I hate to tell u this... But any kind of activity that can cause any type of head injury is a huge risk to your vision when you have a high myopia like yours. Since you have such a strong myopia, your retina is stretched and weaker... Much easier to tear and break.

I hope you have good insurance, if you are doing any type of sports or physical activity, you should be getting your retinas checked every six months... And not by a regular othamologist but a retina specialist. I didn't believe it until I had my first detachment when I was 20, until then I was very active with diving and gymnastics. I stopped those injury sports but remained active for several years with just bike riding and going to a gym, I went every six months and that is what saved my vision for as long as it did. I went thru a phase where I was having tears/holes every few months, sometimes I saw them and sometimes I didn't. (i was a -16 at the beginning but after my cataract surgery and lens implant, I had 20/35 vision for almost two years and then my retinas detached again.)

you won't lose your vision as long as you stay vigilant about your eye care... My one retina spec told me that a detachment needs to be repaired within 48 hours, so I constantly got my eyes checked and took care of all holes immediately. My vision is fuzzy now, i'm legally blind... But I recognize some colors and shapes (sometimes). I can't complain becuz I had a chance to see what it was like to be a "normal" sighted person for a couple years. I've had 5 detachments also... Almost unheard of and still remain vision. It sucks not being able to drive... But losing your vision isn't as scary as I thot it would be.
Good luck.

I just read yours... Sorry to hear that. Girl, be very careful. I am not playing. I dont have a the myopia or whatever. Mine came out of no where and I have lost a lot of vision. I posted my story under 'young person with retina detachment'. As of yet I would say have the surgery.

The person who told you to get your eyes checked often is giving you great advice. I am also highly myopic and have been recently diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration after suffering a retinal bleed. I have lost a lot of vision in the eye that had the bleed, and have been told to avoid things that may cause it to bleed again (heavy lifting, ibruprofin, "jerky" movements (like some of those motion simulator rides), etc.) If you are highly myopic you also are at a high risk of retinal detatchment, glaucoma, and myopic degeneration. You might also want to get a list of the warning signs for these disorders, because the faster they are caught, the less damage that occurs (although myopic degeneration can not be prevented, you can help slow the progression).

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i think thier may be alot of misunderstanding of how eyes works. it seems everyone has a knowing and opinion on how the eye works, yet people are still barely able to cure these problems.
First off If your nearsighted, verify with your doctor and you can look on a video camera to verify, that your eyes are slightly crossed.
I believe the reason people can focus has little to do with the shape of thier eyes and more to do with how they move them.
What i would like you to do for me is to look at something you are having a problem with looking at it.
Now I want you to close one eye and see if your vision improves.
Basicaly the reason people dont see double is because they constantly move thier eyes.
When you focus on the wall with your finger in front of you, you should see 2 fingers and if your reading something what you are reading will be double, blurry and out of focus.
Now i want you to focus on your finger in front of you, noticing in order to do so, your actually crossing your eyes the closer and more middle your finger gets.
So the answer to your problem, may be simply to wear an eyepatch when doing reading.
If you have problems like stingy vision, etc teary eyes, then this may be a sign you need eye surgery.
This technique will take away double vision out of both nearsighted and farsighted people.
If you ask your doctor to check his patients, farsighted people are having problems crossing thier eyes.
We have to cross our eyes to keep from doubling objects close to us, while the background image doubles.
Nearsighted is the reverse, people with nearsightedness as reading books to much, etc. people who are nearsighted i believe
have thier eyes slightly crossed from
looking at something close.
This is why some excersizes cure the problem.
Also try holding what your reading out about 2 feet in front of you so you dont cross your eyes and give yourself eyestrain.

they constantly change position of thier eyes, depending on the distance of the object and the objects size.
if your looking at something small directly in front of you, you actually cross your eyes in order to keep it in focus and from doubling, while the background doubles and blurs.
If you want to prove this simply pull your finger out and try to keep the image from doubling, keeping your finger in focus.
youll have to move your eyes in order to keep your finger in focus, otherwise youll see doubley blurry vision.
i also wouldnt drive with an eyepatch, your limiting your vision, consult drivers liscing laws in your state, but its def good enough for reading or watching a movie.