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I'm one of the lenghthy eye dilation people too. It takes forever to wear off.
 
Maybe. But back a few eons ago, when I was in college and my eyes were dilated, I had to pick up a hitch-hiker to drive my car back to my apartment with me. The sun was too bright, and I didn't bring my sunglasses.
 
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Old age.
My dilated eyes used to return to normal in about an hour......but that was almost 30 years ago....

Maybe. But back a few eons ago, when I was in college and my eyes were dilated, I had to pick up a hitch-hiker to drive my car back to my apartment with me. The sun was too bright, and I didn't bring my sunglasses.
It maybe be worse because of age, but it took hours for my pupils to contract again twenty years ago.
 
There was a guy who worked at a Home Depot type store that used to have customers come in and buy long pieces of board with no way to get them home. The funniest thing he said he saw was when someone opened the front windows of his car and then wrapped rope around and around through the open windows and over the lumber on top. When the (proud) customer was done, he went to get in his car and failed because, of course, he had tied his door shut. :ROFLMAO:

My petty vent for today is that I went to see the ophthalmologist (4th time in a month) and finally had my eyes dilated. It was an overcast day, so I thought I was home free. Uh-uh. Every car on the road had their headlights on. That's not my petty vent though.

My petty vent is I had my eyes dilated at 2:30 and it's now almost 6 hours later and they're still dilated and still blurry. Grrrrr......

I can only type here because I'm literally eyeball to eyeball with the monitor....


I have found that the older I get, the longer it takes for the drops to wear off. At my age, I find now that I wake up the next morning and am finally at the end of the blurries.

BTW, you have the right to refuse to have your eyes dialated. I have mine done every other month. This is not advisable though if you have high risk diabetes. Or if you have had cataract surgery.
 
I'm not about to refuse pupil dilation. I may not enjoy it, but it makes it much easier for my ophthalmologist to see inside my eye properly. I have glaucoma and I really want my ophthalmologist to monitor it really well.
 
I'm not about to refuse pupil dilation. I may not enjoy it, but it makes it much easier for my ophthalmologist to see inside my eye properly. I have glaucoma and I really want my ophthalmologist to monitor it really well.

Right. Every doctor, including ophthalmologists, should ask for your medical history and current medication list at every visit and make recommendations for testing and treatment accordingly. If they don't, I would find another provider.
 
I'm not about to refuse pupil dilation. I may not enjoy it, but it makes it much easier for my ophthalmologist to see inside my eye properly. I have glaucoma and I really want my ophthalmologist to monitor it really well.

Wise decision TL.

GG, excellent advice! Fortunately for me, my ophthalmologists is part of the medical team for my overall health. I have my diabetes under total control. But he isn't taking any chances. He sees me every six months instead of just once a year. He just checks my vision to see if there has been any changes for my prescription of my lens. Then on the next visit, I get the whole works. With drops.

Many years ago my sister had a wisdom tooth that was coming in really askew. It became infected and the infection went up to her eye. She lost her peripheal vision in one eye. Her eye doctor told her that when someone has an ailment that the doctors have no answer for, they look to the teeth. The also told her that hidden dental problems can emulate or create all kinds of medical problems. Even a heart attack.

I wish our society would place as much emphasis on dental care like they do for eye care.
 
Like everyone, I hate to have my eyes dilated but refusing to have it done is just ridiculous!
The worse experience I ever had was when they dilated just one eye. I can't even explain how awful that was! I'll never have that done again, and insist they dilate both of them.
 
Maybe. But back a few eons ago, when I was in college and my eyes were dilated, I had to pick up a hitch-hiker to drive my car back to my apartment with me. The sun was too bright, and I didn't bring my sunglasses.

LMAO

I'd have done that, but I couldn't tell the difference between a hitchhiker and a sign post!


I didn't have a choice in the dilation. I've been having numerous floaters and flashing lights in my left eye, so they had to check for retinal detachment. Right now the diagnosis is either ocular migraine, possible macular degeneration, or vitreous separation of the macula. Or maybe all three. We're on top of it. I understand there's a laser treatment that will take care of the problem and give me perfect sight. I asked if I could have it now and in both eyes, and the doctor just looked at me. Oh, well.

Anyway, I woke up yesterday and my eyes are back to normal again, or as normal as they're ever going to get again.
 
Wise decision TL.

GG, excellent advice! Fortunately for me, my ophthalmologists is part of the medical team for my overall health. I have my diabetes under total control. But he isn't taking any chances. He sees me every six months instead of just once a year. He just checks my vision to see if there has been any changes for my prescription of my lens. Then on the next visit, I get the whole works. With drops.

Many years ago my sister had a wisdom tooth that was coming in really askew. It became infected and the infection went up to her eye. She lost her peripheal vision in one eye. Her eye doctor told her that when someone has an ailment that the doctors have no answer for, they look to the teeth. The also told her that hidden dental problems can emulate or create all kinds of medical problems. Even a heart attack.

I wish our society would place as much emphasis on dental care like they do for eye care.

