Investigation, Observation & Other Eyesight-Related Things

[thessalian]

I know that no one really understands the human body all that well in terms of nitty-gritty detail. But I still want an answer to one pretty big question that came up during my (long overdue, admittedly) eye exam this afternoon:

How the unholy hell is my distance-vision in my right eye getting better?Seriously. Yeah, my reading prescription needs

Comments

[nutmeg3]

You're still awfully young for it to be age-related presbyopia. Or are you saying the eye is less farsighted than it was? In other words, I got nothin'. (Well, except for an appropriate icon, LOL!)

[thessalian]

Well, farsighted is when you can see nearby objects better than you can objects that are far away. It gets really complicated, I know, because I seem to essentially have two different problems; one causing nearsightedness (which meant I needed reading glasses when I was twelve years old) and one causing farsightedness (which meant bifocals when I was about eighteen). This time around, my reading lenses went up from a +2 magnification to +2.25, whereas the lenses for my distance vision ... well, left lens remains steady at +1.25 and right eye went down from +1.25 to +0.75. So no, not age-related anything; just spontaneous improvement in the myopia in my right eye, no change to the myopia in my left eye, and a worsening of the hyperopia in both.

And your icon is adorable. *g*

[marigoldsthorn]

Yes weekend haz.

Wow... Im glad im pretty alright with my vision. Bit shortsighted but alright....

I do however need new glasses though.