A question related to GDP branch

[sak2]

I have a question......Does PAF prefers a candidate having private pilot license for inductions in gdp branch?

 

[thinga]

never heard of it

whats your progress so far ??
m still preparing for mbbs finals

 

[sak2]

So far my progress is ....I visited an eye-specialist(Captain),he said that my eyesight is -0.75 weak.and I should better forget PAF GDP.But I'm trying really hard to do something good with my eyes.I'm desperate of course but still not going to give up easily.....

 

[thinga]

well ! we read quite a detailed study on eye last year

i ll recommend that you use vitamin A in recommended doses ! (from a physician)(instead of just vitamin A , i think he will recommend MULTI vitamin tablets)
It will augment your eyesight its a well known fact and that it will save your eyesight from further dropping thru many mechanisms !

try working/reading in environment with ample light ! and wear good SUN glasses when its too sunny.
avoid contact lens avoid too much t.v

monitor your diet (more fish - n white meat poultry etc)
dont hesitate to eat anything thts cooked at home rather prefer them (the vegetables ofcourse)

just dont think it too much yar that your eye sight is weak ! Instead relax daily for a while and do palming for 5 minute. you just sit and place your hands lightly on your eye and so, no light will enter eyes , it will relax them really well !

washing face during ablution (wuzu) for namaz keeps eyes well hydrated !

---------------------- get a changed habit and get it checked again after a month !
lastly, once your eye sight is around -0.35 , then you ll just need to monitor your diet , and habit of sunglasses and lil t.v !!
hairstyle > no hair should fall on forehead ! it gives stress to eyes

(its my own experience that during the first 2 yrs in mbbs , my eye sight dropped drastically that i had headaches ! :-o
i was like what the hell , just a multivitamin course at that time , and now diet and rest monitoring (and ofcourse not much thinking abt it ) has kept my eye sight to PIN point perfection )

(and ofcourse its not that you re monitoring eyesight to just to get into PAF,, think broad , better health is all you need )

 

[sak2]

Thanks a lot brother,I was doing somethings with eyes like use of spectacles,almonds,rose water etc....I'll surely work on your advice....Instead I'm going to implement all that things from now today....Thanks a lot....And how weak was your eyesight?Is that 6/6 now?

 

[thinga]

i didn get it checked up , but a headache that occurs severely while you do a work giving more input to eyes, then its obviously marked loss , that i had !!
yup its 6/6 now .. or a very low decrease that i dont even guess !!

you know what some people have 6/5 or even 6/4 eyesight :p :p YUP thts a truee reality ,, too rare in number but people with such sharp eyes do exist !!

 

[thinga]

6/5 would mean that a such a person reads small words at 6 meters distance , which a person of 6/6 eyesight will be able to read at 5 meter (meaning closer to the words by 1 meter) !!!
so thats hyper-normal hehe

 

[sak2]

Thats really cool
So can you please tell me my eyesight of -0.75 in 6/6 kind of scale?
I believe One day I will do that 6/6 thing too

 

[thinga]

Thats really cool
So can you please tell me my eyesight of -0.75 in 6/6 kind of scale?
I believe One day I will do that 6/6 thing too

well,,,
see , that 6/6 thing is basically a "rough estimate" !!! its not the exact thing that where your eyes stand !

EYES have many features like :
*these have sharpness of vision(the range in which vision is harp may vary from person to person)
*eyes perceive colours
*eyes perceive shades/contrasts
*eyes undergo sbrupt movements/reflexes (eg, your eyelids close abruptly when there is a sudden loud noise produced)
*and so on..

so this 6/6 thing from a chart is just a rough estimate of your sharpness of vision ONLY !
this sharpness you may regard as the resolution of your eye :p like a camera has :p .. n is called VISUAL ACUITY !

so, if you eye sight is -0.75 , it means that you either got this number from computerized measurement of eyesight or through the frame-and lens measurements that eye specilists used to have(some still use)

-0.75 is actually, -0.75D where D stand for Diopters !
and it means that you are 'short sighted' by just and just -0.75 D
When you ll stand infront of a snellens eye chart(tht measures in 6/6 thing)(i am talkiing about the chart we had in our hospital) , i think so that you ll have problem reading the 2nd last line ! or may be a ver very lil trouble in 3rd last line !
(those who read 2nd last line are 6/6 , and having 6/6 doesn mean that you are normal, since i told you computerized and (by lenses and frame method) the actuall eye sight is measured !)
(while those who read the very small last line are 6/5 :p :p )
(some charts have another line for 6/4 , and some even have for 6/3 :p :p , and so on the last line its written usually that for how much visual strength it denotes )

so, at a stage if -0.75 , there will be a slight or lil more trouble in reading the 2nd last line !
just search in google images Snellen's Chart , and you ll see many versions of it ! The most common one is that is upto 5. thts the last line with 5 written over the line and 36 written on first line .

I am giving this info to you so that you relax :p and that i terribly miss that here is no one to give me the information that i need :p lolll

 

[thinga]

and there is another chart , with small words on it , like a page of book has !
that is for checking the close sight ! and they give you that chart, place it in your arms length and read , and they see how small you can read !
ofcourse those with eyesight weak in POSITIVE.. like +0.75 :p will have trouble reading the book or such chart !gott it ?


You know what, the tests like snellens chart and the book reading (i mean 6/6 thing) is for SCREENING ! that you classify people on the basis of crude results of these charts(>6/6 thing)
once you have got 6/6 people, or nearly 6/6 people separate , then you got for their computerized FINe-TUNE-ASSESSMENT >. :p

 

[pspvampire]

Please tell me exactly what you did for improving eyesight...mine is also -.75 and have been told by an army doctor that it cant be reversed......how much time do i need.....im new here..cant pm anyone...

 

[Hafsaad333]

laser can improve your eyesight,,,,,,,,,,, can make it perfect even ,,,,,,,,, consult other doctors,,,,,,,,, dnt worry