> Julia,
> Not if you are an adult. Better that your doctor tell you this though.
> If the lenses are positioned properly, and this should be checked thoroughly by
> a very experienced optician, then I would look at modifying the Rx, probably by
> cutting the cylinder power. Might be a good idea to use a trial frame (looks
> like an eyeglass frame but holds different types of trial lenses) to get a feel
> for what might be more comfortable in a more real life setting.
> Hope this helps
> Robert Martellaro
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Optician/Owner
> Roberts Optical
> robopt[at]execpc.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."
> - Niels Bohr

> On 9 Feb 2006 14:34:39 -0800, "Julia" <Julia_Otis_1[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > > I've been trolling the internet
> Saying that you're trolling on the internet is probably not a good
> idea.. especially on this forum when your email address has the word
> 'otis' in it ;-)
> Ann

> Hi,
> I've been trolling the internet

> Hi,
> I've been trolling the internet for any information that could help
> with my eye issues, but haven't found anything helpful. I'm at wit's
> end, so if you have any advice at all, I would be very grateful!
> I have amblyopia (and a considerable amount of astigmatism) in my left
> eye and have never been able to correct it successfully. I patched it
> when I was a kid, but was never able to find a glasses prescription
> that I could stomach because of the dramatic difference in
> prescriptions between my two eyes. For about 8 years, I exclusively
> wore one contact lens in my right eye and just let it do all the work.
> 2 years ago, I developed some kind of painful reaction to the contact
> lens (some suggested GPC, others have said episcleritis or allergies)
> and have not been able to use them since. I then started wearing
> glasses all the time and just used a "balance lens" in the left eye
> (again, letting my right do all the work). I could see fine, but had
> terrible depth perception and peripheral vision in the left eye.
> In October 2005, I decided to get new glasses. My opthamologist
> suggested that I try to correct my left eye. So my prescription went
> from this:
> O.D. -3.25 (spherical), -1.00 (cylindrical), 160 (axis)
> O.S. Balance lens
> To this:
> O.D. -3.25 (spherical), -1.00 (cylindrical), 160 (axis)
> O.S. -3.00 (spherical), -3.50 (cylindrical), 180 (axis).
> I knew it would be very difficult to adjust, and toughed it out for 2
> months. But there was still distortion, particularly at the edges of
> the frames (which were quite large). The optometrist changed the
> material of the lens, thinking that would cut back on the distortion.
> It did a little bit, but things still looked weird. My opthalmologist
> then suggested that I put the prescription in my old, smaller frames to
> try to cut back on edge distortion. This has again helped a little
> bit, but things aren't perfect. I am able to see quite clearly when
> looking straight ahead, but in poor lighting, or cramped quarters (like
> at my desk), or when I turn my head, something is off.
> I don't know what to do! I have put all this effort into adjusting and
> would definitely push through if I knew it would get better.
> Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'm also wondering if there
> is any kind of long term damage I am doing to either my right or left
> eye by not attempting to correct the left eye?
> THANK YOU!
> -julia

> Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'm also wondering if there
> is any kind of long term damage I am doing to either my right or left
> eye by not attempting to correct the left eye?