On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:58:39 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:06:51 -0400, "
wrote:

I meant to write "proficiency" above.

I'm in early stages of Glaucoma, myself. Time for a larger monitor :-\

Each of the eye doctors I've gone to have been concerned about glaucoma after
they've looked at my eyes. The pressure is fine (middle to low end of the
range) but the optic nerve pad is small, which is the real problem with
glaucoma. Each of them, after watching it every six months for a couple of
years has come to the conclusion that that's just the way it is. The most
recent even commented that perhaps my mother never did have glaucoma, rather I
inherited that trait from her. It wasn't glaucoma that did her eyes in, but
macular degeneration. Ugly! (OTHO, the was 90).

Sounds close to my story. Mom has MD and is now aged 90.

With "early stages of Glaucoma" I can get by fine with just cheap
reading glasses. I really do need to move away from my 15" monitor :-\

When you say "early stages of Glaucoma", do you mean you're losing your sight
because of it already? If so, that's not "early". It can often be many years
between when symptoms can be detected and any permanent vision loss. OTOH,
eyes do deteriorate, naturally, with age. Generally, it's just loss of the
ability to focus or Cataracts, which are easily corrected.