Questions & Answers. You have questions. And Jake has answers, especially if they haven’t been covered in one of the other sections of the blog / free guides.
Many of the topics here originate from your e-mails, or from Quora, or threads in our Facebook group, or even YouTube comments on occasion. Natural myopia control is a wide ranging and complex subject, and this might be the section to find answers to some of your questions. Browse and discover!
Normal Tension Glaucoma: ‘Normal’ Isn’t Always Normal
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist I promise this is the last time I talk about glaucoma (unless there's some amazing discovery). The important thing is to catch it in time, use the eye-drops and check it regularly. My glaucoma, I'm happy to report, is under control. But before we forget about this topic completely, I need to tell you one more really important thing that you may not be aware of. In case you are thinking that normal eye pressures [...]
20/20 Eyeball Treats: WINDSURFING
We still have some responses to my question over on FB to get through, on "what will you do with 20/20 eyeballs". It's a worthwhile exercise since many of us tend to get hung up on process and goals a lot (which is great, to have those), and meanwhile forget to enjoy life. Takes a conscious effort to pat yourself on the back, give yourself permission to do something fun (and not necessarily entirely adult and responsible). So. Let's look [...]
Low Myopia, Plus Lenses, & Doubts About Progress
Do you have low myopia? Tempted to tinker with plus lenses? Wondering if you're actually making progress? Yes? Then this post is for you! Toshiki posts an interesting and highly relevant round of observations in the support forum (in response to another post, the whole thread is here). I'm reposting his comments here, since you're going to want to refer back to this, sooner or later: Objectively measurable long-term progress can be a bitch. I started in early February this [...]
Eye Doctor Left Speechless: Eli’s (-8.00) Progress
Eli reports his progress in the forum: I just got back from the eye doctor. He had ordered me a trial pair of -7.00 contacts (I guess he was not expecting much after I put them in). To his amazement I was able to get to 20/20 (without squinting) with the new lowered script. He was almost speechless. When he did talk he said “whatever you are doing, keep doing it”. I said “I plan on it, order me a box [...]
Things To Do With Natural 20/20 Eyeballs – DIVING
I'm going to start asking you a question more often. I want you to think about this question more often. What will you do, with your own 20/20 eyesight? Because really, what's the point in doing all this work, if you're just going to live in front of screens. You want to have a goal, a dream, a thing that'll carry you through all the learning and work and milestones of digging out from those artificial diopters. Start with a goal [...]
Q&A: Too Many Focal Plane Changes + What’s This Double Vision?
It's not unusual for me to spend about as much time on a single forum question as I do on an entire post here for the blog. No wonder you say, Jake, that the blog is such a wind blown shack then. You get what you pay for. That's why I only do 10 invites every month, otherwise I'll end up completely fretting about whether I'm providing decent support. That's why you see consistent low volume of support [...]
