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| getting better | May 8, 2007 |
[quote]Roberta Anderson wrote:
When I started to work in front a computer screen, almost 20 yrs ago, I was already wearing -7 glasses/contacts.
I've been spending an average of 8 hrs/day at my PC since then, and it did not get any worse.
[In fact, although I now spend even more time at the PC, since I past my 40's it got slightly better - I'm now at only -6 ]
It's the same for me.
20 years ago I was wearing -2 glasses. Since then I've been spending at least 8 hours at my PC and I'm getting better (-1 now). I've to wear multifocal glasses, though, which are terribly expensive.
Raffaella
| | | | vaskekona
Local time: 20:20
noruego bokmal al inglés
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| "stretch" your eyes | May 8, 2007 |
I'm no expert on such things, but I know it is healthy to exercise the muscles of your eyes...
- Look up from the monitor often and focus on objects at varying distances.
- If possible, look out the window at distant objects.
- Let light hit your eyes from different angles.
- Roll your eyes around in your head as far as they will go.
- Get up and walk around.
General sanity checks.
| | | | | Getting worse | May 8, 2007 |
I'd had -2.5 in both eyes since childhood and I underwent Lasik 2 years ago, which was great. Since the beginning of this year (overloaded with work) I've noticed my vision is getting worse again, I really hope the investment in Lasik wasn't completely useless and that this is just a temporary problem caused by additional strain on the eyes.
| | | | Brandis (X)
Local time: 20:20
inglés al alemán
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| I have now brand new eyes... | May 8, 2007 |
HI!
I started wearing glasses as I was 18 and I was myopic with an equal diapter of -3.5 in both eyes. I was almost thinking that my spectacles are part of my face without which nothing ever functioned till about a year at diapter -7. Earlier I used contact lenses ( those oxygen permeable semi hard type, the other soft type didn´t fit), but that caused further annoyance, I kept on losing one of the lenses either while brushing teeth or it just used fall off somewhere I couldn´t find. The... See more HI!
I started wearing glasses as I was 18 and I was myopic with an equal diapter of -3.5 in both eyes. I was almost thinking that my spectacles are part of my face without which nothing ever functioned till about a year at diapter -7. Earlier I used contact lenses ( those oxygen permeable semi hard type, the other soft type didn´t fit), but that caused further annoyance, I kept on losing one of the lenses either while brushing teeth or it just used fall off somewhere I couldn´t find. Then went for lasik operation and now I have a 20/20 vision. The whole operation did not even take 10 mins and I came out of the operation theatre with very dark glasses and I could still see truck bolts and small flowers behind window panes at a distance of almost 200 - 250 meters on the first day very clearly. I am very glad I went for this solution. The doc says 20/20 correction is not healthy, this may lead in a couple of years to hyopia. I haven´t felt any symptoms sofar. Brandis
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| No glasses for now.....but in the next decade or so... | May 8, 2007 |
I had no problems with my eyesight until I started working on a computer all day (aged 30) and subsequently undertook a full time MA. My eyes gradually deteriorated to -0.20 and -1.50 over 18 months. I used daily disposable contacts for approx. 5 years then opted for laser treatment. I would recommend it to anyone. The only side effect has been slight dryness, which I had suffered from when I was studying; I can easily rectify this with drops at night. Unfortunately there is no treatment fo... See more I had no problems with my eyesight until I started working on a computer all day (aged 30) and subsequently undertook a full time MA. My eyes gradually deteriorated to -0.20 and -1.50 over 18 months. I used daily disposable contacts for approx. 5 years then opted for laser treatment. I would recommend it to anyone. The only side effect has been slight dryness, which I had suffered from when I was studying; I can easily rectify this with drops at night. Unfortunately there is no treatment for age-related presbyopia, so having discarded the glasses I shall probably have to wear them again for "reading" in the next decade or so.... ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I got lasered too | May 8, 2007 |
When I wore glasses, my left eye glass was significantly thicker than the right, even after the glasses were thinned down, so I know how you feel (I couldn't cope with contacts, they hurt me too much and made me cry every time I tried them). Glasses can be sexy, but big thick milk-bottle glasses are not.
