I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another?

I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
(looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
there.

Tom

On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com
wrote:

I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
(looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
there.

Tom

Dear Tom,

-10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
from getting worse.

Hope this helps.

On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com
wrote:

I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
(looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
there.

Tom

Dear Tom,

-10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
from getting worse. The power of the reading glasses depends on the
distance between your eyes and the computer monitor. If the monitor
is 20" (0.5m) away from your eyes, you could use +2.00D reading
glasses.

D = 1/f = 1/0.5 = +2.00

If the monitor is further away, you could use +1.50D reading
glasses.

Try to read at your maximum clear distance. It is best to read at the
distance where the letters appear very slighly blurred but still
legible. This eliminates all the stress in the eye which causes the
myopia to get worse.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Myopia Cure Promoterhttp://www.geocities.com/myopiacure

On Feb 12, 1:24 pm, myopiac...@yahoo.com wrote:



On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com
wrote:

I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
(looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
there.

Tom

Dear Tom,

-10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
from getting worse. The power of the reading glasses depends on the
distance between your eyes and the computer monitor. If the monitor
is 20" (0.5m) away from your eyes, you could use +2.00D reading
glasses.

D = 1/f = 1/0.5 = +2.00

If the monitor is further away, you could use +1.50D reading
glasses.

Try to read at your maximum clear distance. It is best to read at the
distance where the letters appear very slighly blurred but still
legible. This eliminates all the stress in the eye which causes the
myopia to get worse.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Myopia Cure Promoterhttp://www.geocities.com/myopiacure

The reason this advice is worthless is because it is based upon the
fundamental misunderstanding that accommodative "stress" causes
myopia. What is more likely the case is that inadequate accommodation
probably contributes to myopia in a person who has the genetic
predisposition.

DrG

I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

"javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote

I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.

So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
could have any influence.

-MT

On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:

"javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote

I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.

So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
could have any influence.

-MT

I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.

On Feb 12, 3:07 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com
wrote:



On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:

"javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote

I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.

So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
could have any influence.

-MT

I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.

The primary catalyst for your myopia is genetic. But, I am also of
the opinion that closework can also be influential in how fast it
progresses. So, there are some harmless things you can do, although
they may not work. Wearing bifocal contact lenses might be one of
those things.

DrG

How about wearing reading glasses while working at the computer. good/
bad idea?

On Feb 12, 4:33 pm, "Dr. Leukoma" <d...@leukoma.com> wrote:





On Feb 12, 3:07 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com
wrote:

On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:

"javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote

I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.

So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
could have any influence.

-MT

I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.

The primary catalyst for your myopia is genetic. But, I am also of
the opinion that closework can also be influential in how fast it
progresses. So, there are some harmless things you can do, although
they may not work. Wearing bifocal contact lenses might be one of
those things.

DrG

How about wearing reading glasses while working at the computer. good/
bad idea?

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