You got your first pair of glasses when you were 20. When did you notice your vision going? Im guessing much before that and you delayed getting glasses till you couldnt stand it anymore. What was your uncorrected vision when you got your first pair? Im gonna estimate 6/36 correctable to 6/6(you said this)
Have you ever drove? If you do, its not wise or legal to do so without correction. You mentioned you walk instead. Thats fine and makes great exercise :)
I noticed you became *less* myopic but more astigmastic so in a way your eyes got better and also got worse. Whats your uncorrected vision now? Probably 6/48 or 6/60 now. I would not blame not wearing glasses for this. My brother almost never wears glasses and he became half a diopter less myopic but his astigmastim went up by half a diopter. Still he says his uncorrected visual accuracy has not dropped and is holding at 20/70-ish(about 6/18)so he doesnt feel "handicapped" without glasses.
Are you seeing clearly with glasses? have you asked your optometrist why they give you headaches? too strong? wrong pescripton? wrong lenses? Straining and squinting? You could ask for weaker glasses, this should help, especially if you do alot of near work. I have a pair of "computer" glasses that makes me see 20/100 but its clear for computer work whereas strong glasses give me 20/30 but its a strain for up near. Another option is bifocals. I would try my glasses idea before getting lasik. You seem like a good lasik candidate judging by your tiny pupils and thick cornea.
>My Name is Asim Rehman and I
>am 26 years old male from
>Pakistan. I used to wear glasses
>since 1999 and my prescription at
>that time was
>Left Eye: -1.75 -1.00 180 6/6 Right
>Eye: -2.5 no Cylinder 6/6
>I used these glasses for almost 2
>years till 2001 and I was
>very comfortable with them and had
>not any minue problem.then I suddenly
>quit wearing those glasses (hardly wears)
>and walk n work uncorrected in
>order to just reduce dependency on
>glasses and now after 4 years
>of without glasses (exam on 10-aug-2005)
>my eyesight regressed to
>Right Eye: Sph -2.00 Cyl:-2.25 6/6 Left
>Eye: Sph -1.5 Cyl:-3.00 6/6
>Note; No Karatoconus & other disease found
>in eye exam
>I have a very strong regret that
>my eyesight worsens because of not
>wearing those glasses (an Ophtholmologist told
>me that as I did''nt wear
>my glasses for too long so
>it is because of "Squintting"{of the
>eyes that caused this severe astigmatism).
>Plz tell me is it because
>of that (and do I have
>a genuine regret?) or it was
>a natural Phenomenan which was unavoidable?
>and also can I treat this
>severe Astigmatism as I am not
>feeling comfortable with glasses due to
>this high amount of astigmatism (Life
>is all Blurry without glasses Ah!
>& glasses always put strain on
>my eyes and I am always
>in trouble 24/7). These days I
>am thinking seriously about LASIK too.Plz
>tell me . looking forward to
>hear from any of the board
>Docs.
>Also I had my Orbscan done recently
>and have following readings.
>
>
> OS
>
> ODPBFS
>
> 52.9D
> 52.4D Difference
> 0.026mm
> 0.028 mmK1
>
> 47.0
>dptr 46.4 dptrK2
>
> 43.4
>dptr 43.4 dptrWTW
>
> 11.5mm
> 11.4mmPupil Dia
> 4.7mm
> 4.8mmThinnest
>Point 600um
> 600umPachy Ratio
> 1.11um
> 1.11um
>Also I will be happy if any
>of the Board Doc will review
>my Orbscan through email.