Amen to that. I'm on Medicaid and unless my visits are a medical emergency, I can only get eye checks once every two years. And if ACA is dismantled, I won't even get those any more. Thanks to ACA, I just had my first dental check up in 8 years.
 
Arggh. So my Dad and I got in this big argument today. I have signing authority on my brother's estate. The stock broker recommended that Dad, Mom, and I be on the stocks to make the transfer in kind easier. My Dad doesn't want me on the stocks. I tried to explain to him that I don't want to be on them either, but I want to make the transfer of my brother's stocks easier. I don't want the MONEY or the STOCKS. I just want to get this done. Why is it that people think I want the money????
 
Arggh. So my Dad and I got in this big argument today. I have signing authority on my brother's estate. The stock broker recommended that Dad, Mom, and I be on the stocks to make the transfer in kind easier. My Dad doesn't want me on the stocks. I tried to explain to him that I don't want to be on them either, but I want to make the transfer of my brother's stocks easier. I don't want the MONEY or the STOCKS. I just want to get this done. Why is it that people think I want the money????

Wow, that sucks. I was trying to help my mom with her finances, and I'd give her advice and she too would get defensive and testy.

Your dad ought to trust you. You're just trying to help. If he instantly thinks you're trying to take the money, that's not cool of him to think that. He should instead know that probate law is complicated and tricky.
 
Rude waitress brought my wife turkey last night instead of the chicken on biscuits that she ordered. Wife questioned it and said "I ordered chicken, is this chicken?"

Waitress replied "it's whatever you ordered, ma'am" in a kind of snarky tone. So I said "she did order chicken, I heard her, and she always orders chicken". So the waitress sighed and swept the plate of chicken away, and wife had to wait 10 minutes to get the correct order out to her. I looked on the bill and it said "turkey". The waitress never apologized. Lady, you made a mistake, who cares? Just say sorry and leave out the snark.

Her tip would've been way higher. lol. I usually leave 25% because going out is a rare event for us (wife has a bad spine condition). We never asked for the manager like a lot of people would have. Waitress's ego is too inflated over something stupid.
 
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Wow, that sucks. I was trying to help my mom with her finances, and I'd give her advice and she too would get defensive and testy.

Your dad ought to trust you. You're just trying to help. If he instantly thinks you're trying to take the money, that's not cool of him to think that. He should instead know that probate law is complicated and tricky.
2016 was a year of hell for me. My Dad tells me to get over the emotional experience (his words) for finding my brother dead. I don't know how a person gets over that. I miss my brother terribly and never thought I would live my life without him. I still have nightmares of finding him dead. I have had to deal with his estate, etc., and none of the money comes to me. Not that I want it, but I have had to deal with everything and my Mom being bedridden and dual incontinence. I never wanted to change my Mom's diapers, but I do that three times a day and every thing else. I am tired. I have given up my life. I hope I can have my life back some day.
 
What a terrible year for you, CWS! Many hugs. You are a tough, strong woman, you will get through this.
 
You will, CWS. You will get your life back.

We took care of my mil for many years with the same condition. In fact, we were changing lots of diapers when we had our son, and were were caring for DW's mom at the same time. Her dad, too, in his last years just before that. He had his own set of issues. All I can say is thak God for the carpet cleaner.

But years later, we look back and know we did right by them. It's a weird feeling. It's not pride, or a feeling of accomplishment in any way. It was just right, and had to be done. There's no reward for it. Well, not immediate, anyway.

Stay strong. I'll keep you in my thoughts today while I say my rosary.
 
2016 was a year of hell for me. My Dad tells me to get over the emotional experience (his words) for finding my brother dead. I don't know how a person gets over that. I miss my brother terribly and never thought I would live my life without him. I still have nightmares of finding him dead. I have had to deal with his estate, etc., and none of the money comes to me. Not that I want it, but I have had to deal with everything and my Mom being bedridden and dual incontinence. I never wanted to change my Mom's diapers, but I do that three times a day and every thing else. I am tired. I have given up my life. I hope I can have my life back some day.

Maybe it's time you look into putting your mom into an assisted living facility nearby, so you can get your life back? You deserve to be happy and have your own life. I know a lot of people who wrecked their own health caring for others.

I hope things get better.
 
Arggh. So my Dad and I got in this big argument today. I have signing authority on my brother's estate. The stock broker recommended that Dad, Mom, and I be on the stocks to make the transfer in kind easier. My Dad doesn't want me on the stocks. I tried to explain to him that I don't want to be on them either, but I want to make the transfer of my brother's stocks easier. I don't want the MONEY or the STOCKS. I just want to get this done. Why is it that people think I want the money????
Greedy people think everyone is greedy.
 
DH likes to play a game I call, "Hide the TV remote". He turns on a sports channel, then goes to bed and leaves the TV on. I can't find any TV remote. When I go to bed, I have to turn the light on in order to turn the TV off upstairs, as he has hidden it. This annoys DH. I have explained until I'm blue in the face that we have a specific place to put the TV remotes. It needs to be in view.
 
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