October 9, 2007
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I Spy With My Red Eye
Last week I’d suffered a punctured blood vessel in my right eye. I didn’t know until one morning I was brushing my teeth and caught my reflection in the mirror. Needless to say, I’d almost crapped myself there and then in a delirious fit wondering what the hell happened to my eye.
There was no pain, my vision wasn’t affected although there was a slight discomfort. Both a pharmacist where I’d purchased some eye drops, and an optician maintained the redness should have cleared up “in a couple of days”. Three days later I was advised by another optician to go to an eye hospital. This I did after work last Friday, where the entire process took two hours: being assessed by a nurse, adminstration, examined by a nurse, blood and eye pressure measured, and finally examined by an eye doctor. It is good to know that once in a while, I get to use one of the free national services that is paid for by my tax money.
I was informed that the fragile blood vessels in the eyes are susceptible to bursting by too much caffeine, swimming, diving, sneezing, blowing your nose, exercising, and generally being whacked in the eye. The good doctor also explained that there is a likelihood the redness will expand and then change to a orange/brown colour before fully dissipating in 2-3 weeks. Oh wonderful. Now I can see stupid people…oh wait, I can see them anyway before this incident.
Sorting out the rest of the photographs taken on holiday is a work in progress. Although I’d enjoyed the trip, I was disappointed with a lot of the pictures taken. Travelling with friends really restricts one’s ability to engage in what is termed street photography. Unless one is travelling with a companion who is also a photographic enthusiast. So for my next trip I will travel solo. Have you ever noticed photographers tend to be on their own unless it is a professional shoot complete with crew? My destination has already been chosen and I’m currently conducting research to compose an itinerary.
I’d also been busy researching a home studio lighting kit to add to my photographic gear. The Interfit EXD200 is an entry level kit and has garnered strong reviews and the best part is that it is portable, complete with a carry case. This is going to be a Christmas present to myself.
Sadness Of Sex
Kissing’s a pleasure
Fucking’s a game
Guys get all the pleasure
Girls get all the pain
He says he loves you, and you believe it’s true
Until your belly starts to swell and he says hell with you.
Ten minutes of pleasure, nine months of pain
Three days in hospital, a child without a name
The baby’s a bastard
The mother’s a whore
This never would have happened if the rubber hadn’t tore
Studious Cat
Comments (15)
hmm that poem is such a downer.
oh and i would’ve freaked out about the punctured blood vessel too! (even that picture makes me uncomfortable)
Though it’s only tangentally related, I had ‘detached retina’ June 2004. I might have written just a little about it back then. I am lucky that it happened BEFORE I flew to Michigan to visit my father for Father’s Day, needless to say that trip was cancelled. After I had the surgery, they say not to fly and not to go over elevation of 4000 feet for two months, so I don’t know if I could even have gone by bus back home. (Just now thinking of flatland USA to Texas, going through Mexico to Mexicali/Calexico, and then Central Valley to Sacramento as an overland route that would have avoided the Rockies)
Ewww!!!
For a next photo trip, Canada’s rockies are very photogenic indeed!
So what destination did you decide on?… Great, now I have to wait for your next entry!
ACK! It looks like it hurts – but luckily for you, it doesn’t. Hopefully it clears up quickly. Back in college, my husband used to burst blood vessels in his eyes after drinking too much and throwing up. Sorry if that’s too much information but I remember it looked so painful but never like that – yikes!
Wow! What a relief that it’s nothing serious!
Hehe… I always love the material you post on your site.
Btw, I think I’m ready to graduate from a point-and-shoot camera to an SLR. They’re selling the Nikon D40x and Canon XTI at my local Costco for a pretty good price. I started reading reviews, and boy! I had no idea people are so passionate about their cameras and so loyal to certain brands! What’s your take? (No pun intended!)
oh your eye! hope you get well soon. i think it’s gonna be fine.
the poem is so true
Davie, sorry about the broken vessels, but you are going to be just fine!
Take it easy and keep enjoying yourself, okay?
i will say ur condition’s not too bad. I had this lady once who came into the pharmacy with her entire eye looking like yours but BLOODIER (but that was possible). I didn’t sell her any eyedrops I just said ‘You need to go to the nearest A&E and get your eye seen to, no eyedrops I can sell you will help.’ But she just waved me off and said ‘oh, I might pop into a GP clinic on my way to Birmingham (and this was in London mind you).’
On another note, my friend who’s also a pharmacist woke up one morning with very blurred vision and bloodshot red eyes like yours. She went to an A&E immediately and was given some steroid eyedrops & antibiotics and her vision cleared after a week.
Man can u imagine if you woke up to bloodshot eyes AND couldn’t see? Apparently it was some idiopathic virus i.e. they had no frigging idea what it was!!
my kitties are always trying to sleep on my homework – or eat it – one has an unnatural obsession with biting, pouncing on and crumpling paper. I don’t know…I think she likes the taste. Or, if i’m reading a book, that’s suddenly the most comfortable looking place to sleep in the whole world.
Ouch!! I’m glad you’re OK! So where’s the next trip??
ryc: LOL, the Hotel Careyfornia is just the name that my friends have given
my home here in West Hollywood…because they all like to come and stay
here! I got the sign for my birthday a few years ago
how romantic (poem). hope your eye gets better. you’re not diabetic, are you?
haha – we both bought Planet Terror!
When I am on holiday, I tend to be taking the pics and then catching up with my friends since they can’t see the shots I see. They just want to stand in front of a landmark, stick up 2 fingers and open their mouths gapingly wide.
That sucks. Hope you get better really soon. =D Have a great weekend.
hahahahahaha, your eye looks really cool though. XD Hope it’ll clear up for you soon =P
I got my laaptopp! Will never order something from dell anymore though. Crappy service.
That is such a sweet poem btw…. xD
eeek your eyes!!! i had a friend back in highschool who was hit by a ciling fan, and her eyes were red for at least 5 months