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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how did you improve from -10 to -8.5?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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