How bad is your eyesight?

delta_bravo · 26-11-2007 4:52pm

L: -9.5
R: -10.5

January · 26-11-2007 6:49pm

Don't know my prescription but I'm as blind as a bat...

Need my glasses for everything, if I squint I can almost read things but thats it. Was so bad last year in England my glasses broke and I walked into a pole... oh well haha.

I have a slight turn in my right eye and astigmatism in both. Needed an operation at 2 years old to correct the turn and it's slowly creeping back up on me.

littlebug · 26-11-2007 7:29pm

delta_bravo wrote: »

L: -9.5
R: -10.5

:eek::eek:

dylbert · 27-11-2007 1:49pm

L: +5.75 Cyl -1.75 Axis 170
R: +5.75 Cyl -1.75 Axis 180

And to make matters worse my left eye is lazy...:(

seamus · 27-11-2007 2:13pm

Something like -6.5 in the left and -4.75 in the right (with Astig).

Without my glasses I can move around without bumping into stuff, but all the details are gone. I wouldn't know who I was talking to or if I was pouring paint into my tea instead of milk.

faceman · 27-11-2007 2:40pm

Im -7.25 in both eyes.

rmacm · 28-11-2007 3:24pm

Can't remember exactly what my prescription is but it's around -4.75 or -5.00 in both eyes with Astig....I can make out things without them but just as a general blur e.g. if I were talking to someone without them I wouldn't have a clue who it is.

Tzetze · 28-11-2007 3:38pm

R: +4.5 | 0.25 x 75
L: +2.5 | 0.5 x 145

Right eye is lazy, get double vision without my glasses.

Shamanic · 01-12-2007 5:30pm

Pet wrote: »

R: -4.75
L: -5.00

What's this about high-index glass?

new to this forum! im an optical lab technician so briefly in layman terms:

1.59 is "normal index" so its not "thinned down" its bog standard plastic lenses which are fine for prescriptions from roughly +2.00 to -2.50 depending on the frame and distance between your pupils

1.6 is "mid-Index" its the next "step" up from 1.59 and makes roughly 2-3mm in thickness difference-again pending on script and frame

1.67 is the next step up and is "high index" it again reduces thickness

1.74 is the next lense and is "very high index" and reduces the thickness even more

Then there are options of glass polycarbonate etc.

With a "plus" prescription (the thickness is in the centre of the lense and gets thinner toward the outside) you could also get a smaller blank size , standard plastic blanks are 65mm but you could choose a smaller frame and get a 55mm blank with would reduce thickness but it depands on your pupil distnace, im not sure about specsavers or other opticians but i know we choose the smallest blank free of charge to give the patient the best possible lense at standard cost.
With a minus script small blanks arent done as the thickness is on the outside on the lense and is thinnest in its centre.

BreeVdK · 01-12-2007 11:56pm

Left eye +2.25
Right eye +2.75

ixoy · 02-12-2007 12:00am

-5.25 in both eyes, handy for the contact lenses. Everything's a lovely blur without my glasses or contacts although thankfully the rate of detioriation has stopped (for now).
Even at -5.25 I still have to get lenses pared down a bit to prevent them being too thick.
Still not as bad a mate of mine who is about -11 in both eyes and had to get his lenses manufactured in Switzerland to get them pared down enough.

nesf · 06-12-2007 12:31am

-4.25 in both eyes with a prism needed for the left eye.

Gazza22 · 13-12-2007 10:48pm

-3.00

Both eyes, i wear contacts

ergonomics · 14-12-2007 12:37am

Left = -5.00
Right = -5.75

I used to think my eyesight was really really bad but upon reading this thread I realise that they seem to be almost 'normal' among shortsighted people! I wear my glasses all the time, except for when I'm sleeping obviously. I have contacts but I rarely wear them because I've had glasses since I was 4 and feel unrecognisable without them!

Stargal · 17-12-2007 12:39am

ciaran76 wrote: »

-3.75 in right eye
-3.0 in the left eye

Snap :eek:

The_Minister · 17-12-2007 1:24am

Stargal wrote: »

Snap :eek:

It's fate.

xeroshero · 18-12-2007 12:57pm

Me last Christmas -
R: -2.5
L: -2.25

Me this chistmas, thanks to laser:
R: -0.5
L: 0.0

I can read three lines beyond the 20.20 line (or 6.6 as they call it now!?)

otwb · 22-12-2007 8:58pm

-4 & -4.25

Use my glasses all the time, am another person that swears by the high index lenses. Found a pair that I used to wear in school and OH MY GOD there is a huge difference in both weight and thickness!

Slightly off topic but also need the following to get me around:-

- prescription swim goggles (remember trying to memorise peoples swim suits...and making some very embarrasing mistakes)

- Prescription wrap around sunglasses (tried skiing with contacts and goggles and ended up ripping lenses in my eye. Ouch)

missmatty · 14-01-2008 12:55pm

-6.25 in each eye (sob...)

feylya · 20-01-2008 2:04pm

L: -1.0
R: -0.75

Hopefully going in to get contacts this week and if my prescription hasn't changed, it's off to the laser man

robinph · 04-02-2008 5:44pm

Currently at +3.75 in both for me.

Why are so many people here "-" numbers, is it actually more common or can those with "+" numbers just not find their way about the interweb as well?

SligoBrewer · 05-02-2008 8:59pm

robinph wrote: »

Currently at +3.75 in both for me.

Why are so many people here "-" numbers, is it actually more common or can those with "+" numbers just not find their way about the interweb as well?

When I'm ordering lenses for the opticians that I work in I notice that I need way more + lenses from observation. So by and large I'd say there are more plus.. but then again, they're mostly for reading purposes by and large.

StinkerbelleSix · 06-02-2008 9:35pm

Left: -11
Right: -8.5

Can't even see my hand stretched out in front of me without my contacts

eve · 07-02-2008 11:21am

Both eyes are -2.50

The bf is something like -5.75 and -5.00

ike · 07-02-2008 11:31am

-4.00 Left
-3.75 Right

Wear disposable contacts nearly everyday, I put on the specs if my eyes are feelng really tired in the morning. Started using dailies about 4 years ago and find them extremely comfortable, used to do the daily cleaning and sterilising routine now i just chuck em out everyday. Still considering Laser surgery

tribulus · 07-02-2008 1:21pm

Sorry if it's a bit OT but could someone explain or link me to something that explains this:

Vision must be not less than 6/18 in each eye.
Corrected to not less than 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in the other.

I assume corrected means glasses or contacts?

Also how good would 6/18 be (I know that's vague but would it be considered exceptional or just average etc for someone without glasses?)

What are the numbers based on?
Thanks.

RichyX · 10-02-2008 2:29pm

-1 left and -1.5 right.

Wanted to get laser surgery but the skin on my eye is too thin

robinph · 11-02-2008 4:48pm

SligoBrewer wrote: »

When I'm ordering lenses for the opticians that I work in I notice that I need way more + lenses from observation. So by and large I'd say there are more plus.. but then again, they're mostly for reading purposes by and large.

Is the + what would tend to come on later in life with the general old age deterioration of your eyesight so meaning the higher numbers of those type that your ordering?

Firetrap · 16-02-2008 1:33am

-4 in the left
-3 in the right.

I thought I was bad but it's heartening to see that there are plenty of others far worse than me

Mint Sauce · 06-03-2008 8:47pm

RichyX wrote: »

-1 left and -1.5 right.

mine used to be around that range years ago, happy days, then went to -2 something, just back from optitions now, the detearation continues,

r -3
l -3.25

oh well

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