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I have had my eyes dilated several times, and it was several hours until it cleared up. I hear that they have reversal drops, and hubby has opted for that. The downside with those is that they burn. I’ll just stay inside and wait it out. I hate eye drops!
I will say I had a lot of drops when I had my laser surgery for narrow angle glaucoma. So every time I get my eyes checked, I get numbing drops to have my pressure checked. They don’t normally dilate me for a regular checkup.
I hate that blurry feeling! And then you go outside and the world is so bright! And then you try to drive back to work! The other cars all blur together. You can hardly see well enough to text, or to read the speedometer! 😎
Don’t you hate the *first* set of drops that numb your eyes so that the actual dilating stuff doesn’t burn your eyeballs out of your head?
It always burns, just a bit, to me so I’m conditioned to hate having it done. Last time they did it I looked like Puss in Boots with those Hu-YUGE pupils. My kids were fascinated.
It’s a crazy look when you can only see an 1/8th of an inch of color around the pupil.
Ron — I was wondering if you guys would want to shoot me for putting that up. God, I can’t even look at it again myself. Never had your eyes dilated? Wow. At least now you’ll know what to expect. Have someone drive you. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Karen — I used Pain.NET. There’s a blur feature. In my research someone said you can try to find “blur font” and download it, but that sounded more time-consuming. This did the trick!
lin — Ha! And sorry.
Grace — It’s clearer for me, too, when I take my glasses off. I’m near-sighted, so I don’t need glasses for close reading.
Linda — I said to my husband on the way home “I wish they had an antidote for this!” I was surprised they don’t offer that, but now it sounds like they have them, but just don’t use them. I get numbing drops too, for the pressure check. It’s time-consuming for both tests, but worth it. Our vision is so important.
Ferd — They made me put on my sunglasses when I left the office. I felt ridiculous because it was cloudy out. I only drove myself one time after a dilation, and never again. And it was at night, which was worse and actually dangerous and irresponsible. I could barely manage. All the lights on cars and street lights were starbursts. Anyone who gets dilation really needs to have someone drive them. That’s my little PSA for this post.
RonLeyba — I’m sorry! I’m sorry!
cardiogirl — Yes, it makes me all twitchy and then you have to wait for things to take effect and you can’t entertain yourself reading office magazines because you can’t see. Luckily, I found a “large print” Reader’s Digest and that was helpful. I looked at myself once later with the big eyes. I looked away quickly. I don’t know why it freaked me out so much. I wasn’t the least bit fascinated.
A few years ago, I had an eye exam at the mall, and I forgot to bring sunglasses. They gave me a pair of these ridiculous cardboard sunglasses, and I thought there is no way I’m going to wear those in public so I threw them away. When I got to the parking lot, it was so sunny, and my eyes so dilated I had to hunch over, squinting my watering eyes shut, with my head down and my hand over my eyes. That looked so much better than the cardboard sunglasses…
My head starts shaking the moment they start coming at me with those eye drops. I hate anything that involves touching my eyeballs, which is why I’ve never worn contacts. BoomBoomLarew´s last blog post ..Greasy Saturdayor Jimmy Big Balls
This is a funny one! I didn’t know having your eyes dilated for an exam would have this side effect. It must have been hard for you to stay away from your laptop and can’t blog. Jack´s last blog post ..Juicer Review- Green Star Elite
You are so freaking funny! And that is exactly true for how my eyes were when they dilated mine. Never letting that asshat do it again! Lisa @ Boondock Ramblings´s last blog post ..You are good enough…
my sister in law is diabetic and has some issue in her eyes. treatment includes needles – right into her eyeball. and lasers… but it’s the needles that make me cringe. flit´s last blog post ..Truth & Reconcilliation
Ha ha! I needn’t tell you that It’s common practice for me to see like this. I may well do a post about my latest eye episode – you wouldn’t believe it. Babs (beetle)´s last blog post ..Who invented the conveyor belt
Well I guess my LASIK surgery was a success. I could read that without squinting! Although of course it was still blurry. Usually when they dilate my eyes I can see just fine, but when they dilated my eyes for the exam before my surgery, they stayed dilated for DAYS! And my vision was so blurry and star-bursty that I worried that my eyes had gone all wonky and were going to be permanently damaged. It was pretty freaky. Surfie´s last blog post ..And This Is Why I Always Wear a Helmet- My First Motorcycle Crash
I don’t wear glasses. But now I probably need them. But after reading this, eh! I can still see and that’s good enough. The only problem I have is my arms aren’t long enough. Linda Medrano´s last blog post ..Where Did He Go
Ahahahhahaha! Oh, Kathy! I hate having my eyes dilated. And, if it makes you feel any better, my eye doctors has extensive lists/pages about my anxiety with drops being put in my eyes too.
