Pressing fingers against eye in order to watch the tv

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Postby Sweet » Mon 08 Jan 2007 12:20 pm

Hehe i can pull the corner slightly and get much better vision and am able to read further away! this only works on my pre grafted eye though and is good for emergencies! Useless though when i had iritis, it didn't do any good then!!

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Postby serge111 » Tue 09 Jan 2007 5:26 am

i did the squeezing thing too but i have another trick. if u hold up a finger, nail down, close to ur eye and just look over the edge of it (u have to hold it very close to ur eye) u can see things also some kind of reflection trick
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Postby Val G » Tue 09 Jan 2007 9:14 am

yeah me too!

Another improvement for me, even tried during an eye exam, tuck chin in a bit and look through top of eyes,
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Postby denner » Tue 09 Jan 2007 5:09 pm

Ha ha I make a slit which I look though, the bottom finger touching the lower eye.

God were weird!!!!
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Postby Andrew MacLean » Tue 09 Jan 2007 5:29 pm

Maybe we are not weird, just resourceful


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Postby Susan Mason » Tue 09 Jan 2007 11:49 pm

Hi all

I find somedays if I tilt my head up or down and keep my eyes still the vision improves.

The optom finds this most amusing when he checks my vision and I tell him if I tilt my head to the left/right (dependant upon the day) I can see another letter on the chart.

Not a fix that helps for long though, I am afraid to say!

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Postby Louise Pembroke » Wed 10 Jan 2007 12:58 am

I find if I wear those glasses with the eyes on springs and bark I can read another line...ok only joking
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Postby Sweet » Wed 10 Jan 2007 9:38 am

Hehe we are very weird you know!!!

BUT ... as Andrew said we are resourceful in being able to see better if only for a quick minute!!! :lol:

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Postby james mckinlay » Wed 10 Jan 2007 9:11 pm

i am the same but my way of coping is to sit on the floor about a foot away from the screen lol.

i used to get told that it strains your eyes doing that.

but i asked at the hospital and they said that it actually puts less strain on the eyes.

as for the pinhole test i can make out the top 3 letters on the chart in my right eye with them but without i cant make them out.

its really weird i think.

maybe its just my KC personality kicking in.

its been a bit since i checked the forum out as my nice new laptop picked up a virus from the music i download all the time lol.

im a music freak.

all the best for 2007

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Postby donna » Wed 10 Jan 2007 10:53 pm

Wow! It really works ! I have just tried pushing up my lower eye lid and I can see loads better!
Wonder if blu tac would hold up the bottom eye lid so I can watch tv without my glasses on lol :wink:
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