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So, I have glasses. Again. I was six last time I wore glasses. Of course, I was wearing them then with a patch over the eye that could actually see because some dumb fucking asshole suggested that perhaps the left eye would magically heal from the surgical damage done to it when I was a toddler if I was forced to use the damaged eye exclusively. Even doctors are morons at times. I went through more pairs of glasses as a small child than most people will in a lifetime because I hated not being able to see and 'lost' or broke them regularly, since returning to normal sight (for a little while anyway) was as simple as either of those options.
My vision has gotten a bit 'fuzzy' over the last couple years, so I went to see an eye doc a couple weeks ago. Turns out that I actually needed these things. I had no idea how bad my vision was compared to a few years ago until I put them on and drove home yesterday. The glasses don't let me read the clock on the cable box from the other side of the house anymore, but they are only meant to give me normal sight, and I had better than that before. The left lens is purely cosmetic, since it would be pointless to put anything else there. Stereoscopic vision is still not one of those things I'll ever have unless we can start growing replacement eyes in vats.
The last time I saw an eye doc I was nineteen years old, which turns out to be twenty years ago. The tech has come a long way since 1989. The doc back then could check the shape of the eye and gauge responsiveness, but couldn't do a wide angle high res scan of the retina. He thought the nerve was damaged since tracking and dilation were normal, and the shape was perfect. Turns out that there's actually some pretty severe damage to the retina itself and the nerve is probably fine, which means that if we CAN start growing replacements in vats at some point in the near future, I could possibly have two working eyes for the first time ever. I have no idea what the world looks like in three dimensions. It would be kind of cool to stop walking in to door frames and the corners of various counters. That shit hurts.
So, I have glasses. Again. I was six last time I wore glasses. Of course, I was wearing them then with a patch over the eye that could actually see because some dumb fucking asshole suggested that perhaps the left eye would magically heal from the surgical damage done to it when I was a toddler if I was forced to use the damaged eye exclusively. Even doctors are morons at times. I went through more pairs of glasses as a small child than most people will in a lifetime because I hated not being able to see and 'lost' or broke them regularly, since returning to normal sight (for a little while anyway) was as simple as either of those options.
My vision has gotten a bit 'fuzzy' over the last couple years, so I went to see an eye doc a couple weeks ago. Turns out that I actually needed these things. I had no idea how bad my vision was compared to a few years ago until I put them on and drove home yesterday. The glasses don't let me read the clock on the cable box from the other side of the house anymore, but they are only meant to give me normal sight, and I had better than that before. The left lens is purely cosmetic, since it would be pointless to put anything else there. Stereoscopic vision is still not one of those things I'll ever have unless we can start growing replacement eyes in vats.
The last time I saw an eye doc I was nineteen years old, which turns out to be twenty years ago. The tech has come a long way since 1989. The doc back then could check the shape of the eye and gauge responsiveness, but couldn't do a wide angle high res scan of the retina. He thought the nerve was damaged since tracking and dilation were normal, and the shape was perfect. Turns out that there's actually some pretty severe damage to the retina itself and the nerve is probably fine, which means that if we CAN start growing replacements in vats at some point in the near future, I could possibly have two working eyes for the first time ever. I have no idea what the world looks like in three dimensions. It would be kind of cool to stop walking in to door frames and the corners of various counters. That shit hurts.