My doctor told me that I should blink more frequently while I'm working at the computer since the eye will dry much faster while you use the computer because the eye movement over the screen.
So, advice to all programmers: blink. --- Robert Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may be repeating myself here and if I am I'm sorry, however I'm so > amazed at the recovery from problems I was experiencing with my eyes using > standard computer monitors now that I am using an Ultra Flat Panel instead > that I want to be sure others are aware of the great differences their use > can make in your life! > My eyes had been pretty good, even up to the age of 40, having to > wear glasses with a slight prescription for my left eye only due to it being > slightly lazy thus not as much used for reading or other close work. By 40 > I had noticed some changes in both eyes however, which I was assured were > simply due to age, and which required again only slight correction for fine, > close, work. > I'm in front of my computer about an average of 8 to 14 hours a day, > 7 days a week, and before I was 40 I worked all day in front of the older > green screens that Wang and IBM systems used everywhere. > By the time I hit 45 my right eye, which as I said I've always > relied upon as my primary eye for reading and even driving, had begun to > give me more problems. It would get a little blurry every once in awhile, > and driving at night was getting a bit uncomfortable, especially when > raining, as lights had a tendency to glare more and spread out across the > windshield. Again my glasses were adjusted, made stronger, and it was > suggested a bifocal lens be added for computer work and reading. > Things kept getting worse and about three years ago I would > sometimes wake up and not be able to see what was written in front of me > on-screen clearly for a couple of hours! I was using my left eye to read by > on these days, and driving even in the daylight, road signs were getting > tougher to make out! I was also experiencing a certain level of > discomfort...kind of like eye-strain I guess after only one or two hours of > work each day. > Finally the ophthalmologist set me up with a separate set of glasses > for when I was working on the computer. I didn't notice any real difference > even though the prescriptions were indeed different. And I was diagnosed > with chronic dry eye and began using an over the counter eye solution 4 to 6 > times a day just so I could continue working! Taking breaks didn't help, > and it was starting to become a very serious problem! > Although I'd seen them, I'd never actually worked on a system using > a flat screen led type monitor except for the laptop I owned, and I never > really used it for any long enough stretch to notice any difference, so the > idea of getting rid of my current monitor and spending the amount of money > necessary for a good flat screen was never a serious consideration of mine. > But then the theft over Thanksgiving and I had to replace > everything. Dell had a great deal going on with their XPS systems, and a > real good discount on their larger, high-quality flat screens right at the > time I needed to buy so I figured I'd give it a try. > As I'm sure I mentioned before, it took only two days of working > with this monitor to show me that there was indeed a big difference in the > ways your eyes react to them compared to the tube-types I was used to, but > now and not even two months later I'm happy to be able to say that I back > down to the same eyeglass prescription I was using when I was 40..I'll be 51 > in March... the dry eye problems are completely gone, and I no longer have > any blurriness or discomfort in either eye like I used to! > I'm not recounting this for any reason but to share something I'm > sure others may benefit from knowing and may not be aware of. I think it's > amazing, and I'm planning on buying these for both my daughters just as soon > as I'm able to. It must have done something to my ears as well because I > can almost hear my grandmother telling me the same way she used to, "Get off > the floor, honey. You're too close to the TV and you'll go blind if you > don't learn to sit on the couch with Pappy!" What she didn't know was that > I wasn't watching Mitch Miller with my grandfather. I was down there > playing with the cat! > > from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design > > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > ...and the traveler died, stroked by the beauty of the landscape. THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS Louis Pawels & Jacques Bergier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
