Thursday

[fajrdrako]

A medical sort of day.

It's been about ten years since I've been to an eye doctor. I don't like going to eye doctors because for years, they would insist on giving me eye drops (not believing I could possibly be allergic) and then I'd faint and go into convulsions. Which would mess up the rest of my day. So I developed a disinclination to go to eye doctors.

But the prescription for eyeglasses I got a decade ago is long out of date and the drugstore reading glasses I've been making do with aren't quite making the grade. Sandi recommended her eye doctor, Dr Sololowski, so I trekked over to his office this morning.

And I mean trekked: he's not very convenient by bus. Both Sandi and the receptionist told me to 'just walk over from Greenboro transit station" so I did. Carefully found it by map last night. Today - well, thankfully it wasn't icy, but it was very cold, and I was tired, and it seemed like a very long way. By the time I got to Albion and Johnston I thought I was hopelessly lost, but no, there was Tapiola Crescent just a few metres ahead of me.

Sandi was right: the doctor was good, pleasant, and efficient, and did what he had to do without drops. Best of all, he explained why drugstore glasses weren't helping me enough and might be harming my vision (because of the unadjusted difference in focal length in my two eyes).

Then I went to South Keys, bought myself the Watchmen graphic novel - yes, I have the original comics, but I wanted the TPB as well. Also got Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies and a box I fell in love with at Winners. Is it déclassé to admit to falling in love with something at Winners?

Comments

[mommimus-prime.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, the drops are potent medicine. Just because they put them in your eyes doesn't mean they don't affect your body. Atropine to dilate can make your heart stop for crying out loud. And the topical anesthetic...don't even let me go there. Stupid people.

I haven't been dilated in a while which I appreciate just because it's inconvenient if you have to drive yourself home. Or walk home or go outside for any reason. And the last time I went, I didn't even get numbing drops to check my pressure because they had a new toy that isn't so new but they'd never had one, that puffs air against your cornea to get the pressure reading. I was very happy with that.

Glad you're getting or got new glasses. I finally got a new pair of reading/computer glasses in addition to my bifocals and I'm in heaven.

[mommimus-prime.livejournal.com]

Oops, forgot. Watchmen. Nope, not going to see it. This time I'm not taking your advice. I'm sure it's a good movie but eh, I don't want to see a movie like it. I did watch a bit of the sex scene between Nite Owl and Silk Spectre and howled with laughter. I didn't think that was a good omen.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Heh! Nobody should go to it if they don't want to. And the Silk Spectre/Nite Owl sex scene was funny. While the Silk Spectre/Dr Manhattan sex scene was creepy. Which is as it should be.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Stupid people.

Yeah. I guess I'm lucky my reaction wasn't worse than it was.

I don't have the new glasses yet, but they're on order. I'll be picking them up on Wednesday.