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!
Three Stories
I send out a "how's it going" e-mail periodically. The responses, often really worth the read. Struggle, success, questions, random commentary, I'm a little addicted to the whole thing. Let's peak at three of them, today. First, Ivana: Quick and to the point. The e-mail admin is pretty well trained by now to know what to let through and what not to. And while I'm really not so great at managing e-mail or keeping track, I'm being told that the volume [...]
Oh Boy Was I Totally Wrong
It's not the most natural thing to let go of your favorite beliefs. It's not the most fun thing to say, hey I was totally and definitely wrong on this thing that I've been going on and on about. You know what, though? Years ago I had made seven figures (in US dollars, no pesos) in a matter of weeks - just by admitting that I was completely on the wrong track. It was a finance thing back in the [...]
M.D. Thoughts: Playing By The Rules
Yesterday's post (about the optometrist comments about me) prompted a whole slew of interesting e-mails, and this comment that sums up a lot of the suggestions: Richard K. Bernstein was an engineer who found a way to treat his own type 1 diabetes but no one would listen to him. So, after making a bundle bringing a company public (sound somewhat familiar?) he started medical school in his mid-forties. Now he’s an MD and at least a lot more people [...]
25 Years In Optometry: What She Just Said About Me
Of the many things going on behind the scenes, making friends with optometrists has been high on the list. Why bother, you may wonder? Because, I'm the outsider. Not sanctioned to talk about vision health. This gives me a lot of latitude and I don't have to be concerned about the type of harassment that some of our behavioral optometrists are subject to. I'm just the eye guy, teaching not treating. It's something that works but in the long run [...]
Sensitive Eyes? Careful With Cheap Glasses
One of the posts today in the forum reminds me about the topic of lens quality. Whenever I have (not Internet) students with high myopia or generally sensitive eyes, I usually send them to one of the more fancy opticians. Why? Because there really is a pretty wide range of lens quality, and if you're sensitive you will notice a real difference. I've seen heavy migraines completely eliminated, and many other symptoms that go back to eyesight go away, with [...]
Bi-Focal Contact Lenses For Myopia Control
It would appear (to the jaded and cynical) that there is an unspoken rule in mainstream optometry diagnosis / treatment. This rule is simple: Anything goes, as long as a patented / branded product is being sold in the treatment process. And there would be a the second part of the secret rule: Your product has to exonerate any previous products used for treating the same symptom, implicitly or otherwise. Meaning, your product has to somehow be newer, better, and [...]