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I got my H1N1 vaccine at work this morning. Woot.
And in the afternoon I went for my optometrist's appointment. I got there at about 3:15 for my 3:30 appointment, verified the info they had on me, and then sat to wait. At 3:30 I did that vision field test thing. It went well for my right eye, aside from the vague sensation I had of motion that made me nauseous, but on the testing for my left (the good one) I kept seeing this flash whenever the machine made a noise, so I kept clicking it and then I realized that I probably wasn't supposed to record them, but it was really distracting and I couldn't mentally focus and keep my eyes on the orange dot and then the machine was beeping at me so I thought I was done but it kept going. Yeah, leave it to me to completely botch that one.
Anyway, after I was made thoroughly nauseated and irritated by the machine, I had to sit in the waiting area and roast in the sun. And I just about wore my eyes out with the damn sunlight streaming in (and it definitely did NOT help the nausea). And then I had to wait 45 minutes. Because they'd made a scheduling error and could still fit me in so they didn't want to cancel, but I guess they didn't think to call and tell me I could come later?
But the dr I saw was awesome. I love her and her colleague, who are the first in YEARS who have been able to get me a prescription I can actually use. (Normally, a prescription for both eyes disrupts my depth perception and makes me see things slightly double and hazy.) I don't know if they really are better, or are just knowledgeable in recent advances that my previous drs lacked (the 2 I had in OR were really old men). She checked my vision and eye health, and then we talked about my light sensitivity and amblyopia. For the former she recommended adding a rose tint to the lenses (on top of the anti-glare coating), and for the latter she recommended putting in a little bit of the prescription I need for that eye (1/6th, actually). Then she assembled a mock pair of glasses and had me test them out with reading, looking at charts, walking around, etc. And it's good, and I like her plan, which makes total neurological sense, too.
I'm keeping my frames, which I figured would save money, though actually not. Because apparently insurance doesn't cover lenses all that much, and my lenses need like 3 coatings. >.> But damn, what an insurance scam there.
Anyway, I'm excited to see what sort of difference tinted glasses have, especially in settings where I normally have difficulty like reading things in moderately bright indoor lighting. Oh, and driving at night, because other headlights are PAIN. Though, it would be nice if there were some other solution for light sensitivity beyond sunglasses. Bleehhh.
And in the afternoon I went for my optometrist's appointment. I got there at about 3:15 for my 3:30 appointment, verified the info they had on me, and then sat to wait. At 3:30 I did that vision field test thing. It went well for my right eye, aside from the vague sensation I had of motion that made me nauseous, but on the testing for my left (the good one) I kept seeing this flash whenever the machine made a noise, so I kept clicking it and then I realized that I probably wasn't supposed to record them, but it was really distracting and I couldn't mentally focus and keep my eyes on the orange dot and then the machine was beeping at me so I thought I was done but it kept going. Yeah, leave it to me to completely botch that one.
Anyway, after I was made thoroughly nauseated and irritated by the machine, I had to sit in the waiting area and roast in the sun. And I just about wore my eyes out with the damn sunlight streaming in (and it definitely did NOT help the nausea). And then I had to wait 45 minutes. Because they'd made a scheduling error and could still fit me in so they didn't want to cancel, but I guess they didn't think to call and tell me I could come later?
But the dr I saw was awesome. I love her and her colleague, who are the first in YEARS who have been able to get me a prescription I can actually use. (Normally, a prescription for both eyes disrupts my depth perception and makes me see things slightly double and hazy.) I don't know if they really are better, or are just knowledgeable in recent advances that my previous drs lacked (the 2 I had in OR were really old men). She checked my vision and eye health, and then we talked about my light sensitivity and amblyopia. For the former she recommended adding a rose tint to the lenses (on top of the anti-glare coating), and for the latter she recommended putting in a little bit of the prescription I need for that eye (1/6th, actually). Then she assembled a mock pair of glasses and had me test them out with reading, looking at charts, walking around, etc. And it's good, and I like her plan, which makes total neurological sense, too.
I'm keeping my frames, which I figured would save money, though actually not. Because apparently insurance doesn't cover lenses all that much, and my lenses need like 3 coatings. >.> But damn, what an insurance scam there.
Anyway, I'm excited to see what sort of difference tinted glasses have, especially in settings where I normally have difficulty like reading things in moderately bright indoor lighting. Oh, and driving at night, because other headlights are PAIN. Though, it would be nice if there were some other solution for light sensitivity beyond sunglasses. Bleehhh.