See that funky slash of red veiny gross across my left eye? No...it's not a hangover...it's a pterygium. There are medically noted reasons for getting them, but for the most part it has to do with exposing your eyes to sunlight, dust, UV rays and in my case, as the eye doctor guy told me...staring at screens too long. This may be something future generations of gamers have to deal with, or hopefully it will make parents more aware that their children need to learn about proper eye care at a younger age. Sunglasses are good...don't screw up your kids eyes.
Ok, lie to me and tell me this isn't gross. I know that no one is trying to be hurtful, but I am so tired of people asking if I'm hungover or if I got scratched in the eye by a lanyard at a gaming event. I've actually been on internships where I was asked by a peer if I had a "rough night out" the night before and I explained myself, but wondered how many times people didn't ask and just assumed that I was hungover.
I was told that removal was a possibility but that there was a chance it would flare up again, even worse.
So what would you do? The thought of eye surgery creeps me out, but this hurts, and is possibly keeping me from being taken seriously.
Well I think a cool pirate eye patch would work but probably not appropriate for most job interviews :) On the other hand if you feel better for a long period of time after surgery it might not be a bad thing to get it fixed. You would have to see if you could have the surgery over again if it did happen to come back? There are multiple questions, write them down, make an appointment again and weigh things out. Either way, extremly pretty!
ReplyDeleteI would go with the surgery. I mean it would be like a laser thing right?
ReplyDeleteWhat are the risks during surgery? If there wouldn't be a chance of vision loss it might be worth considering. Or you could just always star at people making them look until the finally ask and then flail your hands up in the air and walk away.
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