I Can SEE!

[amphitritie]

So, yeah, finally back at school after missing a couple days to drive to Boston for my tri monthly eye doctor's appointment. A nice vacation, but not as cool as when I had to fly across the Atlantic from France. Yeah, my doctor's just that special. Anyways, the good news is:

I can read the third line on the chart! WOOT!

You know what I'm talking

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[amphitritie]

Yeah, pretty bad. To think that until I was seven or so I thought everyone saw this way: as if their entire left eye was blank (not even darkness, I can feel it, but it doesn't do anything) and a near sighted right I with no peripherals (think looking through half a toilet paper tube.)

Hmm, I actually don't think it is improving. The strain of my condition is in constant flux, but once damage is done it's done. I couldn't actually read the letters, but guessed based on the limited answers. It's what I do with most things. Oh what long silver thing? A fork? A pen? Basically what your brain does when it sees something, but with a lower rate of accuracy and speed, because of the lack of visual clues.

Anyway, I might have been actually eight feet away. Did I mention lack of depth perception too? Plus, mild photophobia. I really should use a cane like I do at night (totally blind then,) but I the independence of crashing into poles all the time is very alluring. ;) No actually, I like tge fact that if you just meet me no one guesses my myriad of problems. Why show weakness so early on in a relationship?

I'm sorry, about the boring lecture, but sometimes I do like to talk about it rather than try to ignore as I usually do.

[surreallifehero]

Well, that's okay. Talking about things helps usually. Or so I have heard... I have a friend from high school who has a huge list of problems with her eyes and things, but you wouldn't really guess to look at her. She's very independent, except when it comes to getting around. I have bad eyesight, but I just have to remember that it could always be worse, much worse. Far worse. I can almost text without my glasses, if I squint hard enough. Don't know why I do that, though... kind of silly.

And if you hadn't guessed from my rambling, yes, it is one am, and no, I cannot sleep.

[amphitritie]

2:15 here. This is turning into a bad habit . . . but I totally don't care.

Yeah, in the summer I go to what can only be described as "blind camp" and being one of the most sighted people there is strangely exhilarating. Getting around I just suffer the consequences if independence. Yes, I consider dependency on a stick a bad thing.

Oddly, without my glasses holding the book 1cm from my face I can read 2mm high text. Must be all that practice from guessing letters far away, which are what my glasses are for.