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...the gift being that I go to Lenscrafters and finally figure out contacts and glasses for myself instead of thru obscure asian optometrists whom I barely understand.
Which, granted, getting new contacts and glasses for a gift to myself sounds a bit retarded when it's actually put down like that but I feel like I'm pampering myself.
I went in sorta nervous but mostly curious because they're like, "When was your last eye exam?" And I was like, "...er...4 years?" Upon which they decided to give me the full battery of tests, (whereupon during one test we discovered that I had, quote, "Excellent peripheral vision." Booyah.)
But something fantastical was discovered to my extreme and utter delight: my astigmatism went away. In BOTH eyes. DUDE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ASTIGMATISM CAN *DO* THAT! ::bounces so much:: Only the perscription in my right eye rose, and apparently my sensation of my vision deteriorating was actually because my eyes got a bit *better* and I didn't need the special astigmatic contacts anymore. W00t!!
Apparently my astigmatism had been induced by rubbing my eyes alot during high school. I stopped rubbing my eyes in college partly due to the fact that I started wearing makeup and partly because I kept getting eyelashes in my eyes after rubbing them. My optometrist was all disgruntled-face at even the mention of the phrase 'rubbing one's eyes' and said that it does alot to fuck up your corneas.
Granted she also made a moue at my mention of staring at a computer screen alot due to hobbies and career, but mentioned several things that could help that, being,
- try to have the computer screen lower than your head, it does a thing with your field of vision that makes the monitor have less harmful effects on your eyes
- drink at least 4 cups of water a day 'cause eyes can stand up to more strain if properly hydrated
- try to reduce caffeine, (blah dryness-causing blah)
- look at something else for a couple minutes every 20 min. of screentime.
To which I go, ::makes snappy salute::
And then we looked at photographs of my retina which were cool. It looked almost like the inside of a nebula with it's blends of red and orange and green.
In any case, my eyes are much healthier than I feared they were going in and I have new contacts to wear and new glasses planned for the new year. ::victory sign!:: ^_____^
Which, granted, getting new contacts and glasses for a gift to myself sounds a bit retarded when it's actually put down like that but I feel like I'm pampering myself.
I went in sorta nervous but mostly curious because they're like, "When was your last eye exam?" And I was like, "...er...4 years?" Upon which they decided to give me the full battery of tests, (whereupon during one test we discovered that I had, quote, "Excellent peripheral vision." Booyah.)
But something fantastical was discovered to my extreme and utter delight: my astigmatism went away. In BOTH eyes. DUDE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ASTIGMATISM CAN *DO* THAT! ::bounces so much:: Only the perscription in my right eye rose, and apparently my sensation of my vision deteriorating was actually because my eyes got a bit *better* and I didn't need the special astigmatic contacts anymore. W00t!!
Apparently my astigmatism had been induced by rubbing my eyes alot during high school. I stopped rubbing my eyes in college partly due to the fact that I started wearing makeup and partly because I kept getting eyelashes in my eyes after rubbing them. My optometrist was all disgruntled-face at even the mention of the phrase 'rubbing one's eyes' and said that it does alot to fuck up your corneas.
Granted she also made a moue at my mention of staring at a computer screen alot due to hobbies and career, but mentioned several things that could help that, being,
- try to have the computer screen lower than your head, it does a thing with your field of vision that makes the monitor have less harmful effects on your eyes
- drink at least 4 cups of water a day 'cause eyes can stand up to more strain if properly hydrated
- try to reduce caffeine, (blah dryness-causing blah)
- look at something else for a couple minutes every 20 min. of screentime.
To which I go, ::makes snappy salute::
And then we looked at photographs of my retina which were cool. It looked almost like the inside of a nebula with it's blends of red and orange and green.
In any case, my eyes are much healthier than I feared they were going in and I have new contacts to wear and new glasses planned for the new year. ::victory sign!:: ^_____^
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