For those about to shop...

[hirez]

... Not even the sight of a bloke with a sock on his head, hiding his saucer-eyeness behind a set of Bolle safety glasses and trying not to look like a fat Marco Pantani can put them off running into the street in search of bargains.Under my bloody bike wheels

Comments

[jarkman]

Um - what's with the eye ? That sounds like a Bad Thing.

[hirez]

I think it's officially Not Glaucoma Yet.

[jarkman]

Bum! Do you have strange drugs for it ?

[hirez]

That's what the visit at the end of the month will determine.

[jarkman]

Ah, ok.

I am reasonably religious with my eyetests, on account of my Gran's glaucoma, but I am assured that if they get to it with drugs early enough it is no trouble at all. They'd beter be right.

[silentq]

My dad's been taking drops for his glaucoma for years now, no explosions yet. Just extra luxuriant eyelashes, oddly enough. All his siblings have it (no explosions there either!), and I'm getting tested regularly.
Best wishes for keeping your eyeballs under control!

[hirez]

Oh, that's good news. It'll save on extra-bastard mascara, too.

[moral_vacuum]

In a single eye?

You just have to be different, don't you.

EDIT: edited to ensure that the "eek! You poor dear! Hope it's sorted quickly" subtext is more obvious.

[hirez]

Yup. The more I struggle to be like other people, the worse the difference becomes.

[ramtops]

I'd give up if I were you - it's not working. Bummer about the eye - perlmonger spent far too much time in Brissle eye hospididdle a few years back, but they were fab. Hope they can fix it.

[valkyriekaren]

Oh, my Dad had that, woke up unable to see one morning. They gave him drugs and a small operation to relieve the pressure, and it got better.