I can see!

I picked up my new glasses today, so I am writing my first post wearing them.  It's amazing how crisp the fonts look.  I didn't realise how fuzzy things were getting.  I'm hoping that they also fix the persistent headache that I have had since last week.

It's strange to put on glasses for the first time and sit in front of the computer.  I liken my eyeballs to the little bit inside a camera that controls the autofocus, zooming in and out until the image is clear.  It doesn't take too long for them to bring everything into sharp and clear it is just an odd sensation.  I'm sure I'll get used to them pretty quickly.

Unplanned events

This week has been a little all over the place.   It kind of started to go off the rails on Tuesday and I haven't really gotten back on top of things.   That was the day that brought with it a series of unusual and unwanted visual effects in front of my eyes.  It was kind of like there was a filter in front of my eyes causing blurry sections and flashing lights that lasted for about half an hour.  My head hurt but not to what I would expect a migraine to be so I wasn't too sure what the problem was.  My husband was a little more concerned than I was and shuffled me off to the doctors to make sure that it wasn't a post-op complication.

After a full debrief to make sure there wasn't anything seriously wrong, the doctor believed that they were migraine like symptoms even though there was no incapacitating headache with them.  I also received a pretty stern lecture about how serious this type of thing can be if accompanied by other symptoms like numbness or tingling.  I promised that I would get myself to hospital if that happened.  He also requested that I get my eyes tested and a retinal photographs taken to make sure that all is good with my eyes.

The earliest that I could be seen by the optometrist was today.  I received a phone call this morning saying that they were sick and the next earliest was Monday.  I wasn't particularly keen on waiting that long as the mild headache that started on Tuesday is still there and driving me crazy.  I wanted someone else to look and see to make sure there wasn't anything else going.

After just about every test possible and a check of my previous results, my retinas are healthy looking, there are no clots in the blood vessels, it's simply a case of needing glasses for reading 'sometimes'.  The right eye needs a slight prescription (or had a slight prescription, I'm not really sure on the terminology with eyes) and apparently is mild enough to compensate unless I am fatigued or stressed.  Fatigue is pretty well part of my life at the moment so it looks like I need a bit of help now rather than in another couple of years time.  So I need glasses.  Well one eye needs a 'glass' but they generally come in pairs these days.  I'm not sure a monocle would suit my look.

Looking back, I'm wondering whether subconsciously this is part of the reason that I haven't started reading again.  Maybe eye discomfort that I wasn't really aware of above everything else that was going on led to me avoiding reading as much.  I don't know.  All I know is that my head hurts and I really did think that I was finished breaking down for a little while.  I hope that's the last for a little while yet.  They should arrive within a week.

Tomorrow morning is hydro and then I think I'm going to have a nap during the day.  I'm just tired.  It happens.