Daisy’s Mom — Oh, that’s too funny. I saw a box of those cardboard glasses at the reception counter. Yeah, they’re hideous. I’m glad I had my sunglasses in my purse. You must have looked a sight.
Boom Boom — You and my husband alike. When I used to wear contacts, he would get all squeamish if he walked in on me putting them in. I’m thinking “Dude! They’re my eyes, not yours.” But still he could never watch.
Jack — Yes, it was hard. But it also made me realize how precious our eyesight is and I really appreciated it.
Lisa — So you’re not mad at me for making you squint then? I figured everybody would be yelling at me in the comments. Kind of devious of me, no?
flit — I cannot imagine the position I’d have to be in to allow a needle in my eye. I read a great book about a guy who had revolutionary procedures done to give him some sight after having been virtually blind all his life. All needle work. He did it and it did restore some of his vision. Interestingly enough, he wasn’t all that happy about it. There are very few documented cases of restorative success from total blindness and not everyone wants it when they get it. Some even tried committing suicide.
Babs Beetle — As long as it doesn’t involve a needle in your eye, I can take it.
Pricilla — Oh, noes!
Surfie — OMG, if mine looked that way for days, I’d simply stay and bed and sleep. I find I get really tired after two hours of that. It’s exhausting for me to focus so hard when you can’t, no matter what you do.
Marvin — Be glad I don’t write like that every post or you’d kill me.
Linda Medrano — You’re lucky you don’t need glasses. Giant pain in the ass. But a necessary evil for like half the people I know.
Meleah Rebeccah — We are freaks! It’s good to know someone else is a basket case. We need to stick together, girl.
The last time I had my pupils dilated, I had to go to a funeral visitation immediately afterwards. I got a *lot* of strange looks.
@cardiogirl: If you can, look in the mirror right after they put the numbing drops in your eyes next time. They make your eyes yellow–it looks really freaky. absepa´s last blog post ..Maybe you could cross-market the jerky to the stoners
I’m extremely nearsighted — without my glasses I’m just about legally blind — but drops don’t really blur things like that for me. It’s more like everything is SOOO magnified that I can only read a little bit at a time. Ever try to write a check while holding your head far enough away so you can see all the words at once? Not the easiest thing to do!
I remember going to the eye doc with my sister once when I was about 10. She had sunglasses so she could see afterwards, I didn’t. I walked with my eyes closed while she led me through downtown to our dad’s office to catch a ride home. Weird experience. Ladybuggz´s last blog post ..Hey look! Ive got my own nostepinnes!
You know what I hate? The drops they now give you so you aren’t all blurry after the first set of drops. They never work for me. Never. I hate getting my eyes checked because of the drops and because of the glaucoma checker thingy. You’d never know I worked in my dad’s ophthalmology office for 7 years would you?
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It’s like the Twilight Zone. Now that I’ve adjusted my screen, I can see. Those drops sting. To dilate pupils, I suggest they pass around a joint in the waiting room. I’ll bring a designated driver and a bag of chips. Lauren´s last blog post ..A History of Jobs – Part 1
Ah, apparently the spirit of Seinfeld is alive and well in Kathy’s daily existence. 🙂 Jenn of Many Cabbages´s last blog post ..Showering at the Hobbitday Inn
Not a bad way to be for a while…can’t read, can’t watch tv, can’t go on the internet. In this crazy busy world, that’s a perfect excuse to take some time out 🙂
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March 15th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
OMG, Kathy…this post is HYSTERICAL!!!!!
And you should have seen me trying to READ that. I kept moving backward and forward with my eyes squinting so hard, I got DIZZY!
Can you believe I’ve NEVER had my eyes dilated before?
I’d be thinking the same thing, “You won’t blind me, right?
March 15th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
You are so skillful! How did you get this all blurry? It makes my eyes hurt!
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March 15th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
What’s so funny? I see like this all the time.
