See for yourself...

                     NORMAL VISION

Notice how detailed this picture is - from the peoples’ faces, the gold trimming on the castle, and the bricks. You can even see a miniature image of the castle in the magic mirror above the door.

                   WITH MY GLASSES

With my glasses, I can see things and where I’m going, but not with much detail. Shapes and depth perception aren’t too distorted. Now you can’t see the individual bricks, the trimming isn’t as sharp, and people are virtually unrecognizable.

                 WITHOUT MY GLASSES

Without my glasses, once recognizable objects are now blobs of all different shapes, sizes, and colors. Since the castle is so far away, it is blurrier than if I was standing next to it.

                     NORMAL VISION

This picture attracts your attention to the sign in the center, which says, “The Magic Carpets of Aladdin.” For most people, the sign is easy to read even through it has various bright colors, and a wavy font.

                   WITH MY GLASSES

Mostly due to my loss of central vision, when I look at the sign straight on, the words on it seem to fade away into the background. As I walk closer to the sign, the more the words are visible.

                 WITHOUT MY GLASSES

Without my glasses, once recognizable objects are now blobs of all different shapes, sizes, and colors.

                     NORMAL VISION

This is how it looks for most people when they read - all the words are in clear focus wherever they look, which allows for fluent and fast reading.

                   WITH MY GLASSES

For me, reading is the most difficult challenge I face everyday. Again, the loss in central vision is extremely noticeable. Looking directly at words is not possible, so I rely on my peripheral vision to read, but this takes significantly longer.

                 WITHOUT MY GLASSES

I am so nearsighted, that without my glasses I have to hold text between 2 and 3 inches away from my face to read it. This photo shows what text looks like to me at a normal reading distance of about 1 to 1 1/2 feet.

The following images are comparative examples of normal versus my  current vision. My eyesight will progressively worsen with time, starting with central vision and continued loss of acuity.

        (All photos on this page were taken by me)