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Long-term success story - of Keith.Item: I found out from Dr. Raphaelson, that the general public, will always REJECT the plus when at 20/30 (about -1 diotper). I deeply regretted that no optometrist could ever help anyone with threshold prevention. Keith was 14 years old at the time. He is now 50 years old, and has worn the "plus" as he states he has used it. I asked him recently what "convinced" him to wear the plus as he described it. He said it was the story of the Eskimos making themselves massively myopic because of their close work. The other issue, is that this type of personal success, (i.e., prevention only) is NEVER counted as a success, because he never became seriously myopic. But of course, if you accept that -1/2 diotper per year proof, then he was successful, in self prevention.
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FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE WEARING A PLUS LENS
Dear Uncle, February 19, 1990
Thank you very much for the book, "How to Avoid
Nearsightedness". I got it yesterday after I came back from the
weekend. I am looking forward to reading it soon, but for now I
have a great deal of school work to read.
I would imagine you'll be pleased to have me tell you that
one of the first things I did after opening your book was to check
my eyes with the eye chart. I am able to read the 20/20 line on
the eye-chart. I have been using my drug store plus lenses most
of the time now. I have always passed the driver's license eye
test.
I use these glasses nearly 100 percent of the time when I
read text books and use them for about 70 percent of the total
reading I do. I started using them as much as possible again
because, at the end of last semester my sight was pretty bad (I
didn't check them on a chart). I am lucky to have an uncle who
showed me back in eighth grade that I could prevent my
nearsightedness.
One thing college has taught me is to listen to others and
then use or adapt methods to work for me. In the last few years I
have had a great deal more reading work to do. If I don't use the
magnifying lenses I notice fairly quickly that my sight starts to
deteriorate. Then I realize it's time to do something to stop
that process.
At the moment, I am wearing the magnifying lens because I
know what it does for my vision. Thanks for taking the time to
tell me how to avoid a situation, wearing glasses at all times for
the rest of my life, that I would find unpleasant, and for sending
me a copy of your book so I can learn more in-depth about the
methods I am using.
Keith B.
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Here is the Eskimo data, that convinced Keith - that it would be wise to wear the plus
for his "years in school".
https://myopiafree.wordpress.com/graphics-2/Optometrist-parents, can not even "move" themselves to help their own children.
The only answer, is to avoid these ODs who, "don't care", and protect your distant vision yourself.
This is why I do my own checking, and make no claims of successful recovery.