I had an eye appointment yesterday. I dread the glaucoma check. Put your chin on the strip of paper, your forehead against the metal and sit still while air is blasted into your eye. Ugh. I jump sky high every. time. I know checking for glaucoma is a good thing, but I wonder if these technicians videotape these little airblasting sessions and have a good laugh on their lunch breaks?
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So funny you say that. I always ask people if they remember this part of the eye test and they always say no. How could they possibly forget??!!! I dread it!
Carla, as you know, I had my eye exam yesterday, too. The doc asked if I wanted the glaucoma test done with drops in the eye or with the puffs of air. I chose the air puffs and am proud to say that I didn't jump nearly as high as I normally do. I always laugh, though, cause I know how dumb I must look.
I told the eye Dr. once that I would rather change 100 dirty diapers than do that stupid test.
I always manage to blink just before the puff and the consequence is a do over. It's like trying to keep yourself from the hiccups.
I'm with Pat. I usually have to do it two or three times.
Oh my goodness. I actually stopped going to the place I went because of that dumb test - it's torture! Did you know they can do it without that now? They take (painless) pictures instead. The clinic over by the 'Y' with Dr. Garth Christiansen is non-puff. Thank goodness.
Ugh.....this part always makes me cry.
My eyes always water and close automatically before they even do this test because I know what's coming. :D So, last time at my eye doctor I asked him, "Isn't there some instrument you can just touch my eye with to get that reading instead?"
"Why yes there is!"
So, he put a drop in each eye and used this little instrument thingy, and no more air puff from hell for me! Whee! :D lol
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