Dave: -4.75 To No More Glasses | Shortsighted Podcast | Jake Steiner

Jake Steiner
7 Jan 202027:40

Summary

TLDRIn this podcast episode, Dave shares his remarkable journey of improving his eyesight from -4.75 in 2017 to seeing 20/20 without glasses. He discusses his active focus technique, lifestyle changes including diet and screen time, and the significant role of controlling his diabetes. Dave's story is a testament to the potential of vision improvement and the importance of a holistic approach to eye health.

Takeaways

  • πŸ‘“ Dave started with a vision of -4.75 in 2017 and has significantly improved his eyesight to 20/20 without glasses.
  • 🍽️ Dave's improvement may be related to changes in his diet and managing his diabetes, which can contribute to myopia.
  • 🌟 Dave's journey was faster than average, possibly due to his dedication to lifestyle changes and specific eye exercises.
  • 🚫 The script suggests avoiding a particular method that only helps relax the ciliary muscle and does not address modern eye strain from screens.
  • 🌱 Dave discovered the importance of 'letting go' and allowing his eyes to focus naturally without straining.
  • πŸ“± Dave reduced his screen time and made a conscious effort to look at distant objects to help improve his distance vision.
  • πŸ₯ Dave visited an optometrist to get his prescription reduced and eventually stopped wearing glasses altogether.
  • 🌞 Dave experimented with different types of sunglasses to find ones that increased contrast without distorting colors.
  • πŸ’ͺ Dave's story is a testament to the importance of perseverance and self-experimentation in vision improvement.
  • πŸ—£οΈ Dave's active participation in the Facebook group helps others by sharing his experiences and insights on achieving better eyesight.

Q & A

  • What was Dave's initial prescription for his glasses in 2017?

    -Dave's initial prescription was -4.75 in the left eye and -4.5 in the right eye.

  • How has Dave's eyesight improved since starting his journey in July 2017?

    -Dave's eyesight has improved to the point where he can see 20/20 without any correction, as measured by his eye chart app on his phone.

  • What role did diet play in Dave's journey to improve his eyesight?

    -Dave is a diabetic and had extremely high blood sugar, which can contribute to myopia. After getting his blood sugar under control, his eyesight improved significantly.

  • What method did Dave initially try that did not work for him?

    -Dave initially tried a method that focused on relaxing the ciliary muscle, which helped reduce his prescription slightly but did not lead to significant improvements.

  • How did Dave's approach to improving his eyesight change after discovering the concept of 'active focus'?

    -Dave shifted his approach from forcing his eyes to focus to allowing them to relax and work naturally, which he refers to as 'letting go' of his eyes.

  • What lifestyle changes did Dave make in addition to practicing active focus?

    -Dave reduced his screen time, got more sleep, looked into the distance more often, and spent more time outdoors.

  • How did Dave manage the reduction of his glasses prescription?

    -Dave went to the optometrist after the first year of his journey and got a smaller correction. Eventually, he found little difference between wearing -2.5 correction and not wearing glasses at all, so he stopped wearing them.

  • What advice does Dave give to newcomers about practicing active focus?

    -Dave advises newcomers to relax their eyes and not force them to focus, to look at specific things like text or TV subtitles from a distance, and to be patient as improvements may take time.

  • How does Dave feel about his progress and the possibility of sharing his story with others?

    -Dave is very happy with his progress and is open to sharing his story to help and inspire others on their journey to improve their eyesight.

  • What was Dave's attitude towards wearing sunglasses and how does it relate to his eyesight improvement?

    -Dave experimented with different types of sunglasses to find ones that increased contrast without changing colors, which helped him see better in bright sunlight without the need for additional diopter correction.

  • What was the host's final advice to Dave regarding his participation in the Facebook group?

    -The host advised Dave not to burn out from helping others in the Facebook group and to pace himself when answering repeated questions.

Outlines

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πŸ‘“ Journey to Better Eyesight

The podcast episode features Dave, who has made significant progress in improving his eyesight since 2017. Starting with a prescription of -4.75, Dave now sees well without glasses, largely due to his focus on a specific method and lifestyle changes, including diet adjustments for his diabetes. The discussion emphasizes the importance of not just the method but also the individual's commitment and effort in achieving such results.

