Eye Exams

Today I decided I don't really like eye exams. They shine bright lights in your eyes, put drops in to dilate you, and flip your eyelids inside out; it's terrible.

I knew I had an eye appointment today, I've known for days. However that didn't stop me from forgetting about it until 15 minutes before. It takes about 25 minutes to drive to Rochester Eye Associates, so that was a bit of a problem. When I finally got there I was taken right in (surprisingly). They got right down to business having me read smaller and smaller letters off the wall. Then they put yellow drops in my eyes to dilate them.

I really hate having my eyes dilated because you can't focus up close. At the worst point, my arms weren't long enough and I couldn't read anything. The other part I can't stand is when they flip your lids inside out to see the underside of them. That doesn't sound that bad in theory, but it's terrible.

The one good thing is they finally changed the Glaucoma test. They used to blow a puff of air in your eye as they look at it. I have no idea what that puff of air is supposed to do, but that's what they did. It was absolute torture sitting there trying to keep your eye open while waiting for them to shoot your eye with the air gun. Now they look at your eye with some blue light, much better.

I was happy to find out that my prescription had not changed at all. Not that it really matters, but I like that my eyes are not getting worse like they were for so many years.