Update on my eyes
 

Well today I got the good news. It looks like my eyes will be ok. Still haveing the occasional problem with them but all and all they are getting better. I have had more blood work and eye tests done to me then I care to ever go through again but man I can not imagine going with out my eyes!!! They gave me a very light scrip for reading glasses and they also think that my new truck having a white hood is reflecting a lot of light into my eyes that I am not used to. SO some very good glasses for when out doors. You guys would not believe the tests that they can do on your eyes it is really cool. I got to see laser pictures of the back of my eyes. Kind of interesting. SO I have to go back and do check ups but all seems ok. I just wanted to thank all you guys for the kind words emails and thoughts while I went through all that crap. :D :D

Jon

good news, congrats :D

Audio,
Very glad to hear you are going to be OK, but what was the cause/story behind what happened? Can you summarize? I am looking into corrective surgery.

Hey, dont give us any of that white hood on the truck bull****,nice try!! we all know your eye problems are from spankin' it to too many porno sites!!!! :D :D

Sorry, had to........Im glad things are turning out OK :cool:

Hey Audio... take this to the bank...

THE BEST POLARIZED GLARE REDUCING GLASSES ON THE PLANET.

Buy a pair, dont delay... you wont regret it... I never have!

SEE you when you get here.

:eek: :D

Jon I am glad to hear everything is going to be OK. Forrest

Good news!!
Glad to hear you're going to be OK.
Take care of your eyes, you only get one set.
But you already knew that.

Glad to hear everything is going well!! :D

sounds like good news jon . . .now,just get some cans of flat black rustolium an paint the hood of your new truck and you should be fine :D :D :D . . actually if you want some good glasses for bright light try some CEBE glacier glasses . . i have a pair for winter climbing and i swear you can stare right at the sun with em (but dont :D ) . . later

Great news , Jon.

Great News, Audio! Glad to hear it. :cool:

Glad to hear your better.
As soon as those eyes get 100%, I'll take you for the final exam. Lace (or any other establishment like it) will do just fine.
It's the Audio/hooter test :eek:

Hey Dude that is great. See if they will write you a script for a paint job on the truck. LOL. I know a guy that got his doc to write one for a swimming pool due to handicap problems with his knees. Best wishes for a full recovery.

I was just thinking about you yesterday! Glad to hear that everything is OK. Also check out those glasses that Nick posted. They are the best. I have Revo h2o's and my buddy has the Maui Jim's, they are really good glasses! Both a little pricy though, but your eye's are worth it!

You know, it would be a shame not being able to go to lotto due to the glaring sun. :D

That's great. Good for you.

jon-

good news! i'm happy to hear that everything will be okay. now, be sure to rest those eyes, becuase they will be "full" at LOTO!!!!!!! :eek:

LOTO, LOTO, LOTO, LOTO........

chad

Jon,
Glad to hear the good news! :) Be sure to bring those glasses with you to LOTO! ;)

Jon,
Good deal!
You know what they say about the first sign of old age...
Your Viagra perscription should be ready any day... ;)

Thanks all next week I am going to go on a full on search for glasses. I should have gotten paid by some of my dead beat customers by then and if not I will barrow the money for glasses. As you all have said you only get one set of eyes. Nickslick I am looking into the Maui Jim's. My buddy has a pair and they are REALLY nice.

DJD any day you want my man I am in :D :D I am looking at a set of motors in GA for the boat and I know that Biggus is looking at a Boat at Lipsultz so if he winds up getting it and I get the motors and we both drive down together then I think we will have to make a detour :D :D :eek: :eek: See if I can get yelled at by the cops again :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Audio... go for the big fat pair...

no matter how gooe dthe lense is, you need FULL COVERAGE.

**** how they look.

I have TWO PAIRS. one for OCEAN that cover my whole eye, including sides... and then I have another pair for just lookin cool.

Great news audiofn. Glad to hear everything will be okay.

Good news, Jon. :) :)

Glad to hear you are doing better Jon :)

That's great news bro -- glad everything turned out well for you! :D :)

Glad the peepers are gonna be okay. :D

Sean :)

Glad to here that Jon, now if we can just get you to stop looking at the computer so much :D :D

Great news. You gotta get those eyes in shape if you're going to spend even a day in Southern California.

Good to hear man ;)

great news take care of those eyes :D

That's good news Jon.

I've had two pair of Maui Jim's and prefer the black lenses to the brown lenses. The brown just don't cut the brightness of the sun, but work well in haze.

The typhoon style did a great job of cutting the light, but I broke them. Sent in to the factory (in Peoria, Ill, oddly enough) and they were backordered on that style, and could not repair them. Sent me a catalog and told me to choose ANY model I wanted, even the most expensive one.

Yes, they are expensive, but that's great service.

Good Luck with your eyes.

What were you diagnosed with? Two years ago, I was diagnosed with optic neuritis, which is a swelling of the mylen around the optic nerve. The doc scared me when he said it is often a precursor to MS :eek: It has gotten better over the past two years, the only time I can tell it is there is when I get overheatd.

Glad you are on the way back, it is scary thinking you may go blind.

I have been having vision problems (blurred vission, unequal pupils some times) for over a year now. It all started one night when I had extreme pressure in my head similar to a migraine but without the pain. The doctors have not been able to diagnose me with anything so far. I was checked for everything including optic nueritis. What were you symptoms?

That's good news Jon. Take care of yourself. :cool:

G

Again thanks to everyone.

HavasuCat I do have a hydrosyphalic shunt. It drains fluid from my head to my stomch. My first thought was that I was having trouble with that. When that screwes up or breaks I will get double vision and painfull headachs so bad that I pass out. Thankfully that has only happend once to date. The eyes I was having my periferal vision was blurry and my eyes just over them were very sore. It was not comfortable to look at and still is not anything bright.

Jon

Great to hear Jon.... realize that you are only a stone's throw away from the best Medical Specialists in the country. One good thing about being clost to Bawston. --- John

Wