Exhausted after eye exam??
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Comments (24)Thanks everyone. I was getting upset when I still couldn't stand light a couple days later & was afraid I fried my retinas. DH has welded a couple times without his helment & he was far more miserable than I was. I looked it up on the computer after I could see again & was reassured because apparently this happens to a good many people. I don't remember seeing anything about it actually happening before this though. I was always very careful about not getting it near my mouth & would come inside to wash my face every time I got it on me. It didn't bother my skin. Karma, I am shamed,I normally sterilize my cutters in between plants but I was in a big hurry & these were the seedling beds where they were all stuffed in together. Live & learn. We've had frosts & two freezes so far & it's calling for snow showers tonight & tomorrow. Chaz, Welcome. My best friend lives on Mendum street in Haverhill. Are you anywhere near her? She's not into plants but it would be great if she could come & smell yours next year. All I can do is send her pictures. LOL Linda...See Morefloaters and lights in your eyes
Comments (16)I have ocular albinism and am 41. I noticed several months ago a single floater in one eye and recently wnet to an optomitrist. He nearly scared me into a nervous break down.:( He suggested AMD or rather hinted yet now says he didn't see anything major just normal aging. He didn't see a detachment or tear even with the retina images they took but asked a few times if I saw flashes. Well I don't see camera flashes but I do see little silver/white worm streaks occassionally that circle under and around my eye then disapear in seconds. He did see slight shrinkage of the jelly at the back of the eye, a few specks on the eye and a small fovea but I reminded him I have ocular albinism and my poor vision comes from the missing layers of the fovea. I'm wondering if I'm starting menapause and this may be the reason for little silver worm streaks that occassionaly happen. My sight hasn't changed as far as I can tell and all of this started 7 months ago. He just brushes me of though. He's young and just out of optometry school which doesn't make me feel any better.(UGH)...See MoreWho do you go to for eye care?
Comments (23)I see an ophthalmologist. Over time I developed a cataract in my right eye. Surgery was recommended and I agreed to have it done. Every one that I know who has had cataract surgery has been pleased with the results, and loved to tell about how happy they are with the results. So I went in expecting good results. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. As the surgery concluded, the doctor told me there was something she had to tell me. I don't remember the exact words, but she was saying that she had not been able to retrieve some bits of the lens that had fallen back into the area of the eye. She cried as she told me that; we both cried. Her reputation and expertise is excellent. I was taken immediately to Charlottesville to a different doctor who specializes in such cases. I was put to sleep while he worked on my eye. Incidentally, I quite breathing at some point and had to be brought out of the anesthesia. He, and his assistant finished up and I was taken home. That was 6 years ago. I have limited vision in that eye and there is nothing that can be done about it. I'm getting a cataract in the left eye now and I admit to being hesitant about a possible surgery. I still see that same ophthalmologist, every 4 months. I accept the fact that "stuff happens" and this time it just happened to me, and, to her. I have never mentioned this here at the KT when someone posts that they are going to have cataract surgery, and the responses are always positive as to what to expect. I would not be the one to throw in a wet towel. We never know what is around the bend, but we do need to understand that, as I said..."stuff can, and does happen." Life is a bowl of cherries. Some times we end up with the pits. The thing is to just keep on enjoying the cherries. Sue...See MoreGot my eyes examined
Comments (24)Jasdip, I have narrow height frames like you and have three prescriptions to cram in there. I visited six (6!) optometrists before I found one who said they could do it. It was a little boutique shop and they filled the frames twice with different (but still demanding) prescriptions. I can read most things without glasses but I need glasses for distance. Hate carrying glasses everywhere I go so I wanted glasses that I could wear all the time and use for driving, computer and reading. The way they approached my prescription was pretty unique. Since I read more than I drive, they made the bottom reading area larger. Then they moved the horizon up so when I drive I need to tilt my head slightly down to see distance. My computer range isn't affected at all for some reason. I got tired of paying the boutique lens prices but loved the Armani frames I bought there so I decided to see if Costco was up for the challenge. At first they balked, then they examined my lenses and said, the horizon looks high so I explained how we approached it and they agreed to give it a try. They did a perfect job for a fraction of the cost. I was so, so pleased. Jodi-...See Morewoodnymph2_gw
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