[Jay-qu]

There is a stereo-type that smart people more often than not wear glasses.

Example:
About 7 years ago I was diagnosed with near-sightedness, my dad trying to comfort me (thinking kids with glasses tend to be picked on) said "Put it this way, now you can become a scientist, all scienctists wear glasses" It made me laugh and put my mind at ease.
These days spending lots of time infront of a computer my eyes havent got any better, so I now must where glasses to drive and if I want any hope of reading the overhead projector in lectures!

So been a smart bunch, lets test the stereo-type!

You know the drill, take you pick of the options, discuss below

I wear glasses and contact lenses for sports

[Tormod]

I'm smart. No glasses, no contacts.

[C1ay]

I needed no vision assistance until that forty-something disease hit me, now I rely on vision assistance....

[TheBigDog]

I have worn glasses, and I am thinking about starting again. One of the things I have noticed is that my vision varies from day to day, so even when I wore glasses they were not always right, which is what made me stop wearing them. My problem is that I need to get my Ohio drivers license. I am still using my Colorado one, but technically as a resident I need to switch. I am not sure if I will pass the eye exam. So I tink it is best to get glasses again.

I had perfect vision until I was about 22. The last time my vision was tested (about 4 years ago?) I had astigmatism in both eyes, and it was at opposite angles. I have the feeling that my brain is working overtime to turn what I see into a sensible, undistorted image. Who knows what I may be capable of if I could free up that processor time for something else!

Has anyone tried the different methods ofr natural eyesight improvement? I hear the ads for it, but I have not really looked into it.

Bill

[Janus]

Originally Posted by Jay-qu

About 7 years ago I was diagnosed with short sightedness, my dad trying to comfort me (thinking kids with glasses tend to be picked on) said "Put it this way, now you can become a scientist, all scienctists wear glasses" It made me laugh and put my mind at ease.

What won't they think of next! I had no idea, that they could cure short sightedness with glasses now!

I, however, have been near-sighted (myopia) since the 5th grade. I'm now reaching that age where I am starting to have to take my glasses off to read comfortably ( especially in dimmer light).

[cwes99_03]

I don't need glasses for everyday, however, I do see a marked improvement in my ability to read far away objects, or over contrasted objects (like thick white letters on a black sign at night with my headlights shining on it.) However, my vision is only slightly out of normal (while my brother can't hardly even identify shapes more than 3 feet beyond his nose.)

[Jay-qu]

Originally Posted by Janus

What won't they think of next! I had no idea, that they could cure short sightedness with glasses now!

I, however, have been near-sighted (myopia) since the 5th grade. I'm now reaching that age where I am starting to have to take my glasses off to read comfortably ( especially in dimmer light).

Good catch Janus, I will change it for the sake of correctness cheers

[Mercedes Benzene]

20/20 vision for me!
Sometimes I wear non-perscription glasses just because they're fashionable.

[ronthepon]

I'm short sighted... seriously, the race I belong to seems to have a genetic problem.

Dad, Mom, Bro, well... friends belonging to the same background... everyone is short sighted.

Funny thing is that about 1% of us bother to take up glasses.

I've been significantly short sighted for about five years, now, and have no intentions whatsoever of getting glasses.

[Turtle]

Almost 20 years ago while working in the trades I suffered a penetrating injury to one of my eyes. I was using a framing axe as a chisel & driving it with a framing hammer when a BB sized flake of steel flew off; the steel cut the muscles that operate the pupil and then went on through the lens. The surgeons removed the lens but saved my eye ball with the retina intact, but for all intents & purposes the eye is blind. We tried a contact lens for awhile but at best it gave me 20/80 & I couldn't afford the chemicals. (My eyes aren't green but they gave me a green contact so I had two different colored eyes like one of those Aussie shepard dogs. )
Because my pupil doesn't work & is stuck wide open, I am highly sensitive to light & must wear sunglasses almost constantly; I keep 4 pairs around at all times so I can find at least one. The injury is obvious & disfiguring and without sun glasses adults stare at it & children point at it and ask "what's wrong with your eye?" On the other hand, adults are uncomfortable talking to me with my sun glasses on & either comment or directly ask me to remove them. More good reasons to avoid people all together the way I see it.
This leaves one "good" eye for everything else. So far I can see well enough with it to pass a driver's test, shoot accurately, and use my camera & binoculars. Due to aging, I can't read a thing without glasses and I just buy those reading glasses off the rack at the druggists. (I keep 3 pair of those around.)
What I miss the most is depth perception.