Guess where I’ve been this morning?
I had a blood vessel pop in my eye a while back, and I had a follow-up check-up today. My eyes are still there. I still have an annoying blind spot in my right eye, just north of center, and it’s never going to go away, right up to the day I die. Oh well.
My eyes are still good enough that I can see that annoying tuft of hair rising up vertically front and center in my scalp. I’m turning into Tintin. An old, bearded, gray Tintin. So it goes.
Now I have to stop for a while — I got the usual pupil dilation eyedrops. Everything is blurry with bright star-like fringes around it, and it hurts to look at the screen.
I had to look Tintin up. A little before my time. I would say Ed Grimley. : )
Your doctor might not have this machine, but I haven’t been dilated in years because I just put each eye up to a hole where it’s scanned by what appears to be a green laser. Two seconds later, high resolution images of my retina come up on the computer. It’s $40 extra because my insurance won’t pay for it, but well worth it. Amazing what a mess our inside-out retinas are. :) I have a hole too, but the doctor said it was from birth and my brain has mapped it out. Maybe your will do the same, eventually.
Yeah, the dilation doesn’t go away for about 8 or 10 hours IIRC.
When you said that it hurts to look at the computer screen, did you mean that figuratively? If so, I agree with you. It’s a real pain. 8-)
I’ll be getting a cataract removed from my left eye on the 22nd, and then from my right eye on Feb. 12th. With any luck, I’ll have greatly improved vision by the middle of next month.
Dilation is ok with me. I typically go to bed and sleep for a few hours, then have some more coffee.
Dear PZ, be glad that you don’t qualify for that label. nick shirley is an incel cyberpunk and magat and you wouldn’t want to be lumped in with him.