Creepy, I'm telling you

[oneiriad]

Do you know what the creepiest part of yesterday's eye examination was? The part were they measure the thickness of the cornea. SInce the cornea is the part of the eye the laser is actually going to be scraping a part of off, they have to make sure it's thick enough. This is done with an instrument that looks suspiciously like a pen. First you get some eyedrops to numb the eye and then they poke - and poke and poke and poke some more for good measure. It doesn't hurt, but it's creepy. Imagine a piece of that clear plastic film stuff you use in the kitchen. Imagine a piece of that, stretched taut right over the eye - and then someone pokes at it with a pen, not enough to break it, but just enough. That's how it looked like - well, from this end anyway.

Creepy.

And now for something completely different: YES! Finally, rid of that idiot. Maybe this time we can get a minister of culture who might actually know how to look up the definition of a word in a dictionary. On the other hand, I shudder to think of Brian Mikkelsen in charge of the ministry of justice. Shudder, I tell you.

Comments

[museseeker.livejournal.com]

I hate eyedoctors. Hate with a fiery passion.
I hate the eyedrops and the poking and the everything.

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

Personally, I can't quite work my way up to any strong emotions about eye doctors. I admit there is creepiness and mild discomfort, but it's not that bad and considering what I'll hopefully be getting, then it's a small price to pay.

Me, I'm a traditionalist. I save my hate for the dentist ;-)

[museseeker.livejournal.com]

I'd kill to get laser surgery as well. To be able to see clearly without contacts or glasses *sigh*. But I've heard the effects will deteriorate with age, and you won't get 20/20 vision anyway. So I might just stick with contacts for a few more years.

My hate of eye doctors comes from when I was a kid. Not being able to see clearly and have your eyes act all weird and get them poked by a grown-up fat man who won't tell you anything and acts as if your not there at all except your eyes is a very traumatic experience xD

I kind of like dentists though. I always get praise =P though I do miss the little bribes they give kids. Like stickers or dinosaurs and such.

This got a bit long. Sorry 'bout that.