How bad is your eyesight?

boardsie08

Just got an eye test done today as I noticed that my vision has deteriorated a lot lately..

Left: -1.75
Right: -0.75

Not as bad as I feared!

Mr. K

I have no idea of the numeric description, but I'm not too bad. I could struggle through the day without my glasses, but it'd be a blurry experience!

CaramelBear

buckieburd wrote: »

R -12
L -13.5

Just discovered this forum, other blind people yay!!!!!!

Owwie. I thought I was blind enough.

R -5.75
L -6.0

Nice to 'see' other people like moiself

fission

I have a shortsighted right eye and longsighted left eye.......
Is that common?

entropi

irish-stew wrote: »

like one of the earlier posters said, can walk around without bumping into stuff, but everthing still alot clearer with them on

left -2.5
right -2.25

was -1.75 for bout 9 to 10 years, then changed couple of times in last 3 to 4

glasses for work/day to day stuff, contacts for socialising/sport

Pretty much the same myself except:

Left -7.0
Right -7.5 or something similar to that effect on prescription. Glasses for a rest day, contacts (dailies) for other days or sports/socialising. And i've got Astigmatism

Sucks having bad eyesight but walking around i can avoid people/cars and whatnot, but as for reading stuff? good luck lol:D

littlebug

:eek: master of nothing are you sure your prescription is -7.5 I'm not much worse than that and I can't go to the bathroom without my glasses. God forbid if I forget where I've put my glasses:p

Honestly even my hand is a blur without even putting it out at arms length!

the thought of venturing outside without them...//shudders//

what2do

I was -7 prior to laser surgery and the only place I felt safe without glasses or contacts was from my bed to my ensuite - after that things were hit and miss!

I could sit on the couch beside someone and not be sure who there were - plus I'd perch a book just under my nose for reading in bed!

rua1972

L -7.5
R -3.5

Don't know exactly but my eyes were measured 2 months ago and my vision is nice and clear again, no surprise after 6 years. I'm sticking to glasses, couldn't bere having something directly on my eye. I don't have to wear them for reading but after 22 years i'm so used to wearing my glasses all day that i can hardly read without them.

ian_m

It's not really a case of how 'bad' your eyes are. It's more to do with the shape so I wouldn't use the word bad. Having said that I'm a -4 and -5 so I'm a bit f***ed without my contacts/glasses. :pac:

DevilsBreath

L: -8.5
R: -9

Can't get my right eye perfect with glasses ether so my distance vision is fecked. Even with my glasses when at the bus stop have to wait till the bus is nearly ontop of me before i can read it .

Hence why im working in the IT sector now .

I want to get laser but they don't fix anything over -7 from what i heared.

NewApproach

Dont know about my glasses but my lenses are:

L -3.25
R -3.75

Wear the glasses all the time except when Im going out when I wear the contacts (not really for asthetics but because I've broke my glasses the last twice I wore them in a nightclub! )

DevilsBreath

Correction Just got tested today.

L: -10.5
R: -9.25

baz15

Mine is
L -3.25
R -2.75
I wear glasses usually and contacts for sport etc

littlebug

DevilsBreath wrote: »

Correction Just got tested today.

L: -10.5
R: -9.25

that's tough:(

Blazer

-4.5 in both eyes.
Wearing glasses about 24 years and contacts about 15 years.
Eyesight has improved slightly and I'm now back down to -4.25 in both eyes.
Damned if I can tell the difference though

tomcollins97

The_Minister wrote: »

How bad is your eyesight?

I have to wear glasses every waking moment of the day, from the moment I get up, to the moment I lay my head down. I can't read or watch tv without my glasses. I couldn't even catch a bus:)

Get laser treatment - it works a treat

ayapatrick

ok so this is me -
(r) +1.00/+3.00 k20
(L) +1.00/+3.00 k145
so id say im long sighted from what i read previously, -(minus) denotes short sight?
and also why are they wrote like fractions? would that be a 1/3 (third) of a unit? and the ks are different shape lens?

murrayp4

DevilsBreath wrote: »

L: -8.5
R: -9

Can't get my right eye perfect with glasses ether so my distance vision is fecked. Even with my glasses when at the bus stop have to wait till the bus is nearly ontop of me before i can read it .

