@variablepulserate Well that's good to know. 😀 I guess you could always close one eye.
They can fix all sorts of things with lasers, but I can’t say I fancy the thought of having laser surgery on my eyes. The medics threatened to laser an additional drainage hole into my eyes because of the pigment dispersion. I wasn’t keen, but agreed. Luckily the day I went for it, I saw the consultant who was happy to agree that it wasn’t really needed, as the condition had never caused any damage to my retina. Phew!
If I ever get cataracts then assuming they insert a correctly shaped lens the astigmatism should go away. Then I could buy cheap reading glasses maybe.
My eyesight isn’t really that bad: +1 and +0.75, with a reading addition of +2.5 & +2.75. I think the worst I ever was, was -1.25. The astigmatism angle just means that horizontal/vertical is the least in focus, so I get eye strain easily. And of course since the age of 40 I’ve needed a reading addition. But I’m typing this on my 6” iPhone without my glasses on, no problem at all.
My brother, however, has always been very short-sighted, though maybe less so now he’s in his 50s. 🤷♀