update on blindness

Well, my vision finally started to get better around 8 pm. Actually, it got to the point where seeing far was blurry but I could see near and actually read without straining. So I took out the temporary contacts and was able to see normally again. My eyes are tired after all the fun today. And now I can see well enough to go to sleep. I don't need a new pair of glasses so I guess I'll stick with the old ones. Or I could get a pair of coach eyeglasses to go along with my new coach handbag. The frames alone cost $224. On the other hand, I found a nice set of frames for $100 too. You know, I can have my silver frames and a pair that's copper colored or maybe pewter colored. Afterall, I only had to pay $10 for my eye appt today. Oh so the contacts I'll be trying out are sort of mismatched because my left eye has the huge astigmatism, which as I described below, accounted for my massive blindness with the dilation. So the left eye will have the acuvue for astigmatism and the right eye will have a normal one that's designed to prevent eye dryness for folks like me that have to wear contacts for longer periods of time. Oh and another reason I'm getting a mismatch is because they didn't have the extra moist one in the strength for my left eye. Apparently it's an odd strength and the moist one doesn't come in that strength. I'll have to look into that. Well, we'll see tomorrow if having the mismatch will work out okay. It may prevent the nausea and disorientation I had with the last set of contacts. I think this time I'll buy a smaller supply since I didn't use anywhere near all the contacts I bought. Time for bed!

Holy Crap! I'm blind!

So I just got back from the eye doctor. Now, my eyes really haven't changed since last year but thanks to dilatig eye drops paralyzing a few eye muscles, my doctor discovered that I have way more asytigmatism than she thought since those muscles apparently do a pretty good job of correcting it. In other words, I am completely blind. It's so bad that she had to give me temporary contacts to wear so I could drive home safely. I really can't see near with them though so if there's spelling errors, I wouldn't know. It should wear off in 4-5 hours. Why, after all these years, haven't they found a dilating solution that only lasts for an hour? My eyes hurt form trying to type so I'm stopping now.

Holy Crap! It's hot!

Okay, so it's only 30 minutes before my self-determined bed time of 10 pm and it's still 85 degrees. I'm very thankful for the box fan that Aunty Debby and Uncle Chuck got me as a new home present last year. It came in handy today and I think I'll use it in my bedroom. It's kind of loud though. It wouldn't be bad if there was a nice breeze like at home but no such luck. Ugh! I never thought I would like being on call in the hospital but yesterday I was in the nice air conditioned hospital and it was nice.

I'm watching Treasure Hunters. I wanted to laugh my ass off at the team named "geniuses" because they were anything but on the first task. I was hoping they would get eliminated because they were treating the other team they were paired with horribly, saying that "it's hard when you have to constantly dumb things down for people of normal intelligence." It was the "genius" team that came up with Mt Theodore Roosevelt when even the hillbillies came up with Mt. Rushmore quickly. The team the geniuses were paired with came up with Mt Rushmore but the Geniuses blew them off and said they weren't right. It was this other team that got eliminated in the end. Okay, so I'm well more involved than I should be but it's kind of funny to watch.