Why not consider laser eye surgery? 30 minutes and it is all over. I think I may have written an account of my operation in the thread where Brandis discussed his surgery. I'm sure... See more When I wore glasses, my left eye glass was significantly thicker than the right, even after the glasses were thinned down, so I know how you feel (I couldn't cope with contacts, they hurt me too much and made me cry every time I tried them). Glasses can be sexy, but big thick milk-bottle glasses are not.
Why not consider laser eye surgery? 30 minutes and it is all over. I think I may have written an account of my operation in the thread where Brandis discussed his surgery. I'm sure the thread is still here somewhere
I got mine done in 2004 and my vision is still excellent. I've never had dry-eye myself, but I always carry a pair of sunglasses in my bag to protect my eyes in the sun (just in case).
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| | | | Andrea Riffo 
Chile
Local time: 16:20
inglés al español
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Yolande Haneder wrote:
I also read a couple of years ago a study in Britain (OK MANY years go )that showed a strong correlation between reading with low light and myopia and I must admit that I read a lot as a child just with a small light.
That might certainly explain why I was at -4 at merely 11 years old
I currently have -6 in both eyes (since I was 24, I'm 28 now) but I think it's fairly normal deterioration considering hoy many years have passed.
I certainly hope my eyesight doesn't deteriorate any further, though, since I'm waiting for a last checkup (to confirm that it as stopped) before undergoing laser surgery.
| | | | Anne Brackenborough (X)
Alemania
Local time: 20:20
alemán al inglés
| what can you do about it, though? | May 8, 2007 |
I started translating in 2003 on about -10.5 and now am at about -11, but I'm not sure if it's due to the computer work, as my eyes have got worse and worse since I was 7 (they're too bad for Lasik unless the method improves, apparently).
I don't use contact lenses when working at the computer, look out of the window regularly, close my eyes, etc. and I've started buying lots of audiobooks so that my eyes get a rest in the evening, but really, what can you do about it?
... See more I started translating in 2003 on about -10.5 and now am at about -11, but I'm not sure if it's due to the computer work, as my eyes have got worse and worse since I was 7 (they're too bad for Lasik unless the method improves, apparently).
I don't use contact lenses when working at the computer, look out of the window regularly, close my eyes, etc. and I've started buying lots of audiobooks so that my eyes get a rest in the evening, but really, what can you do about it?
BTW, having thick glasses can actually be quite useful in some situations. I now have a really scary, square black-framed pair: I sometimes make a point of wearing those, and not my contact lenses, when meeting clients!
Also, when the lenses get very thick you can switch to a different type of lens - the ones I have in my glasses are not much thicker than the normal, cheap sort you get at -6 or so (as far as I remember, -6 was a long time ago!).
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Gianni Pastore
Italia
Local time: 20:20
Miembro 2007
inglés al italiano
F: Gianni, why don't you use contact lenses?
G: Have you ever seen an optician or an oculist with contact lenses, rather than glasses?
F: Er... no.
G: Exactly.
| | | | Claire Cox
Reino Unido
Local time: 19:20
francés al inglés
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I too have worn glasses since I was "found out" in an eye test at school when I was about 13. I wondered why I hadn't been able to read the blackboard, but you just assume that no-one else can either! I can remember now my mother saying how guilty she felt as, armed with my new lenses, I enthused over the tiny details I could now see through the window!
Neither of my parents is remotely short-sighted, so I've always thought that my short-sightedness was due to my avid reading habit ... See more I too have worn glasses since I was "found out" in an eye test at school when I was about 13. I wondered why I hadn't been able to read the blackboard, but you just assume that no-one else can either! I can remember now my mother saying how guilty she felt as, armed with my new lenses, I enthused over the tiny details I could now see through the window!