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🌟 The Concept of Active Focus

Dave shares his experience with 'active focus,' a technique that involves relaxing the eyes rather than straining them. He discusses the challenges of describing this subjective experience and how he adapted it to his routine. The conversation also touches on the importance of looking at distant objects to help with distance vision, and how Dave's lifestyle changes, including reduced screen time and more sleep, contributed to his progress.

10:06

πŸ“‰ Reducing Dependency on Glasses

The discussion continues with Dave's process of reducing his dependency on glasses. He explains how he went from a -2.5 prescription to not wearing glasses at all, based on his comfort and vision clarity. Dave also talks about his interactions with optometrists and his approach to gradually reducing his reliance on corrective lenses, highlighting the individual nature of such a journey.

15:06

πŸ‹οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Lifestyle Changes and Diabetes Management

Dave links his rapid improvement in eyesight to managing his type 2 diabetes, suggesting a correlation between blood sugar control and vision. He shares his frustration with wearing glasses and the discomfort they caused, which motivated him to seek alternatives. The conversation also covers the importance of challenging eyesight even indoors and the role of outdoor activities in vision improvement.

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🎧 The Value of Personal Stories in Vision Improvement

The podcast concludes with reflections on the value of personal stories like Dave's in inspiring and guiding others on their journey to better eyesight. The host appreciates Dave's contributions to the Facebook group and the podcast, emphasizing the authenticity of a conversation over text-based interactions. They also discuss the challenges of maintaining engagement in online groups and the importance of pacing oneself when sharing knowledge and experiences.

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πŸ•ΆοΈ Sunglasses and Vision Comfort

In the final part of the conversation, Dave and the host discuss the use of sunglasses, particularly the impact of different tints on vision. They consider the benefits of sunglasses that increase contrast without altering color perception and how such choices can enhance visual comfort. The discussion also touches on the marketing aspects of sunglasses and the importance of personal trial and comfort in choosing the right pair.

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Keywords

πŸ’‘Myopia

Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a common vision condition where distant objects appear blurry while close objects can be seen clearly. In the context of the video, Dave starts with a significant level of myopia, with a prescription of -4.75 in one eye and -4.5 in the other. The video discusses his journey to reduce his dependency on glasses and improve his vision, which is a central theme of the discussion.

πŸ’‘Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how the body processes blood sugar (glucose). The video mentions that Dave is a type 2 diabetic, and his high blood sugar levels could have contributed to his myopia. Controlling his blood sugar becomes part of his strategy to improve his eyesight, highlighting the interplay between overall health and vision.

πŸ’‘Glasses

Glasses are an optical device worn in front of the eyes to correct vision problems. In the script, Dave's journey involves a transition from heavily relying on glasses with a high prescription to reducing their use significantly. The discussion around glasses and their reduction is a key part of the narrative, showing the practical steps Dave takes towards better vision.

πŸ’‘Active Focus

Active Focus is a technique mentioned in the video that involves consciously relaxing the eyes to improve vision. Dave talks about learning and applying active focus as a part of his vision improvement process. It's depicted as a significant element in his success story, illustrating the role of specific eye exercises in vision health.

πŸ’‘Optometrist

An optometrist is a primary health care professional who is trained to examine, diagnose, and treat visual system problems. In the video, Dave visits an optometrist to get his eyes checked and to obtain glasses with reduced prescriptions. The role of the optometrist is essential in monitoring his progress and adjusting his corrective lenses.

πŸ’‘Diopter

Diopter is a unit used to measure the refractive power of a lens or a person's eye, which is directly related to the eye's ability to focus. The script mentions Dave's reduction in diopter strength as he improves his vision, indicating a decrease in the curvature needed for his lenses to correct his vision.

πŸ’‘Blood Sugar Control

Blood sugar control refers to the management of glucose levels in the blood. The video script discusses how Dave's efforts to control his blood sugar levels, which were very high, may have contributed to his improvement in vision. It emphasizes the importance of overall health management in conjunction with specific vision exercises.

