My eyes are very bloodshot right now… I figure my hand web is healed enough now, so we’re back in the pool after school (no way am I letting Nefarious get in the habit of doing nothing but video games!). Swimming is one of my favorite things in the world. I love just relaxing under water, and I love the games we play as well — races and water acrobatics and faux synchronized swimming.
Speaking of my eye, I went in for a consultation for laser eye surgery. I haven’t decided yet whether it’s something I want to do, but I wanted to know if I was even eligible. It was the first time they’d ever seen a tattooed eye of course, but after various tests (curvature, pressure, and so on), it again showed no abnormalities or damage that they could find, and they assured me that it should make no difference on the surgery. That said, they felt they’d err on the side of caution and recommend PRK over LASIK because PRK puts less stress on the eye.
So anyway, more good news. I consider what happened with my eye (and I believe the same happened to a woman in New Zealand with UV eye tattoos) is the “worse reasonable case scenario”, and while occasionally nerve-wracking in its initial uncertainty, it’s really gone remarkably well.
[Side note: Nefarious is having a bath after we're swimming which is why I've got a chance to post. She just excitedly called me in -- "I can explain the faucet to you. The 'C' stands for 'cold', and the 'H' stands for 'hot'. That's why they have those letters but not the words!". Watching her learn to read, and discover the world through the eyes of a reader, has really been wonderful.]
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And speaking of kid stuff, nothing is cuter than Nefarious shouting “whoa-oh-ohhh” along with the Misfits I Turned Into A Martian!!!! Love it…
i live in NZ and wasn’t aware of the woman you mention over here, do you have any more info?
i cant wait until my nephews are old enough to be able to sing along to the Misfits!
i was told PRK is absolutely painful and uncomfortable. i went for a consultation about 9 months ago, and because my powers are still changing, i was told to come back in 6 months. it’s something i’m still keeping in mind, my friend had her lasik the friday after our consultation (in only 1 eye) and she is amazed at the results.
…I can’t even recall my name…
Anth – Another client of Howie’s.
Hey thought of you last night, National Geographic Channel is having a show on eye tattooing, wondering if you will be in it?
Nope — I *think* Josh is?
I remember how it felt when I decided to get a driver’s license and had to learn all the road signs and rules of the road (it made me realize what a reckless cyclist I used to be, too) – it felt wonderful to suddenly see and understand the signs everywhere. Learning to read must feel at least a little like that, I suppose.
Learning to understand/read a foreign language is a great experience, too.
I was watching Taboo from last week today and thinking about how I hadn’t read your blog in a long time… (Taboo was about body modification and included a segment on eyeball tattoos…) Anyway, I’ve also thought about lasik, but I’m a wienie!!
As for Little Big Planet, I just bought this for myself a few days ago – very fun indeed :-)
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