Hence why im working in the IT sector now .

I want to get laser but they don't fix anything over -7 from what i heared.

I was reading a thread about the Wellington clinic and one chap was -10 and they were still able to correct it. As far as I know up to -14 is possible, but complications are more frequent with higher prescriptions

entropi

littlebug wrote: »

:eek: master of nothing are you sure your prescription is -7.5

Just managed to read this lol, looking at most recent exam now (nov 08) it reads: r -6.25, l -6.75 so i was mistaken about my original statement, still with the contacts in i can now see the number on a bus further away than lots of friends:) if i can find myself some work in the next year, i'll save for the surgery if i am suitable:D

mikemac

DevilsBreath wrote: »

Correction Just got tested today.

L: -10.5
R: -9.25

It's poor man, sorry to be blunt
You mentioned in another post that you can't laser eye surgury over -7. I don't know if that true but realy I wouldn't take the advise here as fact, go for a FREE consulation at any clinic, most give the first visit free and realy go to more then one.

All I can say is I went from -6.25 & -4.5 to 0.25 & 0.0 with Lasek so check it out.

mikemac

murrayp4 wrote: »

I was reading a thread about the Wellington clinic and one chap was -10 and they were still able to correct it. As far as I know up to -14 is possible, but complications are more frequent with higher prescriptions

It's possible to correct alright but they mighn't be able to get 0.0 on the first attempt. In fact with -10 you might not even get below -1.0. An improvement but can you ditch the glasses?

I'm not giving medical advice here. From what I understand it's possible to correct very poor eyesight but the chance of getting 20:20 are obviously less.
But go see a professional with your questions

dragonfly!

-4.25 and -5.75:eek:

littlebug

littlebug wrote: »

-8 in both eyes.:( it's an expensive business alright.

Update (sigh) L -8.75/R -8.25.

Mr.Lizard

mikemac wrote: »

After laser surgury
R: -0.25
L: -0.00

xeroshero wrote: »

Me this chistmas, thanks to laser:
R: -0.5
L: 0.0

Maybe a silly question but why aren't you guys 0.00 in both eyes now?

Morrigan

buckieburd wrote: »

Ill see ya (or maybe not!!) and raise you

R -12
L -13.5

Just discovered this forum, other blind people yay!!!!!!

Ah someone with eyesight as bad as me! /highfive

I really have to get laser surgery soon, though, becuase i'll be f*cked when civilisation as we know it collapses and manufacturing lenses becomes impossible in the post-apocalyptic world...

LiNgWiStIkZ

I have no idea, but it's getting worse and I can't walk down the streets without squinting if someone is waving at me, or if I need to read a sign

fakefurbabe

My eyesite is bad enough! Just had them tested (yesterday in fact);

R +5.50

L +5.50

Dubdude

Got mine tested 2 wks ago

R -0.75

L -0.50

Red Sleeping Beauty

Around -3

Started off like most other people with short sightedness (is that a word ?) - couldn't see the board in school, was given glasses for watching telly or seeing the blackboard in school and was told that the glasses would help my eyesight get better. Been wearing em about 14years

buckieburd

Morrigan wrote: »

Ah someone with eyesight as bad as me! /highfive

I really have to get laser surgery soon, though, becuase i'll be f*cked when civilisation as we know it collapses and manufacturing lenses becomes impossible in the post-apocalyptic world...

Oh dont! The though of no contact lenses brings me out in a cold sweat!!

Rocky7

Where is the best place in Cork to have laser eye surgery? I'm -5.00 in both eyes. Also is there an ideal age to have this surgery done?

January

As of today...

Right - Sph: +6.25 Cyl: -2.75 Axis: 13
Left - Sph: +6.00 Cyl: -4.25 Axis: 161

Fighting Irish

I have -1.25 in both eyes, i just got glasses yesterday for driving and college

Is there a big difference between -1.25 and -1.00

mishka2008

as of yesterday -5.50 in the right and -3.25 in the left plus astigmatism in the left as well! hasnt changed much in a few years though so hopefully i wont get any blinder!

