- puss in dilated boots -
I looked like Puss-in-Boots today. How awesome is that?My optometrist took the liberty of dilating my pupils today. Not in the arousing-my-students way but rather, he put in some drops of local anesthetic, then applied a few dilating eye drops, sent me away for 15 minutes, and I came back looking like Puss.
This is called Ophthalmoscopy and it was to check whether the back of my eyes were healthy.
Ophthalmoscopy is an examination of the back part of the eyeball (fundus), which includes the retina, optic disc, choroid, and blood vessels.He shined a bright light into my eyes whilst telling me to look this way and look that way. It was fairly uncomfortable and I recovered with large patches of grey afterimages.
I couldn't focus all day it was funny. Just imagine me walking around looking like a drugged up zombie. I would put on my glasses and not be able to read my Ipod song title; put down my glasses and I wouldn't see the traffic. It's especially dizzying when you have a class straight after that requires cross referencing overheads and your textbook...
But I got to be Puss for a day :D
posted by schteve @ 11:05 pm
1 Comments:
When I go to have my eyes tested I plead not to have that stuff. The times I have had it my eyes have dilated for three days. When I had my eyes tested while I was at school I would have to take a couple of days off.
It's a similar sensation to when you have a migraine, except without the pain. But in both situations I lock myself in my room with the curtains closed and the lights switched off.
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