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March 15th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
that was actually much clearer when I took my glasses off…
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March 15th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
I have had my eyes dilated several times, and it was several hours until it cleared up. I hear that they have reversal drops, and hubby has opted for that. The downside with those is that they burn. I’ll just stay inside and wait it out. I hate eye drops!
I will say I had a lot of drops when I had my laser surgery for narrow angle glaucoma. So every time I get my eyes checked, I get numbing drops to have my pressure checked. They don’t normally dilate me for a regular checkup.
March 15th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
I hate that blurry feeling! And then you go outside and the world is so bright! And then you try to drive back to work! The other cars all blur together. You can hardly see well enough to text, or to read the speedometer! 😎
March 16th, 2011 at 3:01 am
My eyes, my eyes!!!! . It hurts Kathy!
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March 16th, 2011 at 4:37 am
Don’t you hate the *first* set of drops that numb your eyes so that the actual dilating stuff doesn’t burn your eyeballs out of your head?
It always burns, just a bit, to me so I’m conditioned to hate having it done. Last time they did it I looked like Puss in Boots with those Hu-YUGE pupils. My kids were fascinated.
It’s a crazy look when you can only see an 1/8th of an inch of color around the pupil.
March 16th, 2011 at 4:53 am
Ron — I was wondering if you guys would want to shoot me for putting that up. God, I can’t even look at it again myself. Never had your eyes dilated? Wow. At least now you’ll know what to expect. Have someone drive you. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Karen — I used Pain.NET. There’s a blur feature. In my research someone said you can try to find “blur font” and download it, but that sounded more time-consuming. This did the trick!
lin — Ha! And sorry.
Grace — It’s clearer for me, too, when I take my glasses off. I’m near-sighted, so I don’t need glasses for close reading.
Linda — I said to my husband on the way home “I wish they had an antidote for this!” I was surprised they don’t offer that, but now it sounds like they have them, but just don’t use them. I get numbing drops too, for the pressure check. It’s time-consuming for both tests, but worth it. Our vision is so important.
Ferd — They made me put on my sunglasses when I left the office. I felt ridiculous because it was cloudy out. I only drove myself one time after a dilation, and never again. And it was at night, which was worse and actually dangerous and irresponsible. I could barely manage. All the lights on cars and street lights were starbursts. Anyone who gets dilation really needs to have someone drive them. That’s my little PSA for this post.
RonLeyba — I’m sorry! I’m sorry!
cardiogirl — Yes, it makes me all twitchy and then you have to wait for things to take effect and you can’t entertain yourself reading office magazines because you can’t see. Luckily, I found a “large print” Reader’s Digest and that was helpful. I looked at myself once later with the big eyes. I looked away quickly. I don’t know why it freaked me out so much. I wasn’t the least bit fascinated.
March 16th, 2011 at 6:40 am
A few years ago, I had an eye exam at the mall, and I forgot to bring sunglasses. They gave me a pair of these ridiculous cardboard sunglasses, and I thought there is no way I’m going to wear those in public so I threw them away. When I got to the parking lot, it was so sunny, and my eyes so dilated I had to hunch over, squinting my watering eyes shut, with my head down and my hand over my eyes. That looked so much better than the cardboard sunglasses…
(luckily I had sunglasses in the car)
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March 16th, 2011 at 6:40 am
My head starts shaking the moment they start coming at me with those eye drops. I hate anything that involves touching my eyeballs, which is why I’ve never worn contacts.
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March 16th, 2011 at 6:43 am
This is a funny one! I didn’t know having your eyes dilated for an exam would have this side effect. It must have been hard for you to stay away from your laptop and can’t blog.
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March 16th, 2011 at 7:06 am
You are so freaking funny! And that is exactly true for how my eyes were when they dilated mine. Never letting that asshat do it again!
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March 16th, 2011 at 7:10 am
my sister in law is diabetic and has some issue in her eyes. treatment includes needles – right into her eyeball. and lasers… but it’s the needles that make me cringe.
flit´s last blog post ..Truth & Reconcilliation
March 16th, 2011 at 8:39 am
Ha ha! I needn’t tell you that It’s common practice for me to see like this. I may well do a post about my latest eye episode – you wouldn’t believe it.
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March 16th, 2011 at 9:09 am
Ok, now take that and cross your eyes and now you see like the publicist without her glasses!