πŸ’‘Facebook Group

A Facebook Group is an online community on the social media platform Facebook where people with common interests can interact. In the transcript, the Facebook Group is mentioned as a place where Dave and others discuss and share their experiences with vision improvement. It serves as a support network and a resource for individuals on similar journeys.

πŸ’‘Screen Time

Screen time refers to the amount of time spent looking at screens, such as those of computers, smartphones, and televisions. The video mentions that Dave reduced his screen time, particularly on his phone, as part of his overall strategy to improve his eyesight. Reducing screen time is often recommended as a way to reduce eye strain and support better vision health.

πŸ’‘Sunglasses

Sunglasses are a type of eyewear designed to protect the eyes from sunlight and UV rays. In the script, Dave discusses the use of sunglasses, particularly the impact of different tints on his vision. The conversation around sunglasses touches on the broader topic of how light exposure and eye protection can influence vision and comfort.

πŸ’‘Visual Acuity

Visual acuity is the clarity or sharpness of vision. The video script references Dave's visual acuity improving to the point where he can see 20/20 without correction. This term is central to understanding the outcome of his efforts to improve his eyesight and serves as a benchmark for successful vision improvement.

Highlights

Dave's journey began in 2017 with -4.75 vision, and now he sees well without glasses.

Dave's rapid improvement might be related to changes in his diet and managing his diabetes.

Dave's initial prescription was -4.75 in the left eye and -4.5 in the right eye.

Dave now sees 20/20 without any correction, a significant improvement from his starting point.

Dave has been working on improving his eyesight since July 2017.

Dave's research led him to discover methods for eyesight improvement, which he pursued diligently.

Dave's experience with traditional methods was limited, leading him to explore other options.

Dave found success with a method that emphasizes relaxation of the eyes rather than active focusing.

Dave's daily practice includes focusing on distant objects to help with his distance vision.

Dave reduced his screen time and improved his sleep, contributing to his eyesight improvement.

Dave's optometristδΉ‹ζ—… started after noticing little difference between -2.5 correction and no correction.

Dave's realization that overworking his eyes was counterproductive led to significant progress.

Dave's blood sugar control as a type 2 diabetic may have contributed to his vision improvement.

Dave's advice for newcomers is to relax the eyes and let them focus naturally.

Dave shares his method of challenging his eyesight by reading small print from a distance.

Dave's transition from -4.75 to no glasses was gradual and involved lifestyle changes.

Dave's experience with contacts was unsuccessful due to dry eyes, leading him to rely on glasses.

Dave's final thoughts emphasize the importance of not forcing the eyes to focus and allowing natural progression.

Transcripts

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welcome back today podcast all episode

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with Dave Dave who's also been very

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active in the Facebook group and Dave

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who really likes his act of focus and

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Dave and I had a great chat

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he started out at - 4.75 in 2017 is now

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not using gawss's for the most part and

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seeing very well without them it's an

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unusually faster a journey it is

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probably related also to his changes in

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diet he's diabetic

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and he had extremely high blood sugar

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which sometimes can contribute

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apparently notably to myopia so don't

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take all these gains as just pure magic

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he's put in a lot of work he's put in a

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lot of time and effort and he's also

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improving his life on a larger scale

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beyond his classes welcome to Dave

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okay first off my name is David Marchak

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and I'm I would I was a million medium

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mild compared to other people but still

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in my own bag yeah I we consider at high

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because I had a an issue I couldn't I

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can just barely make out in gigantic he

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neon that I turn into a doctor and

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they've prescribed me um - 475 in the

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left eye and a - four and a half in the

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right eye with a statement of impression

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and - corner doctor for for the cornea

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and the lens in each high well and today

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I am checking my eyesight on my eye

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chart app on my phone and I'm seeing I'm

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when I'm doing is I'm setting out on you

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one end of my love scene and sitting on

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the other end which is about four feet

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across the saline miss and said they

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watch he'll hold the phone and then I'm

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seeing 20/20 easily and I've seen summer

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2015 nice and and what what correction

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are you waiting for that I'm not wearing

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any correction Oh Dave how did that

