Eye doctors

[sraun]

For some reason, eye doctors have never really bothered me. Even though, ever since I was a kid, I've always gotten my eyes dilated, and it always take hours for the dilators to wear off.

And I've been getting the glaucoma pressure test since I was 20 - I had an event my freshman year at college, when I described it to my opthalmalogist, he started giving me the glaucoma test. I was looking at nothing in particular, and what looked like a transparent rectangle went falling / tumbling / rotating down in front of me.

Today was no exception - extra strength dilators because of the diabetes - he does a visual exam of the back of my eye. And then the new glaucoma pressure test - a mild anesthetic and then 'tap, tap, tap' with something that looks like a wiring punch tool. This is a great improvement over the old pressure test, with the blue light and the puff of air!

I do not drive after an eye exam! I either arrange to be driven home - Irene did the honors today, or else I walk or take public transporation. It is not safe to drive when every light on the street is surrounded by a starburst 4-6 times the light's size, with 8-16 rays! One of the advantages of a Standard Time appointment is that I can take one of the last couple of appointments in the day, and then it's dark when I come out. This is a good thing - even with sunglasses, sunlight will give me a headache in nothing flat when my eyes are dilated!

And, as usual, the doctor said, 'You don't really need new glasses - were you planning on getting some?' That's an expense that is being put off until next year.

The surprise - to me - is that, less than three hours after I walked out of his office, I could use the computer!

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

It is not safe to drive when every light on the street is surrounded by a starburst 4-6 times the light's size, with 8-16 rays!

Oh, come on! That's when it's most fun!

I have a little defraction grating I wear over one eye whenever I drive through the traffic circle over by the falls. It makes the whole experience so much more.... pretty. And weird.

K.

Eye tests

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Since I used to work in the neighborhood, I've had my eye exams at a place in the Castro area. They routinely take three times as long as places not located in the middle of a gay mecca, and yeah, bonk the eyeball and stuff. They also manage to produce better corrected glasses than other places.