| Ragnar 2006-08-30, 9:33 pm |
| Hey Ace.. if you don't want people to be "rude"... you need to stop
flooding this newsgroup with your silly ideas and lies. Until then,
you can expect to be criticiized, cajoled, kicked, and despised. You
ran out of teflon about 2 months ago.
On 30 Aug 2006 17:27:33 -0700, "Ace" <acemanvx@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Jan,
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>I can do without the rudeness. If people ask if I had orthoK, I never
>had the commonly used RGP orthoK. I do know about orthoK from what ive
>read online. I know more about vision than you think!
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>Well, I_still_have some accomodation, about as good as that of a 35
>year old. I see no reason to leave my glasses on for reading, they are
>worse than useless for near, they will cause pseudomyopia, possible
>increase in axial myopia, eyestrain, headaches.
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>Yes they do. I can see fine print up close and text is razor sharp and
>black. There is a big difference in the clarity from up close for
>myopes. Even my emmetropic friends cant see anywhere as good from up
>close as I can. My sister's friend is 19 and she says text starts to
>blur at less than a foot away. I_could_read with my full power glasses
>on, but I have to strain to focus on text so it doesnt have the double
>effect and doesnt blur much. This is why minus glasses are worse than
>useless for near for myopes. I have tried full power contact lenses and
>wasnt happy with the difficulty seeing up close with them. I would not
>be happy with a full correction of myopia except for distance. When I
>get orthoK, some myopia will be left(not that orthoK can fully correct
>me anyway and I dont care) The slight myopia left will mean ill only
>need glasses for driving and I am fine with this.
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>If this becomes so much of a problem, I will experment with bifocals
>and progressives. OrthoK will solve this problem and ill only need
>glasses for driving. Thats why I can benefit alot from orthoK, it will
>put me in focus at computer distance and still retain enough myopia to
>see clear from near. I wont ever need reading glasses and its staying
>that way. Another good reason not to get lasik or anything that
>permanently corrects myopia. OrthoK is reversable
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