LJ Idol Season 7 Week 15 Nimbus
Feb. 23rd, 2011 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerI have funny eyes. The color changes with my mood. I give eye doctors six kinds of fits because there are a lot about my eyeballs that make them think I have problems only to figure out that I have weird eyeballs that will serve me well into my dotage.
I remember that the first funny thing and eyeball scare came around my senior year in high school I think. I went in because of some problems seeing stuff. I was diagnosed with astigmatism but he wanted me to see someone else because there might be a problem with glaucoma which does run in the family.
I went to see an eye specialist who had more equipment than you could shake a stick at. He tested my eyes and double checked. There was a lot of Hmmmmm coming out of his mouth so as I sat getting more and more nervous, he wrote a whole bunch of stuff down and informed me that I had cup retinas which means that there is more pressure in the eye but this was not a bad thing just a thing that will probably be a good thing as I got older. He also informed me that I couldn’t cross my eyes so he gave me a series of exercises to do to strengthen the eye muscles but told me that if I couldn’t do it, the world was not over. I would be one of those people who can’t see a Magic Eye puzzle and some optical illusions won’t work for me. And he was right, I can’t really cross my eyes to this day. I jokingly tell my mother that it is all her fault since as a child I believed her when she said that if I crossed my eyes like that they would stick.
A couple of years ago I started getting really bad headaches especially when I was on the computer for an extensive period of time. I went to the local eye doc that had been taken care of the David Family for years. He did a number of tests and one came back very odd. His concern was cataracts. The stigmatism that I had gotten over was back but my vision over all was still better than 20/20. So I was given a pair of glasses I was only supposes to wear when reading or typing and a referral.
Go to see specialist number 2 who seemed to have more equipment than specialist number 1. He runs a number of tests. There was more hmmming going on. He informed me that I have very thick corneas which will serve me well into my dotage because they will protect my eyes. The thickness of the cornea had given a false positive to the other doctor.
The other thing he told me was that these corneas and the cupped retinas were why I always see a halo or nimbus around lights especially at night. I have always had this since I was a child and honestly until he told me I thought that everyone saw the world the way I did. It was a little disconcerting that this wasn’t true. The only problem with the effect is that I have to be careful driving at night with headlights shining in my eyes. Overall it doesn’t affect my life much. It is just is another odd thing about my five sense like my bat like hearing, my ability to see in very little light, and my sense of touch. Just another weird part of being me.
This has been my entry in the Lj Idol for this week. Please remember to vote for me when the voting comes up because I am going to be a little busy next week with Caroline so I might not remember to remind you. Thank you.
Side Note: I have to admit that the first thing that came to mind was Quidditch and the brooms that they used including the Nimbus 3000. But I figured that a number of people would pick up on the Harry Potter connection.
I remember that the first funny thing and eyeball scare came around my senior year in high school I think. I went in because of some problems seeing stuff. I was diagnosed with astigmatism but he wanted me to see someone else because there might be a problem with glaucoma which does run in the family.
I went to see an eye specialist who had more equipment than you could shake a stick at. He tested my eyes and double checked. There was a lot of Hmmmmm coming out of his mouth so as I sat getting more and more nervous, he wrote a whole bunch of stuff down and informed me that I had cup retinas which means that there is more pressure in the eye but this was not a bad thing just a thing that will probably be a good thing as I got older. He also informed me that I couldn’t cross my eyes so he gave me a series of exercises to do to strengthen the eye muscles but told me that if I couldn’t do it, the world was not over. I would be one of those people who can’t see a Magic Eye puzzle and some optical illusions won’t work for me. And he was right, I can’t really cross my eyes to this day. I jokingly tell my mother that it is all her fault since as a child I believed her when she said that if I crossed my eyes like that they would stick.
A couple of years ago I started getting really bad headaches especially when I was on the computer for an extensive period of time. I went to the local eye doc that had been taken care of the David Family for years. He did a number of tests and one came back very odd. His concern was cataracts. The stigmatism that I had gotten over was back but my vision over all was still better than 20/20. So I was given a pair of glasses I was only supposes to wear when reading or typing and a referral.
Go to see specialist number 2 who seemed to have more equipment than specialist number 1. He runs a number of tests. There was more hmmming going on. He informed me that I have very thick corneas which will serve me well into my dotage because they will protect my eyes. The thickness of the cornea had given a false positive to the other doctor.
The other thing he told me was that these corneas and the cupped retinas were why I always see a halo or nimbus around lights especially at night. I have always had this since I was a child and honestly until he told me I thought that everyone saw the world the way I did. It was a little disconcerting that this wasn’t true. The only problem with the effect is that I have to be careful driving at night with headlights shining in my eyes. Overall it doesn’t affect my life much. It is just is another odd thing about my five sense like my bat like hearing, my ability to see in very little light, and my sense of touch. Just another weird part of being me.
This has been my entry in the Lj Idol for this week. Please remember to vote for me when the voting comes up because I am going to be a little busy next week with Caroline so I might not remember to remind you. Thank you.
Side Note: I have to admit that the first thing that came to mind was Quidditch and the brooms that they used including the Nimbus 3000. But I figured that a number of people would pick up on the Harry Potter connection.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2011-02-23 05:52 pm (UTC)We all have our little quirks don't we? This entry also reminded me I probably should get my eyes checked soon. They have always been fine so far but I have an autoimmune problem that may or may not affect my eyes. I'm always fine (so far) but making the appointment worries me.
I'm really glad everything turns out ok. Did your Dr. ever give you any reason? Like is a something that a child could inherit, the cupped retinas? Or is it just something that randomly appears in people sometimes.
Thanks for sharing!
no subject
Date: 2011-02-23 05:57 pm (UTC)Eye exams and mammograms two things we don't want to do but really should.
no subject
Date: 2011-02-23 07:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-23 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-23 10:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 03:44 am (UTC)Fascinating, though! :)
Oops!
Date: 2011-02-24 03:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-25 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-25 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-27 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-28 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-02 01:34 am (UTC)Hurray!
Terrific entry and I think we all wanted to write about Quidditch this week, too.