Thursday, November 20, 2003
Health is good
Today I got a chance to say, "I'm ready for my close-up!" but I didn't think of it at the time, so I missed it.
It's our health center's turn to have the retinal camera for a little while, so I jumped on the chance to have someone get all up close and personal with my corneas. See, not quite two years ago when I got my current glasses, the optometrist told me I had cataracts forming. Which is odd, because it doesn't run in my family, I've never taken steroids (look at a pic of me--do I LOOK like I take steroids??) and most especially, I have never been struck by lightning. That I can recall, anyway.
I figure it has to have something to do with the auto-immune problems that come with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. But however they came, they are annoying and likely to get more so as time goes by. So I figured we might as well get a baseline pic and/or second opinion.
The procedure isn't too bad. You hunker down at one of those eyeball reading gizmos, like at the optometrist's office, and they get you in focus, and then !!WHAM!! this incredible blast of light smacks into your eye. If they would only add a steam whistle it would be a heck of an approximation of getting hit by a train in a tunnel. Except it doesn't hurt. It's just...startling. And bright.
And then they expect you to be able to hold still for the other eye.
While I was there and remembering, I made an appointment to get a mammogram next week. (Plus I got a flu shot today too.) Hopefully all this pro-active healthy stuff will pay off and keep me rattling around for a while longer.
It's our health center's turn to have the retinal camera for a little while, so I jumped on the chance to have someone get all up close and personal with my corneas. See, not quite two years ago when I got my current glasses, the optometrist told me I had cataracts forming. Which is odd, because it doesn't run in my family, I've never taken steroids (look at a pic of me--do I LOOK like I take steroids??) and most especially, I have never been struck by lightning. That I can recall, anyway.
I figure it has to have something to do with the auto-immune problems that come with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. But however they came, they are annoying and likely to get more so as time goes by. So I figured we might as well get a baseline pic and/or second opinion.
The procedure isn't too bad. You hunker down at one of those eyeball reading gizmos, like at the optometrist's office, and they get you in focus, and then !!WHAM!! this incredible blast of light smacks into your eye. If they would only add a steam whistle it would be a heck of an approximation of getting hit by a train in a tunnel. Except it doesn't hurt. It's just...startling. And bright.
And then they expect you to be able to hold still for the other eye.
While I was there and remembering, I made an appointment to get a mammogram next week. (Plus I got a flu shot today too.) Hopefully all this pro-active healthy stuff will pay off and keep me rattling around for a while longer.
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