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happen that happened thanks to you and

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your information that you put online and

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I just took that information and I

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totally ran with it and how long have

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you been how long have you been working

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on this I've been working on this since

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in July of 2017

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I started that journey when I thought to

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myself my eyes are healthy does the

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doctor says but I can't see crap so I'm

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thinking to myself why not and then I

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did my own little research online about

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how to improve my eyesight I really

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didn't get very far

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I

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the bug for some and eyesight

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improvement and it turns out to me the

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method and you do not like to talk about

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oh yes so we will not mention such a

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method but no particular setup John made

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him from the - 475 - four and a half

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down to about minus three and a half and

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a - three and a half I was seeing twenty

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forty and we just took about a year now

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talk about a year yeah and that's that's

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why we don't that's why we don't mention

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that method because it works right in

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its day it was a fantastic idea like it

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was the right idea but mostly all it

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does is help you relax your ciliary

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muscle it's like from a time when people

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didn't have screens and didn't generally

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wear glasses so that worked back then

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but now if you've got multiple doctors

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you're gonna get as far as you can with

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we're losing relaxing your ciliary but

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after that you're kind of stuck and

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that's kind of the way I ran into I ran

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into the fact I was trying so hard to

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new design exercises and there was just

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nonsense because I my eyes and stones

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tired and they were still stressed out

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and then I stumbled across your website

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and through my searches and I and I

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signed up for the 7-day emails I got

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those and I just and the one thing that

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really got to me was had to focus and

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since hi since I learned that amount

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activist I tried figuring out and I was

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having so much trouble because I still

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wanted to squint and work my eyes which

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is the opposite of what you want to do

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you want to quit working on to see

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partner yeah and I always see your posts

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in the Facebook group where you're like

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about it chill out yeah this is which

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which the thing with the problem with

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active focus is there is no like

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definitive way to describe it because

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it's a subjective experience and it's an

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experience that's not tied to a

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vocabulary so it's we talk about it as

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much as possible to find an angle that

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that resonates with you and I like your

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take on it right like this

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thank you just letting it go yeah sure

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and that's what you should that's what

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I've noticed about myself

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as I let go of my eyes and let them do

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their work on there alone I think like

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they should I noticed that I see so much

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clearer all the time all the time at

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night and I did add some focus every

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single day all the time

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and I kept looking in the distance and

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by looking at InnoCentive helped fix my

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distance vision as you predicted should

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was you know like you said the eye in

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jabs to the stimulus yeah and did you

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get any help from many optometrists and

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how did you buy your glasses how did you

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go about the reduction process I just

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went to the optometrist

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after the first year got the smaller

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correction and I noticed that even when

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I was down to even the - two and a half

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there was so little difference between

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nah wearing them and wearing them I just

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quit wearing them altogether

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you went directly from minus 2.5 to just

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not wearing them right because I figured

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- two and a half I was seen 2025 so I I

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figured the last half of last 5 feet and

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a friend or bobble I really didn't need

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that much correction so so I just ran

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with it and I then miss the aha moment

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that I received from the atomic trace

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which I'm overworking eyes so once I

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quit over working on that's when they

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before we took a whole new level

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interesting interesting and is there is

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there any other lifestyle changes or

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anything like what's your screen use

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like before after now my screen use was

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very high in the beginning so I was so

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on my phone all the time and now I am

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getting I'm not oh about five or six

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hours a day on the phone instead of

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eight to ten hours I'm getting a little

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more sleep and I'm always looking in the

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distance for a longer period of time and

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that makes it a huge difference I said

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and I said in front of my team but it's

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10 feet away yeah that's way better that

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distance even way better even like

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laptop distance or like computer screen

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distance anything that's not that tiny

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little like this small size of the

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screen and Plus that your hand holding

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it really makes people just creep up

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with it it's not no good yeah and I'm

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actually holding the phone away from me

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arm's length which is hard to do when

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you're focused on zooming content right

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right right right right

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and I I get outside when I can even

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though it's a little for me based on the

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Fenton on my car but I still get out

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let's go around when I walk around

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definitely looking at an innocence you

