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Thread: Introduce yourself here!
Post: Re: Introduce yourself here!

greetings, i am nearsighted and astigmatic. i have worn glasses for approximately 40 years... (gadz!... it suddenly occurs to me that i may be approaching middle age...) i hate glasses, but have alway...

jiminos

Bates Method

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113,903

09-06-2006, 09:34 PM

Thread: Introduce yourself here!
Post: Re: Introduce yourself here!

thank you for the response, otis. having read all but a very few postings contained herein before undertaking a posting myself, i am not in the least surprised to learn you are an engineer. i look f...

jiminos

Bates Method

111

113,903

09-07-2006, 02:24 PM

Thread: after 40 years....
Post: Re: after 40 years....

JMartinC4 Wrote:jumpin' jiminos that's impressive! Thanks for sharing. Questions: 1) When you first got lenses, were you surprised at how bad your distance eyesight was before? Did you realize you...

jiminos

Success Stories

52,542

06-23-2011, 09:33 AM

Thread: an update...
Post: an update...

not sure if i should post now with an update on progress or if i should wait until it is a bona fide "oh my gosh!" success story... that said.... when i embarked upon this journey, i could not make o...

jiminos

Bates Method

8,069

09-08-2006, 04:45 PM

Thread: How does your eyesight get worse and how do you stop it?
Post: Re: How does your eyesight get worse and how do yo...

very well said, Arocarty. very well, indeed. be well, jim

jiminos

Bates Method

19,250

10-25-2012, 08:21 AM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

i think folks are thinking way toooooooo hard on this diopter thing..... the goal is to take off the glasses, not measure their strength. seems to me, one doesn't even need to know the diopters to mea...

jiminos

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 08:48 AM

Thread: Hi Bob
Post: Re: Hi Bob

guess it just goes to show... when you least expect it.... vision happens..... time and again in the posts here, we all see that clarity happens in moments of relaxation.... therein lies the key.... ...

jiminos

Bates Method

5,805

09-08-2006, 10:02 PM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

Lou, i wasn't aware that a single post was "rubbing it in." and, most certainly, it was not a personal attack directed at you. i apologize if i have offended. jim

jiminos

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 10:36 AM

Thread: Need Palming advice
Post: Re: Need Palming advice

as mentioned above, sunning is controversial. if you have not done sunning, do a lot of reading first. if i recall correctly, even Dr. Bates recommended sunning in the early morning or at sunset. pers...

jiminos

Bates Method

6,080

09-28-2012, 08:55 AM

Thread: after 40 years....
Post: Re: after 40 years....

Lou, an attempt to answer your questions... for quite some time now, i have not worn glasses at all. i did, and likely still do, suffer some degree of astigmatism. as near as i can tell, it is dimini...

jiminos

Success Stories

52,542

10-25-2012, 11:21 AM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

lou, response posted over in success stories. sorry. did not intend for you to feel as though i had slighted or disregarded you. be well, jim

jiminos

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 11:22 AM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

Nancy and Pikachu.... just a thought... go up and down a known flight of stairs (the longer the better) with a friend. begin with going up while looking to the top of the stairs. on the return trip do...

jiminos

Bates Method

178

143,801

10-25-2012, 11:26 AM

Thread: Dr. John Sarno
Post: Re: Dr. John Sarno

Hi Rocky! While i must admit i've not heard of Dr. Sarno, it is refreshing to see more and more medical profession practitioners stepping away from a "treat the symptom, not the cause" mind set and to...

jiminos

Off Topic

22,621

09-13-2006, 03:48 PM

Thread: Wearing reading glasses (worse or better)
Post: Re: Wearing reading glasses (worse or better)

while reading seems will seem blurrier than normal, but in the long run this will improve your vision. plenty of research out there to back this up. it works. be well, jim

jiminos

Bates Method

4,585

02-29-2012, 11:14 AM

Thread: Link
Post: Re: Link

i just tried the link that david posted.... works fine. http://www.iblindness.org/davids-method be well, jim

jiminos

David's method

7,067

09-28-2012, 01:01 PM

Thread: reading glasses and nearsightedness.... a question...
Post: reading glasses and nearsightedness.... a question...

Dr. Bates' work teaches us that straining to see things that are near results in hypermetropia.... and straining to see things that are distant results in myopia... i am myopic (wearing minus lenses f...

jiminos

Bates Method

4,878

09-13-2006, 04:05 PM

Thread: Recognizing Myopes
Post: Re: Recognizing Myopes

David Wrote:"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises." - Ayn Rand Disagree most heartily. It sounds good as a quote, but it ain't necessaril...

jiminos

Complementary Methods

25,863

02-28-2012, 10:26 PM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

i am glad to see Nancy post a response. several times i started to respond to bifocal, and each time i cancelled the post feeling it would be best if Nancy addressed his post. The post i did make rega...

jiminos

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 12:07 PM

Thread: an update...
Post: Re: an update...

There is a sign about 200 yard from here (looking out my front window.) It is one of those with the words scrolling horizontally across the sign. The letters are about 12 inches (5 cm?) tall? Two we...

jiminos

Bates Method

8,069

09-13-2006, 04:13 PM

Thread: after 40 years....
Post: Re: after 40 years....

I am not an expert. I can only speak to my own experience. The idea is to use lenses that do not give you 20/20 vision. For those with stronger minus lenses, then the proponents of plus lens use sugge...

jiminos

Success Stories

52,542

10-25-2012, 01:26 PM

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