I went to see the optometrist this morning. I hadn't been for years and I have this thing in my eye that wasn't impairing my vision, but it feels like sand when I am tired.
The optometrist put drops in my eyes, looked into my eyes, had me read, etc. In short, a regular eye exam. I don't remember having had so much done in his office before. But then it has been six years since my last visit. After the eye drops, I waited to get the back of my eyes photographed. Two technicians came up, peered into my eyes and said, Nope, have to wait a bit more.
I thought, What are we waiting for? What were they looking for in my eyes? So I looked into the mirror behind me. I have never seen my eyes look like that before! The pupils were these dark dots in the middle of my eyes. Were they bigger or smaller? I couldn't tell. I have just never seen the different parts of my eyes so distinctly before. Finally, one technician looked into my eyes, then lead me into a room to take the photographs.
After, as I waited to see the optometrist again, I took out my book to read. My page was a blur of print. Funny, I didn't feel any differently, but I could not see the words on the page no matter how far or close I positioned the book for focus. Another optometrist walked by and saw me struggling with the book and my vision. He gave me a pair of viewers that you hold up to your eyes. It was instant clarity. The words suddenly jumped back onto the page within the frames of the viewer. Pure magic.
In the end, there is nothing wrong with my eyes. I have pinguecula, a benign little fatty deposit beside the cornea that grew from too much sun, wind and dust. I cannot have it removed. If it starts to grow and attacks the whites of the eye, then I can have surgery.
As I prepared to leave the office, the receptionist said to me, Do you have your sunglasses? I said, No, I didn't bring them. She gave me a piece of dark film shaped like glasses to put over my eyes. She said, You'll need to cover your eyes when you get outside.
I had no idea what she meant until I walked out into the sunlight. Ahhhg. I buried my head under my sweater and cowered in it, wondering what had happened. This must be how a vampire feels. The sun stung the eyes so and I couldn't keep them open. Even if I tried, I couldn't see a thing, I was blinded by the dazzling light. I felt like I would melt. I have never experienced blindness before. I put the film of shade over my eyes and again, instantly, my world transformed. I could see again. So I wore that film of shade home, looking no doubt like an illiterate vampire.
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You had your pupils dilated. It's done so that they get a good look at the back of your retina. The drops they put in paralyze the muscles so your pupils cannot contract. So your eyes are wide open and cannot respond by accomodating to allow you to focus on near objects and cannot contract to bright light, leaving you blinded. I think it's kind of cool.
Studies have shown that people are sexually attracted to fully dilated pupils. Pupils get dilated naturally from excitatory stimulation, like sex (when it's good). You must have looked very sexy. Except I think the fat deposits on your cornea must take away from the sexiness. Wow, you even have fat eyes. Are there no parts of the body resistant to fat accumulation?
Funny how sightless, I think vampire and you think sex. I'm just saying.
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