How bad is your vision?

m112880 · Post by **m112880** » 2004-09-23 10:57am

its been a few years since i got my eyes checked but when i first got glasses about 8 years ago i couldnt make out the big E in the doctors office and my eyesight hasent gotten any better

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2004-09-23 11:16am

I don't know if this is correct but on the bridge of my glasses there are numbers printed there which read 42 19 with a box in between the numbers. I think that means my laft eye is 42 and my right eye is 19. Sounds a little extreme but I'll give you an idea of how much I can see...

If I sit in my computer chair and take off my glasses I can't read the words on the screen, I have to bring my head forward so I'm about a foot and a half from the screen. My eyes are bad

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-09-23 12:16pm

My vision is horrific, 20/200 in both eyes. I can't live without my glasses or contacts.

J · Post by J » 2004-09-23 12:18pm

Mrs Kendall wrote:I don't know if this is correct but on the bridge of my glasses there are numbers printed there which read 42 19 with a box in between the numbers.

Actually that's the size of your frame. the 42 is how wide each side is in mm and the 19 is the length of the bridge in mm.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-09-23 12:24pm

20/250 in both eyes. However it has gotten worse in the last three years, and I havent had my eyes checked.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-09-23 12:32pm

Shiza Vison... 18/15

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-09-23 02:21pm

The last time I heard a number for my vision was in elementary school. Back then it was 20/200, and it's only ever gotten worse since then. Probably 20/250 or worse now.

Post by **Edi** » 2004-09-23 02:39pm

Around -2.00 to -2.75 for right eye, -3.25 for left. I need glasses if I want to make out any details, but I could cope without them iin a pinch.

Edi

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-09-23 02:41pm

20-200. I can't see five feet in front of my face without my glasses

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2004-09-23 02:42pm

FYI: Legally blind is considered to be 20/200, meaning someone with normal vision can see something fine 200 feet away while you have to be 20 feet away to see it OR you have to be 2 feet away to see it while they only have to be 20 feet away (away from an eye chart that is).

Acording to this site:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/visionsurgery/cost.htm

The average price for lasik eye surgery is from $1600 to $1800 USD. IntraLasik, which uses a laser instead, costs an average $288 more per eye.

Think I'll give this to myself as an X-mas gift some day.

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-09-23 02:55pm

Left eye: 20-35
Right eye:20-20

My left eye is probably worse because this one idiot kid in 6th grade kept trying to shine his laser pointer directly in my eye.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-09-23 03:21pm

About 20/150 for both eyes, last time I checked. Thankfully, I don't have to be twenty feet away from the screen when I play games, otherwise I'd be in trouble.

-Damien

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-09-23 03:49pm

20/15 both eyes. My vision rules.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-09-23 03:51pm

20/460 in one of them... Astigmatism in both of them, and one has gotten lazy, focusing below the other.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2004-09-23 04:16pm

jmac wrote:
Mrs Kendall wrote:I don't know if this is correct but on the bridge of my glasses there are numbers printed there which read 42 19 with a box in between the numbers.
Actually that's the size of your frame. the 42 is how wide each side is in mm and the 19 is the length of the bridge in mm.

Ahh thanks

I thought I was wrong cause otherwise I would be able to see properly out of my right eye... Thanks for the explanation. I have no idea what my prescription is then, I never really paid that close attention to the eye doctor, if he ever told me. I've been wearing glasses since grade 7.

As for Laser Eye sugery... my sister got that done a few years ago, and has had to go through 4 surgeries to correct her eyes. They are perfect vision now but I don't think I would pay that much to have to go through all that hassel. I might change my mind later in life if we become some rich family or something... I don't know.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-09-23 04:21pm

I once had horrible -4.5 eyes, but now thanks to the greatness of LASIK surgery, I have perfect 20/10 vision in both eyes. Best $5k I ever spent.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-09-23 04:47pm

Pretty damn shitty.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2004-09-23 05:04pm

Eyes are both around 20/30, left one seems more farsighted and the other near. They used to both be 20/20 but using bad screens at the wrong distance for the last 10 years has degraded it I guess. I'm sure they'll both be fine unaided until mecha eyes are widely available.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-09-23 05:15pm

Oh what a bunch of crybabies. I can't even see the big letter "E" on the chart anymore.

Left Eye: -9.00
Right Eye: -8.50

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-09-23 06:40pm

-5.00
-5.50

Or something like that. Can't tell you for sure cuz I tossed the conact boxes a while ago.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-09-23 06:44pm

without my glasses I am virtually blind....

thinking of taking up sonar...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-09-23 06:50pm

Last time I remember being -3/-3.25

Not horribly bad...but without glasses...not that good either.

SCRawl · Post by **SCRawl** » 2004-09-23 06:53pm

My prescription is -0.25, -0.5. I only use glasses for driving at night (they have an anti-glare coating, which I find helpful), but I really only got the glasses so I could get the additional free pair of prescription polarized sunglasses. Ah, the benefits of having...benefits.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-09-23 07:18pm

Very good vision- I can read licesnse plates at 50m. I guess staring at a monitor hasn't wrecked me yet.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-09-23 07:34pm

I have to get new glasses every year/two years. I stopped keeping up with my prescription (too depressing) when I had 20/500 vision in my right eye and 20/450 vision in my left (since then my left eye has weaked faster and has caught up with my right eye). That was three pairs ago, I believe. If I squint I can make out the giant E at the top. Nearsighted AND astigmatic AND both my parents wore glasses as did their parents. I think I'm just going to have to genetically engineer my kids.