okay ad'ers. ask me anything (but be nice! :))

I'm on Austrian time. It's 7:15pm right now.
 
Hear Again said:
nika,

i'm just curious. did you have trouble adjusting to the time change between austria and washington, d.c.?
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Nope not really. I don't sleep regular hours anyway so it doesn't make much difference. <laugh>
 
Nika said:
Nope not really. I don't sleep regular hours anyway so it doesn't make much difference. <laugh>
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that's good. i feel the same way. 95% of the time i'm manic (with the exception of this time of year when i rapid cycle between mania and depression), so i'm not really affected by time changes either.
 
hi everyone,

i'm back from the opthalmologist. she said i definitely have dry eye in both of my eyes, but also thinks my allergies may be flaring due to the change in temperatures. she prescribed eye drops that i'm supposed to take daily. i immediately noticed relief after i took them in her office. as far as my allergies are concerned, i'm going to call my doctor and ask her for an increase or change in my allergy med.
 
Giulia said:
Hi Hear Again
Glad that it's nothing too serious :)
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me too! i've been diagnosed with dry eye from a previous opthalmologist of mine, but at the time, i never took the prescribed eye drops because i didn't think it was bothersome. now it is, so i plan to use the eye drops on a daily basis. as i said, i took them in her office earlier and i feel so much better already.

thanks for your help and suggestions, everyone!
 
Hear Again said:
i definitely have dry eye in both of my eyes, but also thinks my allergies may be flaring due to the change in temperatures.
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Glad to hear it's nothing seriousness. Also glad to hear the drops are helping. I hope your eyes feel better soon!
 
Nika said:
Glad to hear it's nothing seriousness. Also glad to hear the drops are helping. I hope your eyes feel better soon!
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thanks, nika! <smile> i'm starting to feel better already, so the eye drops are definitely helping. given the pain i was in yesterday and this morning, i'm not going to make the mistake of not taking the eye drops on a daily basis. i've learned my lesson.
 
Hear Again said:
thanks, nika! <smile> i'm starting to feel better already, so the eye drops are definitely helping.
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Oh I didn't realize you missed a day of eye drops or something. Glad you're back on track though.

If you don't mind me asking, do you only have one ophthalmologist? (I have several.)
 
Nika said:
Oh I didn't realize you missed a day of eye drops or something. Glad you're back on track though.

If you don't mind me asking, do you only have one ophthalmologist? (I have several.)
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i may not have been clear in my last post. one of my older opthalmologists originally diagnosed me as having dry eye. he prescribed eye drops at the time, but i never took them because i didn't think they were necessary.

now my eyes are watering and hurting, i've been diagnosed again with dry eye by my current opthalmologist and was prescribed eye drops.

now that i know what the pain is like, i'm going to make sure i take the eye drops daily.

yes, i only have one opthalmologist. since the only eye condition i have is rop (retinopathy of prematurity) and i'm totally blind, there's no sense in me seeing more than one. i could see a retinal specialist, but since i don't want to have surgery (which isn't available for retinal diseases anyways), having a standard othalmologist is fine with me.
 
Nika said:
That makes sense. I was just curious. But it makes sense. I'm glad your Dry Eye is being treated.
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if my current opthalmologist ever recommends that i see a retinal specialist, i might do it, but that depends on the reason why. i don't want to have surgery nor do i want to constantly be told how much better my life would be if i could see. i'm perfectly happy as a totally blind person. it's all i've ever known and as the saying goes, you can't miss what you never had. <smile>
 
Hear Again said:
i'm perfectly happy as a totally blind person. it's all i've ever known and as the saying goes, you can't miss what you never had. <smile>
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I couldn't agree more. Even when I was sighted, to be honest, as weird as this may sound to a lot of folks, I missed being blind. I'm perfectly fine returning to blindness--it feels like going back home.
 
Nika said:
I couldn't agree more. Even when I was sighted, to be honest, as weird as this may sound to a lot of folks, I missed being blind. I'm perfectly fine returning to blindness--it feels like going back home.
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i can understand that -- especially if you were partially sighted. i know alot of people with low vision or who are legally blind who would rather be totally blind so they didn't have to live in between two worlds. i have a strong appreciation of that because one of my best friends who has albinism had 20/200 vision and was considered a high partial. although she was able to function well, she did have constant headaches and light sensitivity. i couldn't help but feel bad for her daily struggles.
 
Hear Again said:
one of my best friends who has albinism had 20/200 vision and was considered a high partial.
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I've heard a lot of stories of low vision and partially sighted folks that feel stuck between two worlds, just like Hoh can feel stuck between hearing and Deaf worlds.

I think that the blind and Deaf communities should accept VI and Hoh since the sighted and hearing communities are so bad (as a whole) at accepting anyone different from them.
 
Nika said:
I think that the blind and Deaf communities should accept VI and Hoh since the sighted and hearing communities are so bad (as a whole) at accepting anyone different from them.
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i agree!

unfortunately, members of both communities don't always understand the other and think one disability is worse than another.

what we need are more forums like this where we can help educate others about deafness, blindness and deafblindness.
 
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