How is your sight?

Victor

Just wondering how many people are short sighted etc.

Imposter

What if you've got one eye that's short-sighted and the other that's long-sighted?

Kappar

Other impairment

I have a Scar down my left eye ball which scatters light coming into it. Also i have an artificial lens implanted in that eye so what i can see is better far away.

monument

I have never got my eyes checked. But I've done the eye test thing in my doctors when he stepped out of the room; I can get bored easily

scojones

my right eye is fine, nearly blind in my left eye.

Havelock

Perfect 20/20 and eeirly good night vision. Why?

Mossy Monk

colour blindness is my only ailment

DriftingRain

I've not had them cecked in years! But they seem to be great!

b3t4

Perfect 20/20 vision

So good in fact that I was able to locate my bf's contact lense when it fell out of his eye in a busy, badly lit, pub in Dublin on a Thursday night.

He on the other hand is very "short sighted" or blind as I like to put it.


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Mark

Every one in the family has glasses, four of us short sighted, one long. I'm confident the cat is wearing contacts.

Sleipnir

Used to be slightly short-sighted.
Had Laser surgery three years ago (for work reasons) and now my sight is near-perfect.

bug

my eyesight is perfect. but I cant see in the dark at all...more carrots methinks.

Borzoi

Slightly short sighted and photo phobic to boot (Easily blinded by glare/bright light)

Turner

Recently passed an exacting eye test and colour blindness test for a job.

So i'd say mine are ok.

TomTom

Short cighted, but not that badly, wear glasses to correct cause i got sick of the bloody contacts.

mooman_00

used to have 20/20 and excellent night vision. But after eight months of staring at a computer screen my vision is fukked to the point that if something isn't two feet away from me i have trouble focusing on it and have to squint. Hoping that the nice year long break that is college will give my eyes a break.

/oh and i blame boards, if i didn't find boards.ie at the start of co-op it would have been very boring but my eye sight would be perfect. Im gonna sue.............

beardedchicken

only very very short sighted, in fact near perfect vision. i got glasses during the leaving, as i was getting eye strain, and since then i only wear them when i'm studying, or when i have a headache, usually caused by eye strain.

Moriarty

Optic nerve to my right eye was damaged, so i have incredibly blurry sight out of that eye. My left eye has seemingly compensated and i now have ~30/20 vision with it. The end result of it all being i can see quite far, but my depth perception is lacking.

mike65

Short-sighted since 1881 er 1981 and proud of it!

Mike.

doctor evil

20/20 (methinks), I used to have good night vision but that has now gone to the dogs, whats this I hear about carrots? and what are other things that are good for maintaining or helping vision?

sunbeam

I'm longsighted with astigmatism and amblyopia in the left eye, which renders it almost useless.

Repli

Very short sighted.. Been wearing contact lens a few years (can't stand glasses)

commuterised

short sighted, got a stigmatism in one eye can't remember which, and I wear glasses for alots of things!

charlie_says

Any one who works on computers for long hours in a company or at home should make sure that the refresh rate of the monitor is set to 75 HZ minimum as the default setting on many computers is 60 Hz which is not good for your eyes at all. The higher rate the better.

A lot of big companies will have a policy about this included in their health and saftey/computer use policy, although most companies probably don't have a clue:eek:

So if you can't get a 75hz or higher monitor demand one from your employer! It for your own good as well as theirs.

I don't have any links with proof of this but I know it to be true.....:)

DUX

I was short sighted until last year and then...... I went for an excellent eye surgery, and guess what? I am 20/20 today, no more bloody contact lenses or glasses.... :cool:

Never spent 2000 Euro in a better way in my whole life!

Raz

I've done eye tests and only have trouble on the last line of the charts. That's almost 20/20 I believe. i have a cataract (sp?) in my left eye but the optician said it didn't change size so it's okay

BTW to the guys who've had Laser treatment, my girlfriend wants to get it done. What were the risks and did you have any particular qualms about getting it done? What was the procedure like and where did you go to get it done? PM me if you feel it's too off topic.

beezkneez

blind in left eye and cant see with my right.

misswex

Short-sighted myself - being wearing glasses since I was about 4!!!

Can't believe the amount of people on her who have problems with their eyes.

DUX

Raz, I had the laser surgery done last year and it went perfectly.

- 90% of the time is permanent, 10% of the cases has to be done again after a few years.

- 98% of the time is successfull, 2% may leave problem to the sight, especially at evening you may find the lights annoying (fortunately I didn't have this problem but there is a slight possibility that this happens)

- Usually the surgery is done 1 eye at the time (although I decided to do both eyes in one go).
The day of the operation and a couple of days after is better to wear sunglasses and definetly avoid sun exposure. It will e a bit painful and annoying for the first 3-4 days but nothing unbearable.

- After the sight will be very good, but you may still have some problems during nights for a few weeks, but nothing too bad.

- after 1-2 months the sight should be perfect.

