Strongly Worded

I Can See Clearly Now

OK, so remember a while back, I went to the eye doctor and was told that I had caused irreversible damage to my eyelids by wearing my contact lenses for way, way longer than directed?

Well, yesterday I had the pleasure of going back to the opthamologist for "dilation." This is a really delightful procedure where they put numbing drops in your eyes "so the doctor can get the instruments nice and close to the retina" (great!) and then they put in additional drops to dilate the pupils "so the doctor can get a look at your eye muscles" (even better!). You also get a bonus eye-pressure test, which entails resting your forehead on this medieval-looking contraption while they shoot blasts of air at your cornea. After the dilation is complete, your vision is distorted and blurred for several hours. This is truly fun times.

However, I was vindicated on one point. I asked the doctor to assess the so-called irreversible damage that I had allegedly caused--and he said my eyelids look fine. Apparently the condition of one's eyelids can improve in just two weeks by reducing contact lens wear. And putting on what my Guy refers to as my "sexy librarian glasses."

Posted by Dori at 8:20 PM