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Article #1685Re: Middle-aged Writer Eyestrain
From: Welch, L&J
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 18:23
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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