User:Angel
Guides
- The No Bulls#*t [oversimplified] Guide to Vision Improvement by C. G. Hayes
- Seeing Space: Undergoing Brain Reprogramming to Reduce Myopia by Antonia Marie Orfield (1994); Author's obituary
Anticipated Glasses Future
Next glasses
normal/normalized glasses will be brown frames
OD/Right: -4.00 sphere, -1.50 cylinder, 171 axis
OS/Left: -3.75 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 176 axis
Lens: 1.57 Mid-Index
closeup/differential glasses
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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.
October 7, 2022
Close-ups - gold frames
Had some icecream last night and chocolate this morning and was crying. My vision is typically worse in the morning and if I've had refined sugar. So I figured this was a good conservative time to test my vision. Tested. It is time. Now using for close-up glasses:
OD/Right: -3.00 sphere, -1.50 cylinder, 171 axis
OS/Left: -2.75 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 176 axis
Lens: 1.57 Mid-Index
July2022
Bike trip ends
Using borrowed tv screen as monitor. Quit all refined sugar again.
Bike trip review
Didn't make any changes while bicycling. Rode my bike a bunch, used the laptop a bunch. Got a bit of a tan. Ate a TON of junk food. ALLLlll the sugary things. Traveled maybe 2,000 miles.
March 2022
Bicycle trip starts
This is when I left on a bicycle trip. I'm getting lots of sunshine and outdoor time. This is a dramatic change from my winter habits this year, so I won't make any changes to my glasses at this time.
Abandoned keyboard and mouse, no room to pack 'em.
January 26, 2022
Found a free keyboard and mouse.
Now I can get my laptop further away from my lap. Only problem is, I just switched to new normalized glasses a few days ago! So I am concerned about effectively changing two focal planes at once. Oh well. Will try to be conservative about where I set my computer, while still getting in the habit of using the keyboard and mouse.
In short, I have to be cautious about not effectively changing two focal planes at once.
January 22, 2022
normal glasses - black frames
OD/right: -4.25 sphere, -1.5 cylinder, 171 axis
OS/left: -4 sphere, -1.75 cylinder, 176 axis
Lens: 1.57 Mid-Index
November 7, 2021
Normal glasses
Couldn't find my original prescription when I wanted to change glasses from my close-ups (differentials) so I decided it was time to switch to my first normalized glasses. It feels like it has been about a month. I also received my over-the-glasses sunglasses yesterday!
- OD/Right -4.50 sphere, -1.50 cylinder, 171 axis
- OS/Left -4.25 sphere,-1.75 cylinder, 176 axis
Lens: 1.57 Mid-Index
Mid-October 2021
Close-ups - blue frames
- 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.
Lens: 1.57 Mid-Index
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
1.61 Blokz Photochromic - Gray
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. In my medical records, my early glasses are "for distance only".
Why I'm here
At this point, just habit. Also people with low-to-no myopia are less prone to retinal detachment. Eye problems run in my family. I figure I should do what I can to keep my eyesight in working order.
Things I'd like to be able to see clearly without glasses again:
- the stars
- my toes
My friends on the Wiki (add yourself!)
Leave a message
You won't find me on the EndMyopia forum. But you can leave me an eyeballs-related message here!
Glad you had a good trip! -snax 8/1/22