Crazy tired all the time.
So I don't think I've been awake but maybe for 7 hours combined all weekend (Friday thru Sunday). I'm not sure what's the matter with me, but I've been sleeping... a lot. Yes, I know that's nothing too far out of the ordinary, but this is a little extreme. Oh well. If nothing else, maybe it will refresh me for this week of school.
Let's see...
This past Friday, I took a few eye tests and the doctors ran a few diagnostics on me... and found out some information... which I'll get to in a second.
This all started about a year and a half ago, when I had major eye pain, loss of night vision, and a slight decrease in daytime vision. At the time I was having problems, I went to the doctor and they told me I was probably just having a vitreal detachment (the jelly stuff in your eye detaches from your retina). They said it was no biggie and to monitor it every few months. The eye pain subsided over the past year and a half, but the flashes still occur. I've learned to deal with it. No biggie, right? Well Monday, I had an eye exam (because I'm in optometry school and we have them all the time), and the doctor found an area of retina with some cysts, decoloration, etc. Of course, this is very not normal. Well, he wanted me to come back Friday for additional tests... and thus, I bring you the results:
Apparently, I had an intraocular infection or some inflammatory process a year and a half ago which caused my retina to greatly thin out. Luckily for me, it's peripheral retina so it's not essential to everyday vision. However, in this inflammatory/infectious process, my photoreceptors gotten eaten up... so essentially I'm blind in that part of my field of view. GREAT. Tell me again, why they didn't find that on my initial visit or the 20 I've had since then?
At any rate, they're not sure what caused this problem and they're not sure if it could happen again. Comforting, I know. Thus, I have to go see a retina specialist and have a bunch of tests run. Hopefully, I don't find out I have some deathly systemic disease :( ...which could be a great possibility. Joy.
I kinda need my vision for my job and everyday life... just saying. Send some thoughts and prayers my way, please... :(
In other news, I saw Avatar in 3d this weekend (yes, finally), and while it was a good movie (well-done, etc), it was pretty predictable. That is my only complaint. Yes, it's still a good movie. Don't send me a bunch of hate commentary. :)
I really have nothing else of interest to post. School is wearing me out already and I'm definitely going to have a hard time making my loan money stretch until our new money for this semester comes in. Living on a fixed budget sucks, FYI.
I don't really have any spare time so I'm sorry I haven't gotten ahold of anyone. I've been really busy and I've had a bunch of crap happen in my personal life as late so I apologize. Maybe one of these days, I can catch my breath.
Let's see...
This past Friday, I took a few eye tests and the doctors ran a few diagnostics on me... and found out some information... which I'll get to in a second.
This all started about a year and a half ago, when I had major eye pain, loss of night vision, and a slight decrease in daytime vision. At the time I was having problems, I went to the doctor and they told me I was probably just having a vitreal detachment (the jelly stuff in your eye detaches from your retina). They said it was no biggie and to monitor it every few months. The eye pain subsided over the past year and a half, but the flashes still occur. I've learned to deal with it. No biggie, right? Well Monday, I had an eye exam (because I'm in optometry school and we have them all the time), and the doctor found an area of retina with some cysts, decoloration, etc. Of course, this is very not normal. Well, he wanted me to come back Friday for additional tests... and thus, I bring you the results:
Apparently, I had an intraocular infection or some inflammatory process a year and a half ago which caused my retina to greatly thin out. Luckily for me, it's peripheral retina so it's not essential to everyday vision. However, in this inflammatory/infectious process, my photoreceptors gotten eaten up... so essentially I'm blind in that part of my field of view. GREAT. Tell me again, why they didn't find that on my initial visit or the 20 I've had since then?
At any rate, they're not sure what caused this problem and they're not sure if it could happen again. Comforting, I know. Thus, I have to go see a retina specialist and have a bunch of tests run. Hopefully, I don't find out I have some deathly systemic disease :( ...which could be a great possibility. Joy.
I kinda need my vision for my job and everyday life... just saying. Send some thoughts and prayers my way, please... :(
In other news, I saw Avatar in 3d this weekend (yes, finally), and while it was a good movie (well-done, etc), it was pretty predictable. That is my only complaint. Yes, it's still a good movie. Don't send me a bunch of hate commentary. :)
I really have nothing else of interest to post. School is wearing me out already and I'm definitely going to have a hard time making my loan money stretch until our new money for this semester comes in. Living on a fixed budget sucks, FYI.
I don't really have any spare time so I'm sorry I haven't gotten ahold of anyone. I've been really busy and I've had a bunch of crap happen in my personal life as late so I apologize. Maybe one of these days, I can catch my breath.