your glasses, and some of the amazing artists producing custom frames. Hopefully we will have some of those articles, quite soon!
Enjoy,