Moonbeam

adrieanne__x wrote: »

As of today...

Right - Sph: +6.25 Cyl: -2.75 Axis: 13
Left - Sph: +6.00 Cyl: -4.25 Axis: 161

That is quite a horrible prescription.

Moonbeam

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I have -1.25 in both eyes, i just got glasses yesterday for driving and college

Is there a big difference between -1.25 and -1.00

Very little

Red Sleeping Beauty

You'll notice a difference between 1 and 1.50 but not much with a .25 difference.

ayapatrick

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Pretty much the same myself except:

Left -7.0
Right -7.5 or something similar to that effect on prescription. Glasses for a rest day, contacts (dailies) for other days or sports/socialising. And i've got Astigmatism

Sucks having bad eyesight but walking around i can avoid people/cars and whatnot, but as for reading stuff? good luck lol:D

because of the atigmatism can you only wear monthly lenses? i was told because i had an astigmatism there were no dailies to suit me?

God knows what this giberish means, but its on my prescription!
(r) +1.00/+3.00 k20
(L) +1.00/+3.00 k145
i think the "k" could be atually an "x" though. (as in "by")

Squiggle

ayapatrick wrote: »

because of the atigmatism can you only wear monthly lenses? i was told because i had an astigmatism there were no dailies to suit me?
(as in "by")

That might be true for your prescription but it's not the case for everyone. I have astigmatism and was prescribed dailies in the past.

Fighting Irish

Whats the legal driving limit for eyesight?

Is the best eyesight 0 or does it go the other way as well:

-1, -0.5 ,0 ,+0.5 ,+1



Thanks for the info so far

ManFromAtlantis

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timmywex

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Whats the legal driving limit for eyesight?

Is the best eyesight 0 or does it go the other way as well:

-1, -0.5 ,0 ,+0.5 ,+1



Thanks for the info so far

I think its .5 but im not syre myself on that one!

Yes, the best is 0, where no correction is needed, the - numbers are short sighted and the + are long sighted



Myself as of today
-1.75 in both eyes!

Fighting Irish

timmywex wrote: »

I think its .5 but im not syre myself on that one!

Yes, the best is 0, where no correction is needed, the - numbers are short sighted and the + are long sighted



Myself as of today
-1.75 in both eyes!

Thanks mate

January

Moonbeam wrote: »

That is quite a horrible prescription.

Yep and seems after a contact lens assessment on Saturday I'm not suitable for contact lenses either. She said hard contact lenses are better for my prescription, but she also said that because of my astigmatism that the hard contact lenses wouldn't sit properly on my eye and that they would "rock", so would be uncomfortable.

I just can't win lol...

murrayp4

L is -1.25, R is -10. Thinking of getting them zapped.

squonk

I thought I was bad until I read all these posts! Not thinking that now.

For contacts, I'm +3.5 in both eyes though there would be a difference in my left but +3.5 is a good average. For me though, I don't have lenses in my eyes because I was born with cateracts in the 70's and the procedure then was to remove the cateracts and that meant removing the lenses as well as I understand it. Now you can get implants alright which would be nice if it had been available in my day What screws my eyesight though is nystagmous, my eyes move constantly so it's impossible to focus on a point at all. Your brain works around it though for bigger things! Makes astronomy a challenge though!

civis_liberalis

delta_bravo wrote: »

L: -9.5
R: -10.5

I'm the exact same but opposite eyes. :mad:

Tinchy

im -8.5 in left eye, -9 in the right.
dont know anyone as bad as me, except for the few on here
im thinking about getting laser done in future hopefully, bit wary though.

thank god for lenses is all i say!

LittleEve

-3.00 in both eyes...
since i started wearing contact lenses i need glasses/contacts all the time now!

ChewChew

I've been wearing glasses for 12 years and it was only a few weeks ago I found out what my prescription is. Doesn't appear to be too bad.

L: -1.25
R: -1.75