Recently, I have been through the eye test. I wanted to see how much my vision is impaired. I try to avoid wearing glasses when I am not driving. However, here is what I got from the eye doc.
I have to tell you that my eyesight suddenly worsened 15 years ago. That day, I just felt my vision is really worsened. And I know why. I was really sensitive to EMF radiation from old cathode monitors. You know the old bulky monitors there came out before LCD monitors.
Each time I watched something on that monitor, my throat hurt. I became angry. My eyes itched, burned, and I will not even mention other things. I am also EMF measuring expert, so I know how EMF can be dangerous.
Especially old cathode monitors because they emitted a really different kind of EMF fields. However, I don't want to get into that in this article.
I am just posting this result I got from doc, and I have been avoiding those monitors ever since. My eyesight basically did not worsen.
I avoided those big monitors like a plague. I replaced it with LCD later, that saved me. Before that I could not work on a computer for more than 30 minutes.
However, with LCD, I can be on my laptop all day long.
Basically, nobody uses those monitors anymore, only if your boss is a cheap bastard, or if you work in government, you might still have to use those prehistoric monitors. I suggest buying a LCD yourself. They are cheap as dirt these days.
My eye-test results from 4 June 2014
The printout below records two sets of readings from my eye test: the machine measurements, labelled “RM DATA,” and a second set labelled “MANIFEST.” Here are the numbers as they appear on the printout. Sphere and cylinder are measured in diopters; the axis is an angle in degrees.
| Reading | Eye | Sphere (SPH) | Cylinder (CYL) | Axis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM DATA | Right | −2.00 D | 0.00 D | 180° |
| RM DATA | Left | −2.25 D | −1.00 D | 47° |
| MANIFEST | Right | −1.75 D | 0.00 D | 180° |
| MANIFEST | Left | −2.00 D | −0.75 D | 45° |
In plain language, the minus sphere values mean that the readings show nearsightedness in both eyes. The left-eye cylinder value also shows an astigmatism correction. The right-eye cylinder is zero, so its printed axis does not add an astigmatism correction. Axis describes the direction of that correction, not how good or bad the eyesight is.
The printout also lists a distance between the pupils, “FAR PD,” of 70.0 mm. The two sets of readings come from the same examination; their differences do not demonstrate that my eyesight improved over time. This single printout also cannot establish what caused my vision changes or confirm that my eyesight stayed unchanged over the years.
For an explanation of the abbreviations, see the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s guide to reading an eyeglasses prescription. These are my historical results from 2014, not a current prescription.