Neither of my parents is remotely short-sighted, so I've always thought that my short-sightedness was due to my avid reading habit - too many books read under the pillow! I don't think that they've deteriorated any more with the advent of computer technology and at least pdf files give you the option of magnifying the text, rather than struggling to read horrible fuzzy faxes. In saying that, my distance vision has improved slightly over recent years, but sadly at the expense of my near vision. I have now had to switch to varifocals to read small print with my glasses on, although I often find it more restful to take them off altogether. A sign of age, I suppose.... ▲ Collapse
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Some of my colleagues tried weaing sunglasses in front of the PC....good quality ones of course..at a price....they seemed to work.
| | | | Marion Lurf
Reino Unido
Local time: 19:20
inglés al alemán
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| Interesting info | May 9, 2007 |
Gillian Scheibelein wrote:
My eyes (-2.5 + -3) haven't changed much since I was a child. I started wearing hard contact lenses over 30 years ago, but start having problems focusing on distant motorway signs, they were very blurred. My opthamologist told me this was due to eyestrain: my eye control muscles for left/right movement (i.e. reading) were strained and were constantly moving my eyeball very very slightly to the left and right (tremor) thus blurring my long-distance vision. He recommended that I should stop wearing contacts whilst working on the computer because the extra weight (!!!) added to the eyestrain and because many people have a lower blink rate thus causing drier eyes.
I have been wearing hard contact lenses for about 12 years now and started noticing the same phenomenon a while ago. It happens only occasionally and also with not-so-distant signs, and actually feels a bit as if the text was in 3D. (In fact, it's even worse with my glasses, but they are quite old and probably I simply need stronger ones.) Anyway, next time I will ask my ophtalmologist about this - the only problem is that I was prescribed the lenses precisely because my eyesight was getting worse, and she told me to wear them every day (which, admittedly, I don't, particularly when I'm at home all day). Thanks for the info, Gillian. It is quite surprising to see how many translators out there are myopic.
Eva - don't worry that much about thick glasses, maybe they will even make you look more "serious" and business-like!
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I got a prescription a few years ago for glasses that only serve to avoid eye strain. The only problem I have so far is astigmatism (I have near perfect vision). These glasses are a blessing - I actually see much better with them, everything seems much sharper. I don't see any farther than I did before, but my eyes do force much less. The ophtalmo told me I don't need these, but that if I wanted more comfort working on a computer, these would help. I don't know if they've been helping to keep my... See more I got a prescription a few years ago for glasses that only serve to avoid eye strain. The only problem I have so far is astigmatism (I have near perfect vision). These glasses are a blessing - I actually see much better with them, everything seems much sharper. I don't see any farther than I did before, but my eyes do force much less. The ophtalmo told me I don't need these, but that if I wanted more comfort working on a computer, these would help. I don't know if they've been helping to keep my eyes healthy, but I feel that by avoiding strain, my eyes are not going to wear out as fast. Who knows... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Brandis (X)
Local time: 20:20
inglés al alemán
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| hyper convex glasses | May 9, 2007 |
lingomania wrote:
Some of my colleagues tried weaing sunglasses in front of the PC....good quality ones of course..at a price....they seemed to work. these are practicable, pilots use these, the light ray breaks in the glass either upwardly or downwards or both ways so that the eyes stay relaxed. Increse the screen font size and wear hyper convex glasses, may be also slightly toned could make the working environment pleasant. Brandis
| | | | | thrilled by details | May 9, 2007 |
Claire Cox wrote:
enthused over the tiny details I could now see through the window![/quote]
I remember that feeling exactly: I was thrilled and surprised to see all the tiny leaves on trees, and people's pupils!!
And Eva, there are so many beautiful frames to chose from, just like fashion accessories... a friend of mine wears glasses with plain, no correction lenses, because she likes the look of them!
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