I'm going to the eye doctor tomorrow.
I don't think there's any change to my sight (not that I've noticed) and I'm not having any particular eye troubles. I used to have such trouble with blepharitis/huge-ass styes and random conjunctivitis borne of nothing more than my shoddy immune system. My eye would be blood red one day, and two days later it would be fine. My eyelids would bubble up like tortillas on a griddle from age 17-19. It was pretty awful.
Now I sometimes get little, clear bubbles on the rim of an eyelid. I pop them and they go away. The end. Dunno what changed, but I'm glad it did.
So I haven't been to any kind of eye specialist at all in a long time. Haven't had any issues with anything in a long time. The last time I thought I had a vision change, it went away within about a week. I think they were just dry.
I haven't been to the eye doctor in about 11 years.
I got a copy of my prescription when I went off to Japan in 2007, and at that time I think my prescription was kind of old. The eye doctor recommended I get an exam. I didn't. And I used the information on that prescription to get glasses and glasses and glasses and glasses and glasses.
I finally decided to make some purchases on Rivet & Sway, but I cannot find this ancient prescription anywhere. So I am going to the eye doctor to get a new one. And I figure it's good to get a "fresh" prescription before I make a significant purchase on eyeglasses. $30 isn't much to spend on glasses that might or might not be 100% accurate.
I am, I admit, a little worried though ... getting a brand new prescription and trying them out on new glasses for the very first time scares me. I almost want to get a pair of $30 Zennis to make sure the prescription doesn't make my brain hurt.
With any luck it'll be exactly the same. That would be nice.
Sweet, this is what I get for not realizing that my post was done in HTML mode. WALL OF TEXT YOU ARE NOW BROKENNNNNNN
Didn't bother me at all =D. As for the eye exam... Screw your prescription! Embrace the 21st century and give laser eye surgery at try!
ReplyDeleteAlas, I am not a good candidate for laser eye surgery. I knew that before the appointment today--apparently doctors are really hesitant to do it when you have anything auto-immune/inflammatory because there are often related eye issues that pop up.
ReplyDeleteBut today I learned that I have massive inflammation and scarring in my eyes, and that my glands aren't producing enough oil (which I sort of knew since I'd been told I had dry eye) and have, for some of them, stopped producing oil completely.
Which makes me a bad candidate for anything but lots of hot compresses, eyedrops, lid scrubs, and plugs shoved in my tear ducts. (It's a good thing I like wearing glasses. Even if I had perfect vision I would still probably wear them ...)