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The chalazions/swellings in my lower eyelid never completely went away. I've been taking prescription eye-drops (once a week now) against the blepharitis, doing occasional warm compresses, and taking omega-3 (DHA/EPA) supplements. During my last appointment, the eye doctor said that the blepharitis was improving. I'm taking her word on it. The right eye's vision is still worse than it used to be, but is fairly consistent now. I decided to get a new pair of eyeglasses for those occasional times when my vision feels particularly bad.
The last time I got glasses was 10 years ago; I only wore them sometimes at work. I have the eyeglass prescription from back then (when the left eye was worse than the right), a couple from the last 2 years, and one from 3 months ago. I specifically had the last exam done with the intention of getting glasses, as I didn't think the previous prescription could be trusted as my eyesight was quite variable over the last year.
Each of those prescriptions has completely different numbers. Even the astigmatism angles are completely different.
So I ordered some pairs of cheap glasses to test which prescription was best. Zenni Optical has basic prescription glasses for $6.95, and I was very impressed by the quality of them, considering the extremely low price.
I also printed out a radial chart to help me determine the angle of astigmatism for each of my eyes.
Using the chart and the glasses, I determined that the axis component of the prescription from 10 years ago actually best corrects the astigmatism in both my eyes, though the cylinder component needs to be higher now. Back then, I preferred having a corrective lens only on the left eye, and no correction on the right. Now, I prefer the correction only on the right eye. With both eyes corrected, the left eye sees more clearly than the right. That makes me feel unbalanced.
Regarding the DHA/EPA, I'm taking about a tablespoon of vegan algal oil each day - about 1540mg EPA and 2860mg DHA. It's expensive. My goal is to do it for at least a year, for my eyes and also to see if it helps with my mood/dysthymia. It's been 7 months, and so far I haven't noticed any difference.
The last time I got glasses was 10 years ago; I only wore them sometimes at work. I have the eyeglass prescription from back then (when the left eye was worse than the right), a couple from the last 2 years, and one from 3 months ago. I specifically had the last exam done with the intention of getting glasses, as I didn't think the previous prescription could be trusted as my eyesight was quite variable over the last year.
Each of those prescriptions has completely different numbers. Even the astigmatism angles are completely different.
So I ordered some pairs of cheap glasses to test which prescription was best. Zenni Optical has basic prescription glasses for $6.95, and I was very impressed by the quality of them, considering the extremely low price.
I also printed out a radial chart to help me determine the angle of astigmatism for each of my eyes.
Using the chart and the glasses, I determined that the axis component of the prescription from 10 years ago actually best corrects the astigmatism in both my eyes, though the cylinder component needs to be higher now. Back then, I preferred having a corrective lens only on the left eye, and no correction on the right. Now, I prefer the correction only on the right eye. With both eyes corrected, the left eye sees more clearly than the right. That makes me feel unbalanced.
Regarding the DHA/EPA, I'm taking about a tablespoon of vegan algal oil each day - about 1540mg EPA and 2860mg DHA. It's expensive. My goal is to do it for at least a year, for my eyes and also to see if it helps with my mood/dysthymia. It's been 7 months, and so far I haven't noticed any difference.