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To: mistermj who wrote (188118)	11/29/2006 5:08:46 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794001

When I wear contacts, I only wear the right one. Makes no difference. I guess that is why Monicals were so popular. lindybill@TeddyRoosevelt.com

To: mistermj who wrote (188118)	11/30/2006 12:20:08 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794001

I started wearing glasses.....then switched to contacts later......when I was 10. I really got tired of that and so opted to have LASIK surgery a few yrs ago. I also opted to have only one eye corrected because I have myopia. First they determined which eye was dominant by having me hold a camera to my eye like I was going to take a picture. I really feel lucky because I will not need reading glasses for years if ever. If they'd corrected both eyes I would have needed reading glasses, defeating the purpose. I found some really neat information about myopia at wikipedia including this: Presbyopia and the 'payoff' for the nearsighted Many people with myopia are able to read comfortably without eyeglasses. Myopes considering refractive surgery are advised that this may be an advantage after the age of 40 when the eyes become presbyopic and lose their ability to accommodate or change focus. And this: Education, intelligence, and IQ A number of studies have shown that the prevalence of myopia increases with level of education.[32][28] Many studies have shown a relationship between myopia and IQ. According to Arthur Jensen, myopes average 7-8 IQ points higher than non-myopes. The relationship also holds within families, and siblings with a higher degree of refraction error average higher IQs than siblings with less refraction error. Jensen believes that this indicates myopia and IQ are pleiotropically related (both myopia and IQ are caused by the same genes). The mechanism that has caused a relationship between myopia and IQ is not yet known with certainty (Jensen, 1998). en.wikipedia.org -gg-