Subj : This week's issue
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Thu Jul 05 2018 10:03:39

Hello Daryl,

03 Jul 18 17:11 at you wrote to me:

 DS>   I went from 20/2000 with severe nearsightedness beforehand...to
 DS> 20/20 with a little astigmatism afterwards. Not bad after having worn
 DS> glasses for nearly 40 years.

I have 20/10 vision but an odd twist: I have esotrophia which means my inner 
eye muscles are too short so I am technically cross-eyed when my eyes are 
relaxed.  However, after going for decades without correction, I taught myself 
how to straighten my sight, if you will.  The side effect are terrible 
headaches and constant fatigue.  I now wear glasses when driving that have 
strong prisms which change the focal point of light for my eyes so I can relax 
them and not have to squint or just be in pain.  A side effect is the bright 
"halo" effect of prisms so I have to wear tinted glasses during the day and at 
night, all bright sources of light have halos around them.

The second problem is more mundane: age-related presbyopia.  My eye doctor 
said "welcome to your fourties" ... he wasn't kidding.  Everything has to be 
at arm's length now for me to read unless I have reading glasses around.  I 
don't need strong ones: +1.25 to +1.75 depending on what I'm doing.  But I 
have two pairs of prescription reading glasses with me at work and a few 
laying around at home.

I get my glasses through Zenni Optical (zenni.com).  My reading glasses are 
$15/pair and my driving glasses are $70 and up depending on tints, coverings, 
et cetera.  My driving glasses are $400+ a pair at different optical houses 
the last time I price-checked.

It's how I can survive working in IT these days. :D

Later,
Sean

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