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know just totally relaxed on eyes and

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seeing far and I'm loving every minute

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of it

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that's that is excellent that's great

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progress and I really like your

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contributions to I think a lot of the

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newbie I try to limit the newbie

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questions in the Facebook group that are

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just every day because they're all new

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FAQ and stuff but like some of you

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active focus conversations I think are

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helpful for people and that's my goal is

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to help them

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newbies would act

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focus because I've learned how to do

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acting focus with very much ease and I'm

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thinking why not help two new Me's yeah

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and what's here I have noticed that

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sometimes you post on their read a

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Facebook group rules and I'm thinking is

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that directed to me or somebody else

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know that's them because in the first

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thing it says like when you join you

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have to answer three questions and one

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of the questions is we read the group

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rules because in the group was a lot of

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those things are answered there's links

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to the FAQ there's links to the active

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focused page people don't read them and

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if it happens too much than the Facebook

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group gets unusable for for people who

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regularly come because it's just flooded

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with the same question over and over

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again so sometimes I get a little cranky

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I'm just like hey come on

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yeah I think I take it over your project

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as far as active focus goes I think

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eventually it's it's easy to eventually

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get burnout on it get tired of it

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because it's just like the same thing or

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and over and over again but I think it's

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useful to at least one time just kind of

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go through like and maybe now is a great

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time for that like how you would

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describe the whole process of how you do

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have to focus to somebody who's just

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starting out mm-hmm and that's kind of

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what I'm doing it when I'm answering

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those Facebook questions about active

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focus alright and you're saying it's

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mostly for you for you it's mostly about

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relaxing you're saying right yes for me

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it's mostly about relaxing my eyes I'm

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on not working down let no eyes focus

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like a camera or binoculars let them do

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the work and just blinking normally yeah

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are you looking at specific things for

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that like what's the most because I

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generally recommend text because it's

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easy to tell if it's blurry or not but

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you might when I'm sitting 10 feet away

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from ice my TV I'm constantly trying to

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read the bottom of

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screen which are the commercials when

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there's tiny print and I can read it so

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clearly oh I lost what there you are

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you're back yeah great yeah oh yeah yeah

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and it's so that's also a good one right

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like the I always used to tell people

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like in the winter when they're stuck

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indoors when they're TVs like one of the

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few options left is like watching movies

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with subtitles right like where you have

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at the end of thing yeah unless you know

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Jake what's going on

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wow that was me oh another call yeah so

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reading the subtitles like any any of

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those things so even when you're not

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outside even when you're not doing

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something that I generally say it's a

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good idea you're still challenging

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eyesight yeah I like to challenge my

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eyesight even when I'm watching The

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Weather Channel than I have here in

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central Iowa i watch the way to channel

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all the time because it's got tiny

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letters from the cities I'd like to be

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able to read the tiny letters and the

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city names it's with no glasses no

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glasses that's that seems a little

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blurry all they do is is just quit

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working my eyes and let the eyes focus

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on their own that's great it's fantastic

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yeah and what got you on this in the

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first place you didn't mention that you

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thought your eyes should be working fine

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but there must have been something from

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because it took a while to get to when I

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went up well did it I can tell you

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what's narnun myopia altogether and I

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was playing Atari close to the screen

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and then Nintendo and of course the

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cords are so shortened at that time that

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you know he had your sick hostility me

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and I was cleaned all day long and then

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of course naturally my hope you just

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naturally came about yeah and then you

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go to the optometrist and you get

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stronger glasses right no stronger

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glasses every single time

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you know you know and I got tired of I

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got tired of the glasses in the way that

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fit on my ear on my ear I always had red

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ears and it was irritated and all that

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and I couldn't stand it anymore I'm like

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enough is enough I gotta do something

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about this yeah that's kind of new to

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that point it's it seems like it has to

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be some some specific thing right like

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your ears hurt

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for me the glasses were just too thick

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some people say they were too heavy or

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they couldn't do contacts like if

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everything's fine there isn't really

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like a starting point right right I

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tried to do contacts that was a disaster

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ten contacts for me I was so hard

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because I had a hard time touching my

