Walleye

Storm blew in about eight last evening, soaking the ground again. Lovely week to have off, so we can watch the skies. Drove up the canyon for breakfast, then further up to watch the black clouds boiling up and pouring over into ravines and canyons.

Not quite what we'd planned, but it fed our souls, and meant we didn't have to drive so far, and be far from home while still unwell.


(This is a mirror image.)

This morning, up for my eye exam. I struggled and gave contradictory reports to the optician. "Is this better or is this better?"


"Um, I don't know. That one?"

"It's the other one that you rated best earlier!"

She tried several different tactics, even a different machine, and had the Doc see me before dilating my pupils, thinking it was perhaps an eye muscle problem. He came in, asked a couple of questions - "Is it painful?"

"Not really. Achy at the end of a day trying to focus."

"Were you cross-eyed as a child?"

"No, nothing like that."

He left, she came back in and did drops and the glaucoma test, still baffled, assuring me that he was not as worried as she was, so that's generally good.

The wait for my eyes to calm, then he looks in, shines lights, has me focus on a chart while I looked at his ear. Then the "ah, yes, as I figured" nod.

My left eye has the opposite of cross-eye. Tends to look out, and I struggle to get it moving in enough to focus in. Sort of wall-eyed. He used professional words, Exophoria with Convergence Insufficiency. Probably had it as a kid, and it went unnoticed. And there are exercises, Pencil Push-ups, proven to strengthen the muscles.

You know when someone hits the truth of a problem, and it just feels right? Yeah, like the ptsd diagnosis, a big old ah-HA! That's it, that's the ticket! My prescription has not changed, I don't need new glasses, it's a muscular problem.

Best, "Most eye exercises are bogus, but this one has actual studies and seems to work most of the time. There was an old book from about about eye exercises, and it's bunk."

I mentioned that I knew about it from my brother, who also believed in the power of pyramids and sold Amway. He thought that was pretty funny. He mentioned adding prismatic correction, or surgery, but since my hand went up at exercises, he figured we'd start there, with a chuckle.

"I am all over this." I assured him.

Don't have to get new glasses. No disease process, a weakness that can be improved. I'm there. Should see improvement in a few months.

The stuff I learn, wow.

Eyes still a bit blurry and sensitive, but it's raining again, which is helpful.