Miriam

If you are working within the UK your employer is responsible for the cost
of single lens specs for VDU work.
The distance is set with these specs purely for the screen work so don't try
to leave your workstation still wearing them.

Liz
----- Original Message -----
From: Miriam Robbins <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: yipee


> I suspect that my change to varifocal lenses two years ago was one of
> the contributing factors to my development of RS I.
> It is possible that the extra up and down head movements, when my
> sitting posture was already very poor, produced extra strain on my
> neck.
> I now, of course, see that with heavy computer use and very little
> upper body exercise I was bound to get problems sooner or later!
>
> My next lot of glasses will definitely be single vision. I currently
> use a neck chain, and take my glasses off when I read print. This has
> been a great relief to my neck.
>
> Miriam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Lunn" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: 22 July 2000 13:37
> Subject: Re: yipee
>
>
> > another thing about monitors . . . I've just had my 15" replaced by
> a 17"
> > (which is very nice) - but I've just realised that the top of it is
> now just
> > that bit too high, so with my varifocal specs I'm tilting my head up
> just
> > that little bit . . . and causing myself problems.
> >
> > So - larger monotor: readjust the height.
> >
> > Pam
> >
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> >
> > This message may have been typed, but on a bad RSI day it will have
> been
> > created with voice-recognition software: please ignore any dictation
> > errors I failed to notice.
> >
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