btw- check out my optomap retinal scan…
Posted by Stacey on Thursday Oct 25, 2007 Under Geekery
This is cool- they can now do a scan of the inside of your eyeball and the doc can zoom way in on their ‘puter and check out your eyes for any problems. The bright spot with the veins is my optic nerve (bundle of nerve fibers connecting the retina w/the brain) and the dark spot is my macula (responsible for detailed central vision). Fuzzy stuff at the bottom is my eyelashes and the green around the edges is the plastic eye-piece from the machine. I also don’t have diabetes- that shows up in the form of broken blood vessels.
This is a really great thing for phobic-phreakos like me who don’t let docs dilate their eyes… what can I say… it’s a phobia that stems from the time in ’96 when I accidentaly stabbed myself in the eye with a rusty screwdriver… long story… you probably don’t really want to know… well, maybe after a few drinks it can be kinda entertaining… :)
November 10th, 2007 at 3:07 am
I am so glad I’m not the only one who won’t let eye-doctors dilate my eyes. I’ve never had it done, never will, and while I haven’t had any real problems with the optometric (is that a word?) powers-that-be, I’ve had a few give me a half-hearted hassle. And after my last eye exam, I won’t be letting anyone do the other drops, either. Had a very bizarre reaction (to the tune of being able to actually see very clearly out of my left eye without the aid of glasses or contacts). It creeped me out horribly.
:-)