User:Angel

Questions I still have

• It's better to not change your focal plane too much. But you're also supposed to take breaks from near work every 20 minutes and look 20+ feet away. Are you supposed to change glasses when you do this? Thoughts on how often you should change glasses seem to vary widely.

• What is print pushing?

My Glasses History

I figured I should track this somewhere and maybe someday I will make enough progress that this level of detail will be interesting to someone besides me. Or maybe just knowing my context is useful. Also adding other non-glasses stuff that could be relevant.

Mid-October 2021

Close-ups

OD/Right: -3.25 sphere, -1.5 cylinder, 171 axis

OS/Left: -3 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 176 axis

Zenni frame 411516 because it's got half a dozen colors so I can keep track of new glasses easier, and it's the cheapest metal frames they sell. These frames are blue.

Mid-September 2021

End Myopia discovery

Found endmyopia.org somewhere. I had been looking for wrap-around sunglasses that would work with my prescription, which was apparently not in "cheap sunglasses on Zenni" territory.

Eating more fiber

Figured out I can get most of my vitamins and minerals from 2 cups cooked greens and a can of beans every day. My fiber intake just went up dramatically and permanently.

July 2021

Prescription

Right: -4.75 sphere, -1.5 cylinder, 171 axis

Left: -4.5 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 176 axis

January(ish) 2020

Checkup

Talked optometrist into just checking eye health. Eye health was fine.

June 2019

Quit refined sugar

Did someone refine the fiber out? I won't eat it. Juice? Unacceptable. Honey? Refined by bees. Maple syrup? Sure, if I'm gnawing on a maple tree. Cane sugar? Sure, if I'm eating the cane alone with it. And so forth.

NOTE: This took me 20 years of effort before it finally stuck. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again. I get refined sugar on my birthdays.

July 2018

Prescription

OD: -5 sphere, -1.5 cylinder, 175 axis

OS: -4.5 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 175 axis

May 2011

Prescription

OD: -5 sphere, -1.5 cylinder, 168 axis

OS: -4.5 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 175 axis

Early 1990s

Kept forgetting my glasses at home and not being able to see the blackboard clearly from the first row. Annoyed teacher told me I needed to start remembering to bring my glasses. This is when I started wearing glasses full time.

Late 1980s

I was warned. When I was given my first pair of glasses, I was told, repeatedly, don't wear these glasses when you don't need them. I was living in England at the time. Not sure if it was an English doctor or a US military doctor.

My Glasses Future

If my trajectory precisely follows the guidelines, I should be done with:

• Cylinder correction by late 2023

• Close-up glasses (differentials) by mid-2024

Then I ran out of room on the glass I was writing on. No further predictions at this time.

Why I'm here

Things I'd like to be able to see clearly without glasses again:

• the stars

• my toes