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--Dr M - distance vision is good. Cataract in right eye has grown a bit, from a 1 to a 2, but still miles away from needing surgery for it. If it keeps up at this pace, I can avoid surgery unless I live well into my 100s. Left eye elicited the "m" word and both docs in the room were surprised. is 52 too early for macular degeneration? yes, apparently it is. don't smoke (never have), eat green leafy vegs, and take these expensive supplements -- that'll stave it off a bit. I cannot lose my vision, because I will lose the ability to drive, and that would be incomprehensible.

--Library - crochet patterns for stuffies, so I can make ND's great niece a pelican. crossing the line? yeah, probably.

--haircut - hacked off a good 3" and now I can add more blue for real. might need a pink streak, too

--chinese takeout. it was next door to the haircut place, so why not?

--crumbl - you don't cry at the doctor/dentist, you get crumbl. even if you have to cross both dams (well, the rivers) to get there.

all with my pupils dilated.
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Back to the eye doc today for non-dilation testing: The Octopus. I've faced this beast a bunch, but it's usually just the blinky-light portion. Today I got the blinky-lights, plus the Space Invaders Centipede as well.

The good news is that things look pretty good, especially when compared to 10 years ago when things went sideways for a while.

The not so good news is that there's still some vision loss in the lower/inner quadrant of my right eye, but nothing like before. So what the tests show don't match up with what I'm describing. Spot is at roughly the 10 o'clock position in my right eye, not the 7 or 8 o'clock position.

Because these tests thus far are negative, I'll be back in 4-6 weeks for another round, and then we'll see if an MRI is necessary. No, I'm not pushing for it now, because 2024's deductible is a LOT lower.

in other vision news, my glasses are not ready. Doubt I'll see them before the new year even though I was promised two weeks. It also involved three phone calls because the lady couldn't find me in the system. i'm curious how my vision will be with progressives that have the bifocal starting at the proper spot rather than ridiculously low.
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I have an emergency eye appointment tomorrow. for about two weeks now, I've had this blob/spot in my vision in my right eye. it moves with my eye, as opposed to how a spot on my glasses would not move. finally got annoyed enough to call Dr M's office, and rather than getting to leave a message, they ran it by triage, and scheduled me for as early as they could on Monday.

Fuck.

I've had eye drama before but that was more my left eye, and it was in the lower/inner quadrant. this is my right eye, and more central.

I guess the good news is that I'll only have to work half a day, because they will no doubt dilate me, and there's no way to work with that nonsense.

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