The eye exam saga continues....(this might be boring for some to read, but i feel i have to give vent to my frustrations) OK, so we go back for our respective eye appts. In spite of having gone thru all the insurance details, there was lots of paperwork to fill out and by the time we were actually done with our exams which included blowing strong puffs of air into each eye and dilating the pupils, it was past 1pm. Then each of us had to pick out our eye glasses and our powered sunglasses....here's where the problem occurs. If there was only, say, 5 or 6 choices, it would be an easy job, but there are literally thousands of styles to pick from. So not only do we have to pick a style that the sales person feels complements our facial structure, we have to decide if we want the lenses to be progressive or line, transitional or plain, bi focals or single vision, protective or anti glare or scratch resistant coating, and then all of us have to agree its the perfect match!! And to add to the dilemna, since our pupils were dilated everything looked out of focus!!! So not surprisingly it was past 1pm by the time that was done. Then we had to get our pupils examined to make sure we didn't have cholesterol deposits in the back (!!!!!). Fortunately we both have clean pupils..yay!
In the process i discovered that not only is my left pupil bigger than my right(a fact i have known since i was a kid), it is elongated and neither of my pupils constrict when exposed to light. Apparently that is a reflex action of the pupils which helps protect the eyes in harsh light, so now i know why i have always insisted on wearing my sunglasses even on the cloudiest rainiest Seattle day! Then we had to have retinal photographs taken by shining a really bright light into each eye and taking pics....it was all really cool but when we finally got out into the bright California sunshine, after 3 hours and 10 minutes....it was horrible!
Anyway, we go back tomorrow to pick up our glasses...in the meantime all we have been seeing since we left that place is circles and funny objects floating in front of our eyes!
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