My eyes!

[andrewducker]

I was in the local eye hospital on Wednesday, where they took a look inside, checked that it no longer looked like soup, and made sure my pressure was ok, and then pronounced me absolutely fine. And handed me a bottle of Maxidex so that next time* this happens I can get started immediately while waiting for an appointment

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[pennski]

I picked up my new glasses yesterday and my left eye prescription is now less strong than before. The optician warned me I would find moving my head strange for the first day or so until my brain catches up with the balance. She's right - looking straight on is fine and sharp, but moving between is distinctly odd.

[andrewducker]

I always feel odd for a couple of days when I get new glasses. The floor seems to change distance on a regular basis!

[querida_bonbon]

I agree, getting a new prescription of glasses can throw off my balance for a bit. I am hoping that my doctor is correct in saying that now I am past 30 my eyes are done changing (until I start needing reading glasses).

[andrewducker]

Well, this is my right eye improving at 42, so I wouldn't bet too much!

(Been mostly stable for the last ten years though.)

[don_fitch]

And, perhaps as a cheerful prospect, when you get to be around 60 your lenses probably will start to cloud with cataracts. (First sign/stage: color perception dims, usually more strongly in one eye than the other.) I had the worst-eye lens replaced first, and before the surgeon un-blinkered me (3 days later) he had written up an appointment for doing the other, because... in 90+% of the cases, the patient will want the other eye done as soon as possible.