Just had my pupils dilated. Ask me anything!

[pagerbear]

Like what the hell I'm doing trying to work when I can't see!

[terrya]

1. Hi, sweetie. How long does the effect last?

You're doing quite well for not being able to see. :-)

[pagerbear]

7. He said a few hours

Actually, the effects are dwindling already. And I can see better if I tilt my glasses just so.

You should see the new glasses I'm getting!

[Wapsie B]

2. How many fingers

am I holding up?

[pagerbear]

8. Holding up where?

[Jack_Dawson]

3. Who drove you home?

[pagerbear]

9. I walked to work from the optometrist.

I'll take the subway home. Eventually.

[UrbScotty]

4. Can you see Uranus?

:D

[pagerbear]

12. No, but then, never could.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

5. So you're half blind now - what's it like seeing like a freeper?

I guess technically, they're completely blind. As well as deaf.


And stupid. :evilgrin:

[pagerbear]

11. You forget I can still think for myself.

[Wilber_Stool]

6. I hope you just returned from the ophthalmologist because

if you're a teacher, you're in big trouble.

[pagerbear]

10. LOL

[OneBlueSky]

13. every time I try to dilate my pupils . . .

they get up from their desks and run away . . . :)

[Modem Butterfly]

14. How are you typing this?

:shrug:

[pagerbear]

15. I'm a touch typist

Used to be a secretary. No, I didn't sit on my boss's knee.

[davsand]

16. Everything OK?

Hoping you'll say that the checkup went well and everything looked good!


Laura

BTW, they do have drops to reverse the stuff that dilated your eyes. I ask for them whenever I have to go in!

[pagerbear]

18. About those reversing drops

...why wouldn't the optometrist have given me those automatically? That just doesn't make sense--especially since I told him I was going to work and was going to be staring a computer screen.

[slutticus]

17. How can you see the screen?!?!

[nickgutierrez]

19. No fun.

I second the "how are you typing this?" question: when I have my pupils dilated, I'm useless for the rest of the day.

[pagerbear]

20. By the by.....

I can see much better now.

[Bluebear]

21. IIss eevvrryytthhiinngg llookkiinngg nnoorrmmaall??

[arwalden]

22. Ooooh! I Hate That... It's Most Annoying

It's very difficult to focus on ANYTHING... especially anything that gives off light (like a monitor or TV screen)... so I hope you can read this!

But now we know that I've got a cataract in my right eye that's almost "ripe" enough to pluck out and put in an artificial lens.

What was your diagnosis? Is everything okay?

-- Allen