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Re: Middle-aged Writer Eyestrain

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From: Welch, L&J
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 18:23
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Yes.  And it worked for me.  I'm retired now but for many years stared at a
monitor in my role as a computer professional.  I'm near-sighted--see up close
(i.e., to read a book) fine but need help for distant objects.  A computer
monitor was an ackward distance.  Take my glasses off and I'd have to get very
close.  Put my glasses on and I'd have to get arms' length.  I asked my
optometrist for a prescription specifically for the distance of a monitor.
Worked fine for me. Bifocals weren't ideal because I'd have to tilt my head to
use the bottom of the lens.  Good luck.

"Dinty W. Moore" wrote:

> I am 45, write books for a living off and on, and when I'm deep in the
> throes of a deadline it is not uncommon for me to stare at my computer
> screen for four or five hours at a spell.  The problem is, I am 45, and
> eyestrain and tiredness are making my normal writing pace very hard to
> sustain.  Anyone else experiencing this as their eyes age?  Any strategies
> to cope?
>
> I wear progressive bifocals, and it has occurred to me that maybe I need
> special "reading" glasses set for the distance from my nose to the computer.
> Anyone else tried this strategy?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dinty
>
> Buy my books now, because if my eyes don't get better, I won't be writing
> many more: www.dintywmoore.com
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Subject: Re: Middle-aged Writer Eyestrain
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