I spy with my little eye
It’s been getting harder and harder to read signs at a distance with my glasses, so I scheduled an eye exam for today.
Turns out, my eyes have gotten better. Like, a lot better. My glasses aren’t working because they’re too strong for me now. Weird. My dad’s eyes improved in his sixties, so I’m not shocked.
I also paid £5 to get a 3D scan of my eyeball (the basic exam was free because old woman + socialized medicine). The scan lets them fly around your eyeball like Luke Skywalker over the Death Star.
I have the beginnings of a lamellar macular hole. It showed up two years ago on my first 3D scan. The optometrist explained it to me then but didn’t give it a name.
This lady (who was Russian for some reason) said for god’s sake don’t Google it and think you have macular degeneration. This has nothing to do with that. It’s a little bubble in the retina and if it breaks through, I might have some blurred or distorted vision.
I have a little eye chart to test for it. The Amsler chart, it’s called. Which is also used to test macular degeneration (but seriously this isn’t that). They gave me one last time but didn’t tell me why, so I never bothered. I might still not bother.
I’m sure he didn’t name it last time because he didn’t want me Googling it and freaking out.
The pic is from the same church as yesterday. I figured you’d rather look at that than the inside of some gross eyeball.
August 29, 2024 — 6:57 pm
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