It has been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. Since my last post, where I told of my (disappointing) visit to the optometrist, I have continued doing the eye exercises…. Not as regular as I would have liked, but probably about 2 – 3 times a week.
I must admit that the news from the optometrist discouraged me from continuing the exercises. However, thanks to my friend Joanna (Read her comments here), I haven’t given up. Joanna has been experiencing improvement in her vision using eye exercises
Because her comments were so encouraging, it occured to me recently that I could ask other people that have experienced improvement to post comments on the blog… so look out for these…
To your success…
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Well I did go to the optometrist on Friday.
I want to firstly apologise for not updating the blog sooner…. I imagine some readers were anxious to find out about the visit. Anyways, the optometrist told me that there doesn’t seem to be any improvement in my eyesight… I am still 20/400.
So, what does this mean for me. Well if you remember the Commitment I made earlier this month (My Commitment), I indicated that regardless of the results of the test, I would continue doing the eye exercises for at least three weeks thereafter and then have another test done. This is what I am going to do. Also I would have the test done by another optician.
I am also encouraged to do a bit more research on using eye exercises to improve vision.
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Well I have made an appointment with the optician. This is so that I can check to see if there have been any improvement in my eyesight.
The appointment is next week Friday ( 25th August). This is the soonest appointment I could have gotten.
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Good Day All. I have been doing the exercises regularly as promised.
In the Vision For Life kit, it is recommended that the eye exercises be done in the mornings, when your eyes are “fresh”. I have found that there is another benefit to doing the eye exercises in the morning.
For me, there is a greater chance of not doing the exercises if I leave it to be done in the night, simply because I am more tired from the day of working.
For the past week, I have done the exercises every morning (and once at night). I believe that the reason for the regularity is just that.
Today I am going to make my appointment to see the optician next week.
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Well I didn’t do the exercises last night… but I made sure to do them this morning and I intend to do them tonight. Today I started to think about how my daily activities are affecting any progress that would be made by doing the eye exercises.
For example, I do a lot of work on the computer. This means that my eyes would be focused on a close object for quite some time. Surely this sort of activity can’t have a positive effect on my progress.
Anyways, I remembered that the Vision For Life Program recommends doing the following while working on the computer. It’s referred to as the 10-10-10 Rule:
Every time you are performing close vision work for over 10 consecutive minutes, look up and focus on anything that is at least 10 feet away, for at least 10 seconds. This simple rule helps to prevent the damaging effects of near-point stress and could literally save your eyesight!
There are some other Vision Tips related to computer use (for example, the one I posted about reducing computer eyestrain) and I would post an article some time next week.
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I am happy to say that I am proceeding nicely… I have done the exercises everyday since I made the commitment.
Ever so often, I receive an email from someone indicating that they are also trying the Vision For Life Program themselves. I want to encourage such people to post their progress on the blog as well. It would serve as encouragement for those who are considering eye exercises to improve vision.
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This is just an update to let you all know that I am proceeding as intended in my two week commitment. I have done the eye exercises everyday since then and I had a glass of carrot juice today. I hope to keep it up.
William
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I have continued doing the eye exercises. I have also made the following commitments to myself:
- I will try to do the eye exercises every single day over the next two weeks
- Since I have found that in the past I have missed a few days, there are some easier exercises (the easier ones) that I would try to do whenever I can… a few minutes here, a few minutes there, etc.
- After the two weeks I will have an eye test done to see if there are any improvements
- Regardless of the results of the test, I would continue doing the eye exercises for at least three weeks thereafter and then have another test done
- I will try to drink carrot juice at least twice a week
- I will, as much as is possible, try to go about my daily activities without using my glasses
I have made these commitments because I really want to see if these eye exercises do actually improve vision. I want to thank all the readers who have written comments and have emailed me with words to spur me on. It has been quite encouraging… Thank you.
William
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Good Day Readers,
You would have noticed that there haven’t been any updates for several weeks now. I must apologise for this. The reason is that I had to rush off to my vacation. After I left the office, I only had enough time to quickly pack a few clothes and be off to the airport. I was on vacation for the past four weeks and only came back home last night.
During my vacation, I was unable to have regular access to a computer with internet access. In fact, on my entire vacation, I was only able to go online for about 30 mins, which I used to check my emails. I noticed that I received some emails about the lack of updates at the blog and I have some comments to moderate.
I would would moderate the comments and reply to your emails today.
Also, because of the rush to the airport, I did not remember to take along my Vision For Life Kit, which meant that I was unable to do any eye exercises over the past four weeks. I hope this hasn’t caused any regression in progress of my eye improvement.
I must apologise to the readers for lack of updates and the lack of an explanation until now.
I shall be continuing my eye exercises tomorrow.
William
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The Vision For Life Program has specific exercise routines based on your eye defects. For my condition – astigmatism and nearsightedness, the routine is divided into Days 1 – 6, Days 7 – 12, Days 13 – 18, Days 19 – 24, Days 25 – 30 and then Days 31 to beyond. As the days advance, the exercises require a little more effort.
When I started doing the eye exercises, I decided that I wouldn’t move on to a next set of days unless I fully understood the exercises from the previous set and did them regularly.
Last week I was quite diligent in doing the exercises. So today I moved on to the exercises in the Days 7 – 12 set.
These exercises were a bit more difficult to get done… but I managed ok.
I will continue tomorrow….
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