- Cost is around 2000 Euro for both eyes (I did it in Italy but I believe the prices are the same everywhere, in Spain is cheaper, about 1000 for both eyes)

On the internet you can find many info. Let me know if you would like any further info.

Raz

Cheers for Dux.
Any particular sources you used online?

Amz

I'm registered as blind.

I have 6/60 vision or something meaning I can see clearly at 6 metres what someone with perfect sight can see at 60 metres (according to my opthalmolagist) think he was just trying to fob me off.

Meh!

I wear glasses and have low vision aids for distance work etc.
My other senses have compensated for it though which is pretty cool and I have adapted quite well methinks. Have no major difficulties as a result, nothing that can't be overcome at least.

*shrug*

KilOit

im slight colour blind so had to get colour contacts so i can see red more clearly for the job of course

sceptre

Originally posted by Moriarty
Optic nerve to my right eye was damaged, so i have incredibly blurry sight out of that eye. My left eye has seemingly compensated and i now have ~30/20 vision with it. The end result of it all being i can see quite far, but my depth perception is lacking.

Sounds a bit like me. I fell down the stairs when I was quite young (about 2) and damaged my left eye. Developed a lazy left eye (or didn't develop a good left ye if you want to look at it that way). Wore a patch over my right eye for a few years[1] (it was the 70s, aaargh Mr Pirate) to get the left eye to look a little more normal.

Odd thing is that both eyes look grand in any old photos. Still don't use my left eye at all really (it works, I just don't really use it:D). Depth perception is presumably a little lacking as a result. Left eye is still a wee bit lazy. Right eye is perfect (or was, haven't had them checked since I got my first driving licence). You'd probably never notice if I never mentioned it. Too late now.



[1] I've often wondered if kids who wore such a patch suffered any learning difficulties as a result of having their good eye covered, even with glasses to compensate. I didn't really (IMHO:D) but I wonder if others did

demanufactured

i have a cateract in my left eye
astigmatism inmy right eye , i wear glasses , at 21 i cant get a drivers license

irishgeo

Lazy eye in my right eye.

loismustdie

is short sighted that you can see stuff near you etc? i haven't had my eyes checked in about 10 years ago wen i'd hav been 10 an it was perfect. i'd say i need readin glasses though specially for far away stuff on boards an stuff

Scruff

very short sighted. without glasses or contacts i'd need a braille monitor

sionnach

really short sighted, never met ne1 with a worse myope, my myopes r -6.5 and -6:(

Space Coyote

Haven't had my eye sight checked in probably 12 years or something, but they work grand. Everyone else in my immediate family wears glasses and/or contacts. That's gotta be strange, or is it me? Sometimes I think I can see through stuff too. That could possibly be alcohol-related though.

PHB

I have an astigmatism, meaning i cant really focus on things too well.
Otherwise i have 20/20 vision, and i also have eerily good night vision, and my eyes are incredibly sensitive to strong lighting.

sticklebrick777

very short sighted. right - 4.5 left - 4.25.
i wear contacts most of the time. hate wearing glasses.
im on antibiotics at the minute so i cant wear contacts for a while
or they'll will turn pink.

BoobeR

Perfect sight, never had problems with sight, checkups always fine

sionnach

stop rubbing it in boober

Sarky

Used to have near perfect sight, but the last few years I've been using computers a huge amount, I think they're ruining my eyes.

Naikon

I have a refractive type lazy right eye but my left eye is almost perfect with lenses.

Duiske

Unsighted in left eye due to optic nerve damage from accident about 15yrs ago. Before the accident the sight in my right eye was not great, but improved to almost perfect vision within months of the accident, thankfully.

Crea

I am shortsighted since my mid teens and have the same prescription for the past 10 years. My hubby is the same so i'm saving for our kids glasses already.
My sister is shortsighted and my mother is recently long sighted.
My father is totally blind since he was in his mid teens because of glaucoma which is curable now but what can you do. He did his leaving cert, matric (of those of you who remember this), went to uni and qualified as a professional. He set up his own business and is still working eventhough he's of retirement age. As you can tell i'm extremely proud of him.

billy the squid

Am totally blind in my right eye due to a failed detatched retina repair operation, my left eye I have minor tunnel vision in because of 19 years of Glaucoma and a repaired detatched retina operation. I also have cateract in both eyes.

I've about 6/60 vision in the centre of my field of vision in my left eye which deteriorates as you move to periferal vision.

Peyton Manning

Slightly colourblind but thats all.

CathyMoran

Quite shortsighted - am -7 to - 8 in my eyes. I wear contacts sometimes and wear glasses most of the time and have done so since I was 6. I get my eyes checked on a yearly basis as I am diabetic. My eyesight has stayed at about the same level for the past 6 years.

Moonbeam

Quite blind too and as luck would have it too blind for lasrer surgery and they haven't come up with a way of getting prisms in to contact lenses ,Dam physics.

-11 in left eye and -8 I think in right eye

3^ prism too (I think!)