Risk blindness, or COVID
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@Optimistic said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer
I broke down and finally made an appointment to get my knee checked out a few weeks ago.So how'd it go?
@Aqua-Letifer
A little tear in the meniscus, which Dr. Mask-less McHandshake thinks can be healed with some PT sessions and strengthening around the knee. I was told it’s better to keep running as much as feels ok. I’ll take that! -
At my recent eye appointment with the optometrist who Trump doesn't like, I kept fogging up the machine I was looking through, because of my mask and how it directed my exhales, and the guy had to keep leaning in to wipe it off.
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@Aqua-Letifer
A little tear in the meniscus, which Dr. Mask-less McHandshake thinks can be healed with some PT sessions and strengthening around the knee. I was told it’s better to keep running as much as feels ok. I’ll take that!@Optimistic said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer
A little tear in the meniscus, which Dr. Mask-less McHandshake thinks can be healed with some PT sessions and strengthening around the knee. I was told it’s better to keep running as much as feels ok. I’ll take that!Do, but don't overdo. Take care of yourself...
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@Optimistic said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer
A little tear in the meniscus, which Dr. Mask-less McHandshake thinks can be healed with some PT sessions and strengthening around the knee. I was told it’s better to keep running as much as feels ok. I’ll take that!Do, but don't overdo. Take care of yourself...
@Jolly
The heat and my aging dog not being able to run as much as she used to are helping to keep me in check. -
Well that was interesting.
Eye stuff: I have migraines. Only not the "icepick to your brain" kind; at least not usually. A weird kind that make you see strange crap from time to time. Related a bit to my eye thing, but so far not at all threatening. Just a side effect of particular physiology. I gotta go back in December, though. Which, drag.
COVID stuff: The staff were taking this 100% seriously. I can't think of a way they could have been more careful. And almost all of the patients were, too. One or two jackasses, but I didn't have to deal with them because of how they set up the office. This really surprised me because it's the first instance I've seen in this area of people being careful.
Please love yourself.
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@Catseye3 said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
So just to nail it down, no bad news on the pigment dispersion thing?
Correct. But bad news could happen basically any time and oh by the way, I could have no symptoms whatsoever. If I lose my eyesight, it can happen in a way that I'd never know until my next doctor's visit. So, best I can hope for is try to notice if things start to get weird, and keep going in for appointments.
Which, y'know, keeps things interesting.
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Well that was interesting.
Eye stuff: I have migraines. Only not the "icepick to your brain" kind; at least not usually. A weird kind that make you see strange crap from time to time. Related a bit to my eye thing, but so far not at all threatening. Just a side effect of particular physiology. I gotta go back in December, though. Which, drag.
COVID stuff: The staff were taking this 100% seriously. I can't think of a way they could have been more careful. And almost all of the patients were, too. One or two jackasses, but I didn't have to deal with them because of how they set up the office. This really surprised me because it's the first instance I've seen in this area of people being careful.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
Well that was interesting.
Eye stuff: I have migraines. Only not the "icepick to your brain" kind; at least not usually. A weird kind that make you see strange crap from time to time. Related a bit to my eye thing, but so far not at all threatening. Just a side effect of particular physiology. I gotta go back in December, though. Which, drag.
COVID stuff: The staff were taking this 100% seriously. I can't think of a way they could have been more careful. And almost all of the patients were, too. One or two jackasses, but I didn't have to deal with them because of how they set up the office. This really surprised me because it's the first instance I've seen in this area of people being careful.
Those are ocular migraines...And, hey, you may be one of the lucky ones...If you have vision symptoms before the migraine pain hits, you may be able to head off the migraine.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
Well that was interesting.
Eye stuff: I have migraines. Only not the "icepick to your brain" kind; at least not usually. A weird kind that make you see strange crap from time to time. Related a bit to my eye thing, but so far not at all threatening. Just a side effect of particular physiology. I gotta go back in December, though. Which, drag.
COVID stuff: The staff were taking this 100% seriously. I can't think of a way they could have been more careful. And almost all of the patients were, too. One or two jackasses, but I didn't have to deal with them because of how they set up the office. This really surprised me because it's the first instance I've seen in this area of people being careful.
Those are ocular migraines...And, hey, you may be one of the lucky ones...If you have vision symptoms before the migraine pain hits, you may be able to head off the migraine.
@Jolly said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
Those are ocular migraines...And, hey, you may be one of the lucky ones...If you have vision symptoms before the migraine pain hits, you may be able to head off the migraine.
Actually, that's the prodrome to a classic migraine. The "scintillating scotoma," or flashing lights are a sign that blood flow to the visual cortex is being compromised. Compromised because of vasoconstriction. It's the vascular dilation that stretches the meninges that causes the actual headache which usually follows. If you catch it early, some anti-inflammatories can mitigate, or in my case, abort the development of a full-fledged migraine headache.
An "ocular migraine" is something different, where there is actual vision loss or blindness that lasts an hour or more.
https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.htm
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@Jolly said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
Those are ocular migraines...And, hey, you may be one of the lucky ones...If you have vision symptoms before the migraine pain hits, you may be able to head off the migraine.
Actually, that's the prodrome to a classic migraine. The "scintillating scotoma," or flashing lights are a sign that blood flow to the visual cortex is being compromised. Compromised because of vasoconstriction. It's the vascular dilation that stretches the meninges that causes the actual headache which usually follows. If you catch it early, some anti-inflammatories can mitigate, or in my case, abort the development of a full-fledged migraine headache.
An "ocular migraine" is something different, where there is actual vision loss or blindness that lasts an hour or more.
https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.htm
@George-K said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Jolly said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Risk blindness, or COVID:
Those are ocular migraines...And, hey, you may be one of the lucky ones...If you have vision symptoms before the migraine pain hits, you may be able to head off the migraine.
Actually, that's the prodrome to a classic migraine. The "scintillating scotoma," or flashing lights are a sign that blood flow to the visual cortex is being compromised. Compromised because of vasoconstriction. It's the vascular dilation that stretches the meninges that causes the actual headache which usually follows. If you catch it early, some anti-inflammatories can mitigate, or in my case, abort the development of a full-fledged migraine headache.
An "ocular migraine" is something different, where there is actual vision loss or blindness that lasts an hour or more.
https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.htm
Basically I see a whole bunch of bright, starry splotches, but not accompanied with a headache. So which might that be? Doc just told me it's not serious.
