Spectacles

Yesterday, I went to see an ophthalmologist.

Lately, I have been noticing that high-contrast visuals do not appear focused to me any more. Brighter objects tend to bleed and appear a bit blurry on the edges to a dark background. Stars in the night sky look slightly out of focus. I wouldn't have noticed the not-so-apparent visual aberration had I not thought of calibrating my vision using my old pair of spectacles (50-75) from five years ago. I'm not so sure why I decided to stop using the glasses.

So, yeah, yesterday I went to see an ophthalmologist. In the first visual test, they determined my grade to be 25-25 -- which is normal and near healthy. I insisted on a more thorough examination because I'm not comfortable with the way I see things lately, especially at night when looking at distant and bright objects. During the second test, it appeared that I have a 75-75 vision. That's not okay.

Speaking of spectacles, I myself was a spectacle to other patients in the medical center. My doctor asked me to walk outside of the clinic room wearing an adjustable pair of glasses with perfectly round shaped windows for five minutes to test my depth perception. At first I thought he was kidding. Urgh. I looked like a total dork. My longest five minutes...