# Post your vision prescription

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951 "2016-03-23T14:53:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951/21 "2016-03-24T03:53:07Z")

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-9.00 -1.75x 170  
-9.50 -1.75x 170

Unfortunately, the contacts that work for me only go up to -9.00, ao my vision isn’t perfect even with them.

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951/22 "2016-03-24T10:41:04Z")

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For most of my vision was -11 in one eye and -12 in the other. Then over about 2 years time it deteriorated to -13 and -18.

Now it’s almost perfect, thanks to IOL (intra-occular lens) implants and I don’t even need reading glasses - I wear glasses for driving at night but that’s the only time I need any kind of correction.

Hurray for modern medicine!

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951/23 "2016-03-24T10:56:42Z")

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OD: Sphere -7.00  
OS: Sphere -6.75

No other adjustments to my vision in my script.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951/24 "2016-03-24T11:30:05Z")

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Wow. My last eye appointment was circa 1970. Since one eye is nearsighted and the other farsighted, as long as both eyes are open I’m good to go.

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