Comments on: Eyesight for the Blind: Part 1

By: nitin

nitin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:58:23 +0000

As a kid in my 5th class, i had got big time seeing problem. everything on the blackboard was blurred.
i was bullied because i was introvert and used to copy what was written in the notebook of my benchmate. he use to make fun of me coz i was dependent. it was only aftter an year or so, that i told my parents about my problem and got myself a pair of glasses

By: Tutigan

Tutigan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:39:58 +0000

I also know this feeling well… It was worst during my exams in my second last year of high school before my parents believed me…
Can’t wait for the next one!
10+ Keep ‘em coming!

By: TyKat12

TyKat12 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:45:59 +0000

Oi-I sympathize with this one. My vision gradually worsened as well in Elementary-but we were broke and I was afraid of letting anyone realize I needed glasses.

By the time I was in middle school, sitting in the front was not longer a cure all-and my father, finally divorced, took me to the eye doctor’s.

Sadly, my vision has only worsened- xD

Didn’t mean to ramble, but I liked the comic!

By: amuletts

amuletts — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:06:05 +0000

This reminds me a bit of when I found I was short-sighted. Actually I don’t think its as big a deal now as it used to be – people in glasses are such a common sight. I was quite happy to get mine. All my family had them and they can look pretty cool.

By: Daniel Lovejoy

Daniel Lovejoy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:10:48 +0000

My 6 year old daughter just got glasses to correct her lazy eye – and she was so excited. The other kids in her class were jealous.
Doubt she would have the same reaction if she were 8 years older.

By: argonsassistant

argonsassistant — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:12:09 +0000

Wonderful as always! and then some!
10+++

By: Theala Sildorian

Theala Sildorian — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:47:39 +0000

Boy, does this hit home. I started wearing glasses when I was four: bifocals. I had strabismus (cross eyes) as well as myopia. By the time I was six, I was so sick of the constant pummeling at school that I flushed my glasses down the toilet just to get out of wearing them (that lasted about a month, until my parents could buy me new ones).

I got surgery for the strabismus when I was 21, didn’t need bifocals as a result, and went to contacts for awhile, but got tired of messing them and went back to glasses.

Now I’m getting presbyopia and need bifocals again .

@Blaine: what on earth sort of eye exercises can one do to correct the fact light does not fall onto the retina? It’s the shape of the eye itself that is the problem, not the eye muscles. Not saying it isn’t true, I’m just surprised and curious.

By: alecho

alecho — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:08:11 +0000

I recommend eye-jumping-jacks

By: Barry Buchanan

Barry Buchanan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:20:07 +0000

It’s funny, I have had glasses since I was 6 and my wife has had them since she was 10. My oldest had to get them at 6, but my youngest does not need them so far. My youngest wants glasses so bad she can’t stand it. She even has some reading glasses she likes to wear to be “part of the family”. She so badley wants to be a geek/nerd like the rest of us but she will have to face the fact some day that she is cool and not a nerd. Poor girl.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:16:24 +0000

Actually, doing eye exercises can improve your vision. There have been studies done in the UK where people have been able to remove their need for contacts or glasses after 4 or 5 months of work. Of course, it’s tough to go 4 or 5 months w/o wearing your glasses since that can set you back (if I recall correctly).