05-28-2008, 04:47 PM | #151 |
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05-28-2008, 04:59 PM | #152 |
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I can remember before they invented the air-pressure test. You had to have something pressed against the eye. I used to refuse.
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i showed him though, i turned stark white and almost fainted, and had to lie down with my feet up and eat some sugar. "hm, you're very sensitive, aren't you," he said to me. as if it were *surprising* that i would react badly to things being shot at my eyeballs, with no warning whatsoever. sheesh. |
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I dunno. I was going to comment on that a second ago, but I'll do so now instead. I think I had that kind once ..... and I *think* I liked it better. There is less "negative anticipation / dread" in waiting for the puff of air. Besides, I have worn contact lenses before, and can stand to have something touching my eye. Preferably not right OVER the "look through" opening (I'd rather insert a contact lens to the side, and then slide it to the front).
But I haven't had a chance to try that kind more than once. So maybe it's worse than I remember. |
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I've had the eye pressure test many times. It does not get better with age. Then again I've known some wine that did not get better with age.
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Does the eye test get better with a lot of wine?
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There isn't any damage; my eyes are just a couple of waterfalls when under optometric inspection. It's probably because I'm such a hardcore, blokey-bloke, super-macho, man's man and it'd normally take a chainsaw to the googlies to get me to shed a tear, and so the eye-water-bladders are always so full and fit to burst when poked at. That'd be it, wouldn't it? Cheers, Marc ("Big boys...they don't cry-y-y") |
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05-28-2008, 08:09 PM | #158 |
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listen, consider yourself lucky ; i had to have the dry eye test (as if i couldn't tell them i had dry eyes...), which involves 1. eyedrops that burn like acid, presumably to make you cry, if you can at all, and 2. a piece of highly absorbent paper stuck ON YOUR EYEBALL, to measure just how much you're crying (enough ? not enough ? they check with a ruler). i had to lie down after that test too (of course), and since that one was in my regular doctor's office and she doesn't have a fancy reclining chair, she made me lie down on the (cold ceramic tile) floor. i really hate going to the eye doctor.
AND she made fun of me. (god, i'm such a baby.) |
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I just avoid going, and squint a lot.
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Wait till you see the probe they use! It's 4 feet long and 1 inch in diameter, then you'll also be stricken with heart problems. There's a good part though, they have to administer an opiate of some kind. Cool buzz. Of course no driving allowed.
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