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So I went to another eye doctor today.
He actually found something wrong! I've always wondered why I always bumped into walls or found myself reaching out to touch things in front of me, like a blind person checking where they are, and of course when I was taking driving lessons my poor instructor was like "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG :( WHY CAN'T YOU LEARN :( WHY ARE YOU HITTING ALL THE CONES :(" And of course I have always been horrendous at sports.
The last doctor I went to brushed me off and said I should just practice more, and yes, he literally suggested I drive more. Because when you have an inability to judge distance properly, the way you should fix that is by getting in a several ton vehicle on the highway. I'm sure people driving at the same time I am would be just thrilled to drive with me. NO GO AHEAD, BUMPING INTO PEOPLE IS HOW YOU LEARN! what.
So bscly he did all kinds of weird tests involving my looking at things and weird little glass circles that I learned are called prisms and eventually I found out some of the muscles in my left eye (and in my right eye too but not as bad) are kind of lazy and derpy and bscly don't do what they're supposed to. My brain says GO HERE SO WE CAN SEE THIS WAY and they go OVER HURR? and my brain is like CLOSE ENOUGH and then I hit a mailbox. He even asked if I saw colors differently out of each eye! Which, of course, I do. Righty is my red eye and Lefty is the blue eye. I mean, it's pretty subtle, but still.
So I have to get new lenses WITH PRISMS for my glasses. Good news is I don't have to get like dorky frames or anything, I can continue using my own. PRISMS. Like magic eye fixy things. Apparently they can take up to 2 weeks to get used to. YAY BEING MOAR BLIND but only for awhile so it's okay and it's not like I go anywhere anyway.
If they don't work I'll have to have a year of twice a week, 3000 dollar vision therapy. Which is an hour away. NO THNX.
He also said that many people who don't want to bother with the therapy actually patch one eye to drive and drive one-eyed. SOMEDAY I MAY BE A BADASS DRIVING PIRATE. Oh my God, I would totally get a custom patch. Like I'd bedazzle it and shit, it would be so cash.
He said what it was called. I don't remember though :( And searching just brings me to webmd, who of course brings up both lupus and cancer. I DON'T HAVE EYE CANCER WEBMD.
Of course my prescription is horrendous. 20/375 in the left, 20/400 in the right. LEGALLY BLIND DERP HI SCOTT LET'S BE FRIENDS WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON.
( RELATED NEWS )
ANYWAY THAT IS A LOT OF RAMBLING. SO BYE. -6:09 AM
He actually found something wrong! I've always wondered why I always bumped into walls or found myself reaching out to touch things in front of me, like a blind person checking where they are, and of course when I was taking driving lessons my poor instructor was like "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG :( WHY CAN'T YOU LEARN :( WHY ARE YOU HITTING ALL THE CONES :(" And of course I have always been horrendous at sports.
The last doctor I went to brushed me off and said I should just practice more, and yes, he literally suggested I drive more. Because when you have an inability to judge distance properly, the way you should fix that is by getting in a several ton vehicle on the highway. I'm sure people driving at the same time I am would be just thrilled to drive with me. NO GO AHEAD, BUMPING INTO PEOPLE IS HOW YOU LEARN! what.
So bscly he did all kinds of weird tests involving my looking at things and weird little glass circles that I learned are called prisms and eventually I found out some of the muscles in my left eye (and in my right eye too but not as bad) are kind of lazy and derpy and bscly don't do what they're supposed to. My brain says GO HERE SO WE CAN SEE THIS WAY and they go OVER HURR? and my brain is like CLOSE ENOUGH and then I hit a mailbox. He even asked if I saw colors differently out of each eye! Which, of course, I do. Righty is my red eye and Lefty is the blue eye. I mean, it's pretty subtle, but still.
So I have to get new lenses WITH PRISMS for my glasses. Good news is I don't have to get like dorky frames or anything, I can continue using my own. PRISMS. Like magic eye fixy things. Apparently they can take up to 2 weeks to get used to. YAY BEING MOAR BLIND but only for awhile so it's okay and it's not like I go anywhere anyway.
If they don't work I'll have to have a year of twice a week, 3000 dollar vision therapy. Which is an hour away. NO THNX.
He also said that many people who don't want to bother with the therapy actually patch one eye to drive and drive one-eyed. SOMEDAY I MAY BE A BADASS DRIVING PIRATE. Oh my God, I would totally get a custom patch. Like I'd bedazzle it and shit, it would be so cash.
He said what it was called. I don't remember though :( And searching just brings me to webmd, who of course brings up both lupus and cancer. I DON'T HAVE EYE CANCER WEBMD.
Of course my prescription is horrendous. 20/375 in the left, 20/400 in the right. LEGALLY BLIND DERP HI SCOTT LET'S BE FRIENDS WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON.
( RELATED NEWS )
ANYWAY THAT IS A LOT OF RAMBLING. SO BYE. -6:09 AM
