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Eye sight test.

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Maurice

So I'm trying to improve the strength of my corrected vision and it is working.
I've gone from minus 3.75 to 3. That's a significant improvement, by forcing my eyes to adapt to weaker prescription lenses over time and doing eye exercises. 
Broke my last pair so time to get tested.
Eyes are stronger than ever. Result. 
The girl tested me but as they always do, she tried to bump me back up a diopter.
So I told her no. Your testing my eyes in poor artificial light provided by high flicker rate LEDs that are heavy on the blue spectrum and not chromatic natural continuos light.
That's why my eyes need a stronger script.
She was a tad surprised but agreed, to her credit, and renewed me with a new lower prescription. 
She also admitted that beyond minus 3 your heading inevitably to eye damage  ! Macular degeneration. 
Not to mention the dreaded bifocals.
I don't like fluorescent tubes or led light.
It's tiring on the eye's. 
So, you know, for what its worth, it is possible to improve your sight.
The advantage to any woodworker of being short sighted is better close up vision and I don't want to loose that. 
So word of advice. Don't let them keep bumping you up. They are pushing further damage to your eyes.

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