tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post8420125432864452501..comments2023-10-24T03:51:26.482-04:00Comments on Virginia Belle: Blind as a Batshit CrazyVirginia Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09139549722127680662noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-42340943250135808772008-04-15T11:37:00.000-04:002008-04-15T11:37:00.000-04:00Hey, how did your appointment go? Are you able to ...Hey, how did your appointment go? Are you able to see again? Can you even read our comments? :) kiddingThe Dummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434608448734300612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-29161990820747004822008-04-13T21:36:00.000-04:002008-04-13T21:36:00.000-04:00OMG, it is like you are describing me!! My left i...OMG, it is like you are describing me!! My left is horrid. Like you, my eyes are significantly worse every year when I go in for new contacts. <BR/><BR/>I have an appointment next week and am hoping they will figure out why I am blind every other day. Seriously, some days my eyes are completely normal. Two hours later, I can't see a thing. <BR/><BR/>I think I may have figured out something on my own though. Do you use 'oily' mascara remover at night? I am wondering if the oil is getting into my eyes over night and that is what is causing my eyes to be blurry the next day. So... I went and bought the non-oily mascara remover. I haven't been 'blind' for a few days. We shall see if this is my problem. <BR/><BR/>Good luck figuring out what is wrong, I have been living with this problem for over 10 years.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326688903509923324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-53931794900351121682008-04-13T17:14:00.000-04:002008-04-13T17:14:00.000-04:00OMG! You have my eyeballs. Except my right eye has...OMG! You have my eyeballs. Except my right eye has astigmatism, too. Just not as bad as the left. I gave up on contacts years ago. Damn toric lenses hated my eyes. And...my eyes are still getting worse each year. Not a huge amount, but still worse. And I have thin corneas so no Lasik if/when my eyes stop changing. I would have to do PRK. Yuck. I feel you with the eyeball crappiness. Go back and talk to doctor #2 until you're happy. They should expect this reaction with a prescription that is as fucked as yours...at least that is what my eyes doctors have told me about contacts, that it should take several tries to get it right and comfy. Sorry for the novel!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066499436533594138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-60432527009746277112008-04-12T14:27:00.000-04:002008-04-12T14:27:00.000-04:00I sympathize as I've been through the exact same t...I sympathize as I've been through the exact same thing. The bloodshot eyes comes from your eyes not getting enough oxygen. I was wearing Acuvues forever and my last eye doctor said that caused the problem. The new lenses are much better for getting oxygen.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, nothing more important than being able to see while you are driving and good of you to keep pushing it. I don't hate the eye tests as much as you, but it's still silly. I usually say "it doesn't make a huge difference" when I take them. I started wearing glasses when I was five years old.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to do LASIK one of these days. Even if your eyes are getting worse, LASIK should slow that down and bring you down to a reasonable if not perfect vision. But it's still expensive and kinda scary to me, opening your eye ball up with a laser.Fluffycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428451230435663963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-20257692560857688152008-04-11T19:37:00.000-04:002008-04-11T19:37:00.000-04:00Ugh, I haven't been to the eye doctor in a couple ...Ugh, I haven't been to the eye doctor in a couple of years. Sorry things are so problematic!! I hope you are able to figure things out.teahousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222848511993932548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-59093164680043500022008-04-10T08:30:00.000-04:002008-04-10T08:30:00.000-04:00I used to have the exact same problem, VB. Not el...I used to have the exact same problem, VB. Not eligible for LASIK, bad astigmatism, and new contacts/glasses would end up giving blurred vision, despite the eye chart being clear. A friend of mine recommended I go to their eye doctor, and I've not had a problem since. I'll email you the details, if you're interested.<BR/><BR/>For now, though, go back to the new doctor and tell her that her contacts feel great, but don't correct enough. It might not be the contacts that are the problem. It could be something like your eyes just don't focus fast enough. (My father passed this lovely trait onto me. Please don't tell the DMV that's why I take so long during the eye exam part.) Try looking at something closer than the chart first, then looking at the chart to see how quickly the letters come into focus.Stuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806212590717745000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-3013921479458639692008-04-09T12:10:00.000-04:002008-04-09T12:10:00.000-04:00omg good luck! you leave tomorrow! i hope this all...omg good luck! you leave tomorrow! i hope this all fixed by then!Becky at lifeoutoffocushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281237800161723776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-48905888874735400992008-04-08T19:00:00.000-04:002008-04-08T19:00:00.000-04:00I have minor issues with my eyes, basically I can'...I have minor issues with my eyes, basically I can't see things that are far away. I have worn glasses for the last 8-9 years, but only when I needed them, like to drive or during a class or whatever. When I was getting married I did not want to wear my black framed glasses down the aisle, so I got contacts. I hate them, I hate having anything in my eyes, it took me forever to wear mascara! But I really wanted to be able to see my husband at the end of aisle, so I kept wearing them on and off. Do you know that in all the hustle and bustle of the wedding day I forgot to put them in and only realized it when the doors opened and I could not see anyone! Oh well! I have not worn them since!<BR/>Sorry that you are having issues - just don't leave until you get some resolution, you are paying them after all!!Smughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262748591981536337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879154.post-9412926006475661712008-04-08T15:35:00.000-04:002008-04-08T15:35:00.000-04:00Glasses--ARGHHHHHH!!!!! I have extremely bad near...Glasses--ARGHHHHHH!!!!! I have extremely bad nearsightedness, bad astigmatism, and have needed bi-focals since before turning 40, so I know the problems there are with an eye exam. I have an appointment to see if I qualify for LASEK (not LASIK) surgery on Friday--my ophthalmologist thinks I should be able to have it. And this would have NOTHING to do with vanity--I just want to be able to see better. Contacts aren't an option for me--at least in terms of seeing better--simply because of my astigmatism. I hope you have good luck with your appointment and I hope I have good luck with mine! :)cmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984250869194585666noreply@blogger.com