Instant Vision Improvement

I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!

I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.

First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
both eyes. Result: 20/20.

Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.

Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
could never see them clearly.

Then I took my glasses off. Results:

2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
Left eye -- blurry 20/60
Right eye -- blurry 20/60.

Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
prevention" now, never mind my age.

Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?

I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
for me!

I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
bottle!

On Aug 19, 5:07 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> could never see them clearly.
>
> Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> for me!
>
> I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> bottle!

Additional comments:

I did a 10 feet test because I don't have 20 feet in my computer room.

The chart that I used is: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/IVAC/IVAC.html

I used my new PAL computer glasses because my distance new glasses are
not yet ready. I anticipate even better results with them.

The IVAC chart is not designed to check vision better than 20/20.
When I wanted to excel beyond the 20/20 I got the following message:
"At 20/15, the images are too small to read on this monitor, you can:
1. Make the letters larger or
2. Stand farther away from the screen (increase distance)"

Of course, I still have the presbyopia issue, but I am not worried
about it. Being myopic I could always read without glasses, at least
with my good eye. As to the bad eye... well... I hope that improving
my attitude will resolve this issue as well.

i-see! i-see!

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:07:29 -0000, "Ms.Brainy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <news:(E-Mail Removed) roups.com>:

> I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> could never see them clearly.
>
> Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> for me!
>
> I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> bottle!

It sounds like you have taken the advice on sunning a bit too seriously
and have stayed out in the sun far too long.

--
Nicolaas.


.... The more we learn, the more we discover how much we still have to
learn. Wisdom lies in surviving this.

On Aug 19, 6:48 pm, Nicolaas Hawkins <grumpy.m...@t.large> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:07:29 -0000, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com>
> wrote in <news:(E-Mail Removed) roups.com>:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> > recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> > I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> > generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> > First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> > both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> > Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> > Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> > were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> > with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> > could never see them clearly.
>
> > Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> > 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> > Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> > Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> > Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> > recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> > Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> > just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> > their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> > prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> > Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> > method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> > think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> > and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> > I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> > elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> > macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> > macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> > for me!
>
> > I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> > time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> > bottle!
>
> It sounds like you have taken the advice on sunning a bit too seriously
> and have stayed out in the sun far too long.
>
> --
> Nicolaas.
>
> ... The more we learn, the more we discover how much we still have to
> learn. Wisdom lies in surviving this.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yeah, it's the sun, I'm sure. It's very intense here in southern
Arizona. You do sunning most of the time, even when you don't intend
it, like walking from your air conditioned car to the air conditioned
optic shop. Do you think air conditioning is OK?

Dear Brainy,

Subject: Always good to check your Snellen.

I am pleased you did so.

But I certainly never suggest "instant" clearing.

Also, the rest is your honest opinion.

