I’ve never been too unlucky with my eyesight, but I’ve not been able to properly see long distance since I was 13. My prescription has got worse over the last few years and it’s now beginning to worry me as I don’t want it to deteriorate any more. In my mid 20s I found a book called “Perfect Sight Without Glasses” by William Horatio Bates, but I found it very difficult to read and never completed it or any of the exercises discussed in it.

If I had more money then I would certainly be taking supplements to help stop my sight getting any worse, but I would love to know if there is any way to actually improve my vision. I’ve even had a try at using pinhole glasses which are supposed to strengthen the eyes, but as with most things they have got put aside and not used everyday.

I was getting headaches after wearing my glasses or contact lenses for a long period of time, and at my appointment at specsavers yesterday the optician thinks my sight has got a bit worse and my glasses are no longer balanced properly.  My new prescription is as follows:

EYE SPH CYL AXIS
right eye -1.50 -0.50 180.0
left eye -1.00 -0.50 180.0

And here is what it all means:
SPH equals sphere and represents the amount of long or short sight that is present. The larger the number the worse the sight is.

CYL equals cylinder and represents the amount of astigmatism that is present. Astigmatism is caused when the eye is not completely spherical and it is shaped more like a rugby ball. The cylinder may be plus or minus regardless of whether the sphere is positive or negative.

AXIS is the angle at which the lens is set into the frame.

At the present time there seems to be a lack of studies done on eye exercises and vision improvement, however there are people who swear that the Bates method works, and in my opinion it is better to give this a go before going for something as drastic as laser treatment.