Two parents with terrible vision- how did your kids’ vision turn out?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, how did you improve from -10 to -8.5?

OP here; I’m not sure how I improved- I think it was just aging. From what I gather, getting older also “corrects” nearsightedness a little but in ways I don’t understand (per my uncle the eye doctor). I should add that I think my total prescription is still over -10 once you include my astigmatism. I ended up getting phakic intraocular lenses implanted in my eyes (basically like cataract surgery but they left my natural lenses in) and it is AMAZING to not need glasses or external lenses.

Yep, I was -10 and now in my 40s, am -9 in my "bad eye" LOL (other eye is -8.5). Eye dr. says as we age some of the nearsightedness is corrected.

Just curious why this is even a concern if you had a successful option to correct your vision? Assuming your kids do you have bad myopia, surely in 10 or 20 years they will have even more safe options for correction.

I'm not willing to do surgery unless I have to, so I'm looking forward to cataracts when I'm older! My mom just got hers and loves not having to have even reading glasses even more.

OP here. It’s not a concern but more of a curiosity, really, and a sheer hope that DS will avoid my issues. I’m Asian and finding glasses that properly fit our low nose bridges is no easy task (there’s a reason companies make Asian fit glasses). And, DS is the only genetic relative I have; we adoptees tend to think more about stuff that non-adoptees tend not to need to.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the research about contacts slowing the onset of nearsightedness? I didn't start them until 8the grade, and I'm still wary of trying this with younger kids, but might be worth it if it helps. Playing sports in glasses is miserable especially with helmets/goggles.

Yes, you mean rigid gas permeable contact lenses, not soft contact lenses, correct? I've seen some research on this, and PP posted about orthokeratology.

My kids' eye doctor said this was still too risky. It can work but she said high risk of scarring so she did not recommend. My kid does the atropine eyedrops.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, how did you improve from -10 to -8.5?

OP here; I’m not sure how I improved- I think it was just aging. From what I gather, getting older also “corrects” nearsightedness a little but in ways I don’t understand (per my uncle the eye doctor). I should add that I think my total prescription is still over -10 once you include my astigmatism. I ended up getting phakic intraocular lenses implanted in my eyes (basically like cataract surgery but they left my natural lenses in) and it is AMAZING to not need glasses or external lenses.

Wow! Instead of LASIK, or did you actually have cataracts and this is why you had the lenses implanted? I would love not to need glasses or contacts but have always been a little afraid of the surgery.

OP here. I don’t have cataracts so it was just an alternative to LASIK. I wasn’t a good candidate for LASIK as I have dry eye and asian eyes are shaped a little differently (flatter, I think?) so they wouldn’t have been able to scrape enough layer of eyeball off to correct my vision. I considered PRK but I liked that the implantable contacts are removable (though arguably your eyes probably won’t return to pre-surgery condition). The surgery was expensive and required a lot of pre-op appts too. But I’m very happy with the results!

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My husband's been very nearsighted since elementary school and I've been nearsighted since high school. Our kids are 24, 20, and 17 and all have 20/20 vision.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, how did you improve from -10 to -8.5?

OP here; I’m not sure how I improved- I think it was just aging. From what I gather, getting older also “corrects” nearsightedness a little but in ways I don’t understand (per my uncle the eye doctor). I should add that I think my total prescription is still over -10 once you include my astigmatism. I ended up getting phakic intraocular lenses implanted in my eyes (basically like cataract surgery but they left my natural lenses in) and it is AMAZING to not need glasses or external lenses.

Wow! Instead of LASIK, or did you actually have cataracts and this is why you had the lenses implanted? I would love not to need glasses or contacts but have always been a little afraid of the surgery.

OP here. I don’t have cataracts so it was just an alternative to LASIK. I wasn’t a good candidate for LASIK as I have dry eye and asian eyes are shaped a little differently (flatter, I think?) so they wouldn’t have been able to scrape enough layer of eyeball off to correct my vision. I considered PRK but I liked that the implantable contacts are removable (though arguably your eyes probably won’t return to pre-surgery condition). The surgery was expensive and required a lot of pre-op appts too. But I’m very happy with the results!

https://us.discovericl.com/

Interesting - thank you!

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Terrible. Sorry OP. Just answering your question in the title of this thread honestly.

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Both of my parents had perfect eyesight. Mine was terrible by second grade with severe nearsightedness and astigmatism. I grew up on a farm, and spent a lot of time outside. I also read a lot! My three kids have perfect vision. Only one is a reader, but not as much as me.

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I had a nearsighted parent and a farsighted parent... and wound up 20/20. In my 40s now, I've had two bouts of blurred vision in recent years, I suspect due to eyestrain (I work on computers all day)... but in both cases recovered back to normal after a few days and getting some extra rest. Eye doctor visits both times but they could never find anything wrong.

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Husband's worn glasses since he was about 10, I have since college. Both nearsighted.

Child 1 - glasses in elementary school
Child 2 - 21 yo with perfect vision
Child 3 - glasses starting in high school (only needed for driving/chalkboard)