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March 16th, 2011 at 9:19 am
Well I guess my LASIK surgery was a success. I could read that without squinting! Although of course it was still blurry. Usually when they dilate my eyes I can see just fine, but when they dilated my eyes for the exam before my surgery, they stayed dilated for DAYS! And my vision was so blurry and star-bursty that I worried that my eyes had gone all wonky and were going to be permanently damaged. It was pretty freaky.
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March 16th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Ha, very cute.
March 16th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
I don’t wear glasses. But now I probably need them. But after reading this, eh! I can still see and that’s good enough. The only problem I have is my arms aren’t long enough.
Linda Medrano´s last blog post ..Where Did He Go
March 16th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Ahahahhahaha! Oh, Kathy! I hate having my eyes dilated. And, if it makes you feel any better, my eye doctors has extensive lists/pages about my anxiety with drops being put in my eyes too.
March 16th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Daisy’s Mom — Oh, that’s too funny. I saw a box of those cardboard glasses at the reception counter. Yeah, they’re hideous. I’m glad I had my sunglasses in my purse. You must have looked a sight.
Boom Boom — You and my husband alike. When I used to wear contacts, he would get all squeamish if he walked in on me putting them in. I’m thinking “Dude! They’re my eyes, not yours.” But still he could never watch.
Jack — Yes, it was hard. But it also made me realize how precious our eyesight is and I really appreciated it.
Lisa — So you’re not mad at me for making you squint then? I figured everybody would be yelling at me in the comments. Kind of devious of me, no?
flit — I cannot imagine the position I’d have to be in to allow a needle in my eye. I read a great book about a guy who had revolutionary procedures done to give him some sight after having been virtually blind all his life. All needle work. He did it and it did restore some of his vision. Interestingly enough, he wasn’t all that happy about it. There are very few documented cases of restorative success from total blindness and not everyone wants it when they get it. Some even tried committing suicide.
Babs Beetle — As long as it doesn’t involve a needle in your eye, I can take it.
Pricilla — Oh, noes!
Surfie — OMG, if mine looked that way for days, I’d simply stay and bed and sleep. I find I get really tired after two hours of that. It’s exhausting for me to focus so hard when you can’t, no matter what you do.
Marvin — Be glad I don’t write like that every post or you’d kill me.
Linda Medrano — You’re lucky you don’t need glasses. Giant pain in the ass. But a necessary evil for like half the people I know.
Meleah Rebeccah — We are freaks! It’s good to know someone else is a basket case. We need to stick together, girl.
March 16th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
I don’t know how you did this, but it’s really awesome. What a great concept for a post!
March 16th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
The last time I had my pupils dilated, I had to go to a funeral visitation immediately afterwards. I got a *lot* of strange looks.
@cardiogirl: If you can, look in the mirror right after they put the numbing drops in your eyes next time. They make your eyes yellow–it looks really freaky.
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March 17th, 2011 at 1:08 am
I’m extremely nearsighted — without my glasses I’m just about legally blind — but drops don’t really blur things like that for me. It’s more like everything is SOOO magnified that I can only read a little bit at a time. Ever try to write a check while holding your head far enough away so you can see all the words at once? Not the easiest thing to do!
I remember going to the eye doc with my sister once when I was about 10. She had sunglasses so she could see afterwards, I didn’t. I walked with my eyes closed while she led me through downtown to our dad’s office to catch a ride home. Weird experience.
Ladybuggz´s last blog post ..Hey look! Ive got my own nostepinnes!
March 17th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
You know what I hate? The drops they now give you so you aren’t all blurry after the first set of drops. They never work for me. Never. I hate getting my eyes checked because of the drops and because of the glaucoma checker thingy. You’d never know I worked in my dad’s ophthalmology office for 7 years would you?
March 17th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
How come the comment luv didn’t work? Oh, now it’s working. Sorry. I don’t know how to fix the first one.
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March 18th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
It’s like the Twilight Zone. Now that I’ve adjusted my screen, I can see. Those drops sting. To dilate pupils, I suggest they pass around a joint in the waiting room. I’ll bring a designated driver and a bag of chips.
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March 24th, 2011 at 7:57 am
Ah, apparently the spirit of Seinfeld is alive and well in Kathy’s daily existence. 🙂
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March 29th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Not a bad way to be for a while…can’t read, can’t watch tv, can’t go on the internet. In this crazy busy world, that’s a perfect excuse to take some time out 🙂
April 2nd, 2011 at 8:00 am
I only got three hours sleep last night, so this post seemed perfectly normal.
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