Keratoconus and Astigmatism

[Ir.papa.]

Hallo Mrs M. Oliver again.

As I have told you I suffer from Keratoconus (conical shape of kornea-something like irregular astigmatism) on the right eye and simple astigmatism on my left one.

My questions are the following:

1) Should I practice the Bates method for each eye separately.

2) How long should I practice every day, each eye?

3) What is the proper distance for the “exercises”? It is a distance I must see clearly? For ex. with my right eye I have a big problem and I can see clearly in a 10 cm distance or less. My eyesight is about 15%. More than that everything is blurry. But I am not wearing contact lenses or glasses because I can see with my left eye which has astigmatism and the eyesight of the left eye is about 80-85%.So what is the proper distance?

4) I know how to do swinging ,palming or the sway. I am little confused with shifting and centralization.
When I shift from one object to another (example trees,houses) is it necessary to shift to different parts of it before moving to the next tree? I am asking that because I cannot see the whole tree or house at once. I diffuse.

5) How quickly to shift? If I do it very quickly I feel eyestrain.
For how long should I centralize on sth so as to avoid starring? 1-2-3 secs of centralization are enough?

6) If I look on something I cannot see clearly, what should I do? shift to something else?

7) When I am walking it is better to look sraight ahead? And finally I would like to ask you what to do when I am in a a car (not the driver).Look the objects passing by out of the window?

If there is another exercise that helps Keratoconus I would be happy if you could share it with me. I am near orperation and I want to avoid it.
I appreciate your help a lot and I congratulate you for helping people.


I. Papazoglou