Good luck,

Otis



On Aug 19, 8:39 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 5:07 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> > recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> > I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> > generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> > First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> > both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> > Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> > Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> > were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> > with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> > could never see them clearly.
>
> > Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> > 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> > Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> > Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> > Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> > recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> > Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> > just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> > their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> > prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> > Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> > method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> > think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> > and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> > I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> > elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> > macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> > macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> > for me!
>
> > I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> > time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> > bottle!
>
> Additional comments:
>
> I did a 10 feet test because I don't have 20 feet in my computer room.
>
> The chart that I used is: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/IVAC/IVAC.html
>
> I used my new PAL computer glasses because my distance new glasses are
> not yet ready. I anticipate even better results with them.
>
> The IVAC chart is not designed to check vision better than 20/20.
> When I wanted to excel beyond the 20/20 I got the following message:
> "At 20/15, the images are too small to read on this monitor, you can:
> 1. Make the letters larger or
> 2. Stand farther away from the screen (increase distance)"
>
> Of course, I still have the presbyopia issue, but I am not worried
> about it. Being myopic I could always read without glasses, at least
> with my good eye. As to the bad eye... well... I hope that improving
> my attitude will resolve this issue as well.
>
> i-see! i-see!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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On Aug 19, 9:03 pm, "otisbr...@pa.net" <otisbr...@pa.net> wrote:
> Dear Brainy,
>
> Subject: Always good to check your Snellen.
>
> I am pleased you did so.
>
> But I certainly never suggest "instant" clearing.
>
> Also, the rest is your honest opinion.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Otis
>
> On Aug 19, 8:39 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 19, 5:07 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> > > recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> > > I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> > > generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> > > First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> > > both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> > > Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> > > Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> > > were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> > > with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> > > could never see them clearly.
>
> > > Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> > > 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> > > Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> > > Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> > > Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> > > recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> > > Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> > > just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> > > their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> > > prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> > > Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> > > method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> > > think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> > > and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> > > I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> > > elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> > > macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> > > macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> > > for me!
>
> > > I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> > > time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> > > bottle!
>
> > Additional comments:
>
> > I did a 10 feet test because I don't have 20 feet in my computer room.
>
> > The chart that I used is: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/IVAC/IVAC.html
>
> > I used my new PAL computer glasses because my distance new glasses are
> > not yet ready. I anticipate even better results with them.
>
> > The IVAC chart is not designed to check vision better than 20/20.
> > When I wanted to excel beyond the 20/20 I got the following message:
> > "At 20/15, the images are too small to read on this monitor, you can:
> > 1. Make the letters larger or
> > 2. Stand farther away from the screen (increase distance)"
>
> > Of course, I still have the presbyopia issue, but I am not worried
> > about it. Being myopic I could always read without glasses, at least
> > with my good eye. As to the bad eye... well... I hope that improving
> > my attitude will resolve this issue as well.
>
> > i-see! i-see!- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -

FYI...

She was probably making fun of you, Otis.

Everybody does.

Also, "top-posting" is considered horrible Netiquette, but -- in the
grand scheme of your myriad offenses -- it's really rather trivial.

On Aug 19, 9:38 pm, Neil Brooks <neil0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> On Aug 19, 9:03 pm, "otisbr...@pa.net" <otisbr...@pa.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Dear Brainy,
>
> > Subject: Always good to check your Snellen.
>
> > I am pleased you did so.
>
> > But I certainly never suggest "instant" clearing.
>
> > Also, the rest is your honest opinion.
>
> > Good luck,
>
> > Otis
>
> > On Aug 19, 8:39 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 19, 5:07 pm, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
> > > > recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>
> > > > I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
> > > > generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>
> > > > First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
> > > > both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>
> > > > Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>
> > > > Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
> > > > were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
> > > > with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
> > > > could never see them clearly.
>
> > > > Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>
> > > > 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
> > > > Left eye -- blurry 20/60
> > > > Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>
> > > > Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
> > > > recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
> > > > Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
> > > > just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
> > > > their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
> > > > prevention" now, never mind my age.
>
> > > > Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
> > > > method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
> > > > think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
> > > > and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>
> > > > I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
> > > > elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
> > > > macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
> > > > macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
> > > > for me!
>
> > > > I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
> > > > time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
> > > > bottle!
>
> > > Additional comments:
>
> > > I did a 10 feet test because I don't have 20 feet in my computer room.
>
> > > The chart that I used is: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/IVAC/IVAC.html
>
> > > I used my new PAL computer glasses because my distance new glasses are
> > > not yet ready. I anticipate even better results with them.
>
> > > The IVAC chart is not designed to check vision better than 20/20.
> > > When I wanted to excel beyond the 20/20 I got the following message:
> > > "At 20/15, the images are too small to read on this monitor, you can:
> > > 1. Make the letters larger or
> > > 2. Stand farther away from the screen (increase distance)"
>
> > > Of course, I still have the presbyopia issue, but I am not worried
> > > about it. Being myopic I could always read without glasses, at least
> > > with my good eye. As to the bad eye... well... I hope that improving
> > > my attitude will resolve this issue as well.
>
> > > i-see! i-see!- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> FYI...
>
> She was probably making fun of you, Otis.
>
> Everybody does.
>
> Also, "top-posting" is considered horrible Netiquette, but -- in the
> grand scheme of your myriad offenses -- it's really rather trivial.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks Neil. I was afraid that nobody understands my weird sense of
humor. Didn't Quasimodo warned you about my sarcastic tendencies?

