> Here you cant get specs without having an opthamologist do
> an exam. By government standards, she's legally blind
> :/
I am in one at least every 6 to 9 months anyway. What I used to gain from contacts was far better than the coke bottles. Now the refraction is in the implants that went in from the cataracts. I gained so much vision to the side it was well worth the hassle, but everyone has something that works best for them.
>
> Mind you, I know from time to time my eyes fade from strain
> and it takes a moment to relax them.. and I have been trying
> to get her to go through the old Batest method of eyesight
> restoration after the verdict re surgery. In one instance
> in a darkenned room she failed to recognise a 5 foot high
> "H" 10 feet away, but after a *long* time trying
> to overcome her natural tension, I managed to encourage her
> to relax enough that should could read a numberplate 30 feet
> away (!)
>
> So there's at least SOME merit in the process!
>
> Afterall, Aldous Huxley was declared legally blind in his
> teenage years.. And seeing Bates personally, he was able to
> recover his eyesight :)
>
> k
I drive the people that do the vision tests crazy. The last time I walked into the Dr's office a young girl lead me into a room and said, "I am going to test your vision now." She was surprised when I said, "That's ok with me. A P S O 2 5 " She had not yet turned on the projector to the letters and numbers yet so nothing was on the wall, but I had just given her the 20 25 line. She looked puzzled and then I just said, "OK how bout O F L T Z 2." Then it hit her. Some don't give the entire line. They will give you the first 3 letters O F L and you should see the look on some faces when you finish it correctly when its not up there.
