Headache woes
This is the 7th day in a row that I’ve been suffering from headaches. I went to the eye doctor yesterday, and he made my prescription for my glasses a little stronger. He warned me that my distance vision will get a little blurry, but I think lack of eye-strain headaches is way better than blurrier distance vision that I’m used to. Plus, I rarely every drive with my glasses on.
Besides, without my glasses, I can still read the very bottom line on the eye charts, so who cares? If I have my glasses on, and someone standing at a distance says, "Hey Mel, can you read this teeny text for me," I will no longer be able to do that unless I take my glasses off. That scenario will happen…let me think…never.
Other than that, only one thing changed–the pressure in my eyes. In the past, it has been 13. This time, it was 20. More than 21 is considered abnormal or high pressure, so I’m within the normal range, but it was a big jump from my last few measurements. He took a picture of my eye (which was cool to look at) to compare with future appointments since the one eye problem that I do have in my family history is glaucoma. I never really realized how much information you can tell about other health issues by looking at a picture of the back of your eye, mainly coming from the fact that you have a picture of some of your blood vessels. I have no blood vessel damage, no cholesterol build-up, no high blood pressure (although I knew that from my gazillion doctor appointments from being pregnant), and I don’t look like I’m about to have a heart attack or a stroke. And the part where he looks to check for glaucoma, he can also tell if there might be a brain tumor. He can also catch macular degeneration early if you get a picture at every appointment.
I decided to get new frames since mine are four years old, and I keep needing to replace one pad, which is annoying. I actually ended up with two frames. I can’t wait to get them.
