Cross my heart, hope to die (with pictures)...

BrokenArts on 30/3/2010 at 15:31

Quote Posted by Matthew

For those of you without gravatars, what makes this hilarious is that BA's gravatar has one eye closed in a squinty wink.

omg you just reminded me to reinstall my gravatars. After the forum upgrade, I didn't do it. lol. nice. ;)

Ulukai on 30/3/2010 at 15:33

In before someone says "eye see what you did there"

I'm happy for you that it's nothing serious.

I'm even happier that you didn't post here first with, "Hay guys I can't see properly in one eye what should I do" :D

PeeperStorm on 30/3/2010 at 18:29

Ulukai: I take it that you haven't been to my profile page in the last few months then. :D It is serious in the sense that it would cause blindness if left untreated.

Turtle: To be more specific it's (https://health.google.com/health/ref/Retinal+vein+occlusion) partial retinal vein occlusion.

BrokenArts: They jam that sucker into the side of the eye where you can't see it coming. Oh, and they use numbing drops. Those help. Not all that bad, except that it's still a little sore.

Mmm...duck licks.

BrokenArts on 30/3/2010 at 19:50

Ohhhhh thanks for the visual. Stick a needle in my eye has a whole new meaning now, one I'd soon rather forget.

SubJeff on 30/3/2010 at 19:53

Woah! Vision is so important and I'm glad they're sorting it out. I've got a "floater" in my left eye and when I first noticed it it bugged/worried the hell out of me and its hardly visible so I can't imagine what all this must feel like. Again, good to hear its being sorted.

Needles to the eye: Meh. The idea seems to be much worse than the reality since people always seem fine when I do it/watch it being done. If you're eye-squeamish and feel like freaking yourself out google "sub-tenon block". Oh yeah!

Enchantermon on 30/3/2010 at 19:57

Glad you'll be okay. :) I got the numbing drops a month or two back when I got my glasses prescription updated. At first, I didn't know what they were for. Then I had to sit my chin on some contraption and she started inching this thing towards my eyeball. I was freaking out inside, but when it touched my eyeball and I didn't blink or anything, I was quite surprised, so I asked her what the drops did. After she told me and stepped out of the room I couldn't resist touching my eyeballs. It was so freaky...

Sulphur on 30/3/2010 at 20:26

Glad to hear your condition's getting sorted out.

I'm slightly more concerned about the ass chemicals being injected into your eye, but since you're probably squeezing radioactive kiwi juice out with every visit to the men's room while exhibiting symptoms of a yellow fever attack in public, I guess that's the least of your worries for the moment.

crunchy on 30/3/2010 at 22:47

Hmmm.

Getting in to see a specialist on the same day. I call shenanigans! ;)

Hope things work out.

PeeperStorm on 31/3/2010 at 02:50

It's a walk-in clinic. I didn't say anything about how long I had to wait...

Yeah, the flourescent yellow pee was really cool while it lasted. The practical joke potential is huge.

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Then I had to sit my chin on some contraption and she started inching this thing towards my eyeball.

Measuring the fluid pressure for potential glaucoma probably. Did that to me with a hand-held thing that looks like a big pen.

Enchantermon on 31/3/2010 at 05:06

Quote Posted by PeeperStorm

Measuring the fluid pressure for potential glaucoma probably.

Possibly...I asked her what it was for (since I had never had it done before) and I can't remember exactly what she said, but it could very well have been checking for glaucoma.