BTW, all the facts I listed are true. However, I have doubts about
the accuracy of this IVAC chart. I don't believe it's designed to the
conventional standard. I do know that my vision is NOT 20/20.
Nonetheless, the PAL glasses are wonderful -- although designed for
intermediate distance and progressing to computer and reading, I can
safely drive with them, and I do!

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:24:13 -0000, "Ms.Brainy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <news:(E-Mail Removed) roups.com>:

> On Aug 19, 6:48 pm, Nicolaas Hawkins <grumpy.m...@t.large> wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:07:29 -0000, "Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote in <news:(E-Mail Removed) roups.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I finally decided to check my vision using the Snellen chart
>>> recommended by Otis. My vision was instantly improved dramatically!
>>
>>> I set the distance to 10 feet from the computer screen. The chart
>>> generate the letters size adjusted to the specified distance.
>>
>>> First I checked my vision wearing my new computer glasses (PAL) with
>>> both eyes. Result: 20/20.
>>
>>> Then I checked my left good eye. Result: 20/20.
>>
>>> Next I checked my right bad eye. Result: 20/25, though the letters
>>> were not sharp and clear, but I could read them. I repeated the same
>>> with random different letters and could always tell what they were but
>>> could never see them clearly.
>>
>>> Then I took my glasses off. Results:
>>
>>> 2 eyes combined -- blurry 20/60
>>> Left eye -- blurry 20/60
>>> Right eye -- blurry 20/60.
>>
>>> Miracle! Miracle! Instant improvement! I should do what Otis
>>> recommends ("objective" self testing) and continue to "clear my
>>> Snellen"! Never trust optometrists and ophthalmologists again, they
>>> just want to over prescribe, give me staircase myopia and sell me
>>> their wretched products. Actually, I should be ready for the "plus
>>> prevention" now, never mind my age.
>>
>>> Or maybe I have just begun doing something "right", following Andrew's
>>> method? Obviously my attitude is very posative and right. Do you
>>> think that adding palming, sunning, stress reduction (will yoga help?)
>>> and total removal of eye strain is the way to go?
>>
>>> I am on my way to redemption! I can envision the shortening of my
>>> elongated myopic eyeballs, the spontaneous disappearance of my
>>> macular pucker and the rebuilding of the cones that I lost due to my
>>> macular hole and retinal detachment. i-see! i-see! No i-blindness
>>> for me!
>>
>>> I think I have a bottle of champagne somewhere in the house. It's
>>> time to celebrate. Where are my glasses? I need to find this bloody
>>> bottle!
>>
>> It sounds like you have taken the advice on sunning a bit too seriously
>> and have stayed out in the sun far too long.
>>
>> --
>> Nicolaas.
>>
>> ... The more we learn, the more we discover how much we still have to
>> learn. Wisdom lies in surviving this.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Yeah, it's the sun, I'm sure. It's very intense here in southern
> Arizona. You do sunning most of the time, even when you don't intend
> it, like walking from your air conditioned car to the air conditioned
> optic shop. Do you think air conditioning is OK?

I really wouldn't know. I live in a climate where air conditioning is
infrequently installed, occasionally wished for, but never essential.

--
Nicolaas.


.... Far better to regret not having done some things, than to regret some
of the things you have done.

Hi,

We haven't got air conditioning where I live. It's too expensive and
we can't afford it. But it's not hot in the UK anyway!

To Neil: What means "top posting"? Is it when you reply to the
beginning post? And is it bad etiquettes because you are ignoring all
the other posts which came after the first one. I think? All this
internet terms are confusing.

To Nicolaas: I really really like the quotes in your signatures. They
are so inspiring to me, every time I read one of them. How do you get
it to change every time you post. Are you using a macro, or did you
program a code so that it happens automatically? Please please show me
how.