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eye that's why I got me there I would I

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tried it for maybe three days and I was

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sending notes enough for that that's

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right

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because I did I tried contacts - my eyes

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are too dry or were too dry I didn't

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have enough to your fluid so after like

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an hour they would get real scratchy but

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yeah now that you mention it like poking

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your finger into your eyes yeah yeah

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yeah I do not like to do that and and uh

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yeah that's all I gotta say my patch

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anyway that's really good I mean that's

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that's and I would say like for people

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who watch or listen your improvement

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isn't the average and isn't necessarily

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what everybody should expect and I don't

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recommend for people to stop wearing

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glasses at minus 2.5 but I was

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comfortable with it I'd ride in that

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comfortable with not wearing them yeah

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yeah and that's it I just if I needed to

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wear them for like driving or something

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or me and in a car with something you

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know a navigator then I would definitely

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wear you know I was on the house there's

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no point in it ringing them yeah and

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that's why like exceptions always apply

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and that's why this is kind of a

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difficult topic because individual

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experience varies so if you are a person

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that you can still see clearly right

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like because what happens long as people

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take off the glasses and then

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everything's blurry and that does

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nothing

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I like there's no benefit to that so all

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I'm saying is for other people that are

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watching or listening that there's small

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reductions in most cases are the right

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way to go unless you're having an

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experience like day for you're like I

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really don't need these because I can

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see the tiny print on my TV regardless

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right and then another big thing that

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happened for me was I got my blood

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Sugar's under control

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I'm a type 2 diabetic and my when it was

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head when I had the -4 is 75 doctors my

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blood sure was read 32 average 332 and

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that's really high is really high yes it

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is that's that's that's really good

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that's not good so then once I got those

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under control then you know maybe that's

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what really helped jumpstart me to the

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2040 was getting one blood sugar under

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control very possible because diabetes

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and myopia have a strong correlation

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like I'm not a doctor and I don't deal

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with diabetes it's just something that I

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read in clinical studies every so often

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diabetics and myopia always connected so

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very possibly some explanation for the

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rapid improvement yeah I think that's

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what it is myself

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yeah but then I'm enforced once I got

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down to 2040 I started out on playing

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and myopia and you know the next thing I

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know I'm just young start and just turn

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off or you

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I'm super happy for you and I also

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appreciate you sharing the story because

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I think there's a big difference between

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an actual conversation and just being on

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Facebook or whatever we're all texts

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right like all people look the same it's

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just text on the screen I hadn't wanted

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to do a podcast with you know for a

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while or even a video interview and here

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we are yeah and it took me a while

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because even just doing videos I don't

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even like my face on the screen in

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general right and then I'm a big time

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introvert like I'm really not good at

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like before having these conversations

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the first day like that before like 10

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minutes before I always get super

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anxious I don't want to talk to anybody

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like I just Venera it's my phone I just

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as soon as I could afford it I got an

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assistant to deal with phone calls and

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stuff like I'm just not good with with

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this kind of stuff but then when we're

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talking I'm fine right but it's just off

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to that moment so people have been

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saying this for years we should do this

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we should do this but I'm always like I

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don't talk to people just recently on

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Facebook so many mentioned that I should

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do a video interview with Ian and then I

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was gonna share that screenshot with you

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yeah and because we just did one with

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Sharada there a couple weeks ago and

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that got so much positive feedback that

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it was like maybe right like we're

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already on this path and like you you

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know what I mean like it's totally

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different I think to read another

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passing headline that says minus four

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point something to no glasses but then

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seeing Dave and hearing Dave talk is a

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totally different story oh yeah oh yeah

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and one thing I wanted to mention was

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that as I my over my often person your

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instinct has deus winds or try to force

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the mission to come to have you know to

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happen you know as I got to realizing

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and during in in myopia and doing the

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back to focus I just will started

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realizing that that's the office

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which one I know she makes yes manner

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that's true you don't want to force it

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and because it's for most people it's a

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longer like- 4.75 that's that's a five

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year journey for most people maybe even

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longer and if you spent five years

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squinting that's just you're gonna be

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wrinkly and you're gonna have headaches

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and it's just not really gonna be an

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awesome experience I I remember that

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time I was worn glasses for nearly 40

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years and now I'm not wearing less them

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anymore that's amazing that's a long

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time you weren't lasses do you still

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find yourself like reaching for them

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once in a while or thinking you

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forgotten actually feel myself going

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pushing up on my nose like like they're

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still there it's a tire chain that I

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wear my glasses yeah because I you know

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when you're wearing glasses or when

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you're working up close your eyes are

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comfortable when were far away you just

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keep them maintained a relaxation and

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you shouldn't seem far yeah that's right

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yeah that's awesome

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okay so do you have any other questions

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comments that we want to cover

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well can't really think of any sure did

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your people only the only issue with

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this is how about this what do you think

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about wearing sunglasses as far as as

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far as a really dark sunglasses versus

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sunglasses with amber color depending on

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how much light you're trying to reduce

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so what I'd like to do is I'd like to be

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able to to reduce the sunlight friendly

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here the brightness from the Sun but not

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renewest own Brenda's and the rest of

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the world world you know maybe maybe

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knees might not be the best when I

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me with these the they in they darken it

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just about everything it almost makes it

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look like dusk outside all the time you

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know all over and it's kind of hard to

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see you're certain things when you're

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when you looks like dusk you langford if

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I was sure I'm in the car with those

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things on it would mean you see miracles

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oncoming yeah

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then maybe non those like I know I have

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a pair that's I want to say like grayish

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and when I put them on the only thing it

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does is increases the contrast like it

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makes everything okay like the color the

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colors don't really shift it's just more

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contrast II they're fairly dark I don't

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they're in the car but right

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it doesn't change like the overall color

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of of what I'm looking at and actually

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when I used to still work on my eyesight

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I was always when I was outside and I

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was generally in really bright areas I

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would wear sunglasses at a prescription

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or quote-unquote prescription but I

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would need less diopter correction

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because the increased contrast you know

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like so if you pick the right kind of

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sunglasses you can actually see better

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in that in that sunlight with with just

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not changing the colors I was

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considering getting some HD measuring

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kind of glasses HD vision yeah I don't

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know I think the best thing like if

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you're not if you can get ears if you

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can get in your store is just to try a

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few different colors and variation a lot

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of the the marketing stuff is just

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marketing stuff I hear ya yeah you know

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like it's a tint it's a color of tint

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and that's it and then they sell you a

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bunch of extra stuff but mm-hmm

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gotta me it's it's it's curved pieces of

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plastic right like the whole thing right

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it's all marketing like a pair of lenses

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costs two dollars so from there whether

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it's sunglasses or anything else like

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it's all yeah

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it's all marketing that's all it is yeah

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alright Dave I'm gonna it's breakfast

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time over here why I really appreciate

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you coming on and I really appreciate

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you contributing in the Facebook group

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don't burn out on that stuff because I

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mean people ask the same question all

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day every day so pace yourself

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okay okay all I'm saying bring it on all

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I guess they're done actual obvious

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questions all right do you mean over and

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over and over and over and over on you

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know in the 40 how's that for a while

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you will and then you get tired of it

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thanks so much for being on Dave I

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really appreciate it and maybe we'll

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have a follow up and see how you're

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doing

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yeah I think that would be fun so that

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was our chat with Dave interesting

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fellow that he is you can also find him

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in the Facebook group depending on when

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you watch this people drop out

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eventually sometimes when the vision is

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back to 20/20 and they have no real

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reason for this kind of support group

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but I think it's a great story and it's

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a great reminder that you should at the

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very least consider your doctor

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dependents it's not to say that you know

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the same results as Dave it's just he

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looked at how much of this does he

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actually need he reduced his dependents

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to the point where largely he doesn't

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require the use of glasses to see

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clearly anymore

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which is kind of a worthwhile goal if

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you like this kind of stuff as I have

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mentioned in other ones of these

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episodes we have thousands of

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improvement reports from participants I

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can ask more to participants to possibly

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share a pocket style if you find that

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worthwhile leave comments below let me

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know let me know if this is something

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you want to see leave a like and

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