Why I Don’t Trust Optometrist Measurements
Video time! Last day in Vietnam, high speed Internet abounds, and your favorite eye guru has been carrying around all the video gear for two months now. It's clearly high time we got together for a little chat that's not just a text blog Website entry thing. So this time let's cover why I don't trust optometrist measurements. Or rather, how they approach the concept of "distance to blur" from the opposite end than recommended by your favorite Holiness, His Guru Von Jaken-shanti. Short version: [...]
Why You Should … Keep A Log Of Your Gains
A foundational principle of our way to improve eyesight is quantifying results. No feel-good fruity eye exercises, no om-shanti unicorn jungleberries, no chakras and chants and throwing away your glasses and hoping for the best. We want to test a hypothesis (will x-stimulus improve my own eyesight) by measuring and logging and ultimately quantifying specific change. That's what you should be on the lookout for with any given idea of implementing a regimen to extract a desired change. Keeping a log, especially with multiple data [...]
This One Simple Trick To Reverse Astigmatism (?)
Ahhh, darlings. When you're all old and grizzled and yet a magnanimously magnificently bearded guru of ancient mystical origins, you get to hear a lot of stories. A lot of similar, repeating stories. Stories for example, of astigmatism and how mysteriously astigmatism disappears once you stop listening to the optic shop's ideas of "treatment". But let's be honest. This sort of magical recovery talk all borders on sacrilege and conspiratorily crinkling of tinfoil hats. It honestly pains me to have to be the one to [...]
Amanda: -8.00 & -2.25 Cyl (!) Reduced To -5.75 & NO Astigmatism
Is astigmatism real, Jakey? Can I reverse my astigmatism, Jake? Can I? Can I, though???????? This, a question that's one of the many recurring themes in an old guru's inbox. Nevermind that there's an entire separate category here just on astigmatism or the countless improvement reports discussing astigmatism reversal. Because honestly, reading. What a bore. A beard shrugged. None of this applies to you because you're fully old school, reading written words and whatnot. You even put up with all the rants and digressions here [...]
Dawn: From -4.00 Down To -0.50 (11 Months Progress)
Looks like we've been neglecting progress updates again as of late. Oops! There are dozens of new progress updates in our Facebook group and while your old guru has managed to save a few of them, the actual posting here has been a bit wanting. A bit wanting and also my favorite part of the blog. Darling members making all the 20/20 gains! Here's Dawn's recent update: Beyond expectations. That's not in any way a rate of progress you should expect. I discussed in this [...]
Optometrist: “Child Myopia Could Be Temporary”
Each day small treasures wash ashore in the guru-e-mail-inbox. This is one of the major benefits of having become the main destination for myopia control conversation online - a lot of interaction, a lot of people writing in, a lot of conversation happening in our Facebook group, forum, .... and messages that end up in the inbox. The guru isn't actually wise at all, but rather just the grumbling librarian of a whole world of individual experiences. Shut up Jake, you're thinking. So, ok. Here's [...]