This morning, I headed over to the local focal mill to get a new pair of glasses. Before picking out a set of frames, I needed an eye examination. I was a walk-in, but I got to the optometrists' office just as the staff was raising the gate, and was seen before any of the people who had made appointments.
As part of the full eye exam, I had to have my pupils dilated. If any of you haven't had this procedure done, the doctor puts some eyedrops into your eyes that fully dilate your pupils for a few hours. Of course, this makes your vision somewhat blurry for about half an hour, and admits a lot more light into your eyes than is typical. It also makes your eyes look freaky, with your iris looking like a slender ring around your huge pupils. I always find myself compulsively staring into the mirror after this procedure.
After picking out frames and getting a measurement of my melon done, I headed out the door of the optometrists' office and blinked in the barely tolerable glare for a moment before donning a hilariously hideous set of disposable sunglasses made out of cardboard and cellophane. Luckily, I live close to the office, so I was able to get home without incidence.
Having a few hours to kill before having to get ready for work, I decided to take a nap. My eyes still weren't 100% back to normal, do I figured that the path of least resistance was the path of wisdom. There's no need to be blinded by the light when one can just sack out, no matter what Bruce says:
Even after all these years I'm STILL trying to figure out exactly what it is Bruce does say...
ReplyDeleteI designed my optometrist's office....
ReplyDeleteI went though that ordeal twice; both times the prescribed lens gave me headaches, and ended costing me around $400. I finally bought a pair of reading glasses for 8 bucks at a drugstore. They worked fine. This was 17 years ago, and I've been buying drugstore glass ever since. Of course with the cheapies, I miss out on getting Blinded By the Light.
ReplyDeleteNow I am nostalgic for those long-gone days when my pupils still worked properly.
ReplyDeleteEven after all these years I'm STILL trying to figure out exactly what it is Bruce does say...
ReplyDeleteI don't think even he knows. I'd defer to Gocark Mozart.
I designed my optometrist's office....
I got nothing.
I went though that ordeal twice; both times the prescribed lens gave me headaches, and ended costing me around $400. I finally bought a pair of reading glasses for 8 bucks at a drugstore. They worked fine. This was 17 years ago, and I've been buying drugstore glass ever since. Of course with the cheapies, I miss out on getting Blinded By the Light.
I'll look into this- the doctor prescribed me a straight prescription and a progressive. I went with the straight lenses- I can read stuff at arms' length if need be.
I never let em dilate my pupils. It's just more money to charge me. Then again I don't have insurance. Hat's off to you for enduring that. When you pick em up, post a pic in your new scholarly opticals!
It was only forty dollars more, and I am very squeamish about my eyes- I needed to know how my retinas were.
Now I am nostalgic for those long-gone days when my pupils still worked properly.
Such is university life, old chum!
Such is university life, old chum!
ReplyDeleteHa. Have you no respect for your tinted-spectacled elders?
Ha. Have you no respect for your tinted-spectacled elders?
ReplyDeleteI dunno, they didn't come across so well in Omega Man.
Dark glasses and a diet of blood pudding prove nothing, sir.
ReplyDeleteSince sometime in the '80s my eyeballs have been extra-pressurized & I have to take a glaucoma test every time I go to the eye-croaker.
ReplyDeleteStill haven't developed any other symptoms in 30 yrs.
I bet none of Smut's pupils work any more, properly or not. Damn kids!!
Now I am nostalgic for those long-gone days when my pupils still worked properly.
ReplyDeleteGive 'em detention!
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