Don't it make my hazel eyes brown?
I had an appointment with an opthamologist today. My optometrist visit (the first one in 7 years & way overdue) had resulted in my optometrist being worried about some 'defects' in my field of vision test & some overly large optic receptors, both of which might be signs of glaucoma. Or, as she hastily assured me, might just be due to the extreme near sightedness I had before my lasik surgery.
After having a couple of different assistants run me through different tests & dilate my eyes (which are still very dilated & I can't really read what I'm typing right now) the actual opthamologist finally came in, introduced himself & told me that while the tests weren't conclusive, he was 90% sure I have glaucoma and he strongly recommended that I start taking some eyedrops.
Apparently there are a number of different drops available, but given my young age & that we're going to try to stave off blindness for 40 years or so, he was recommending a rather strong drop which has potential side effects like adding redness to the white of my eyes, some small irritation, and in rare cases - changing the color of one's eyes. It happens more often in people who have hazel or green eyes & it turns them brown. One of the other side effects is that my eyelashes might grow longer. So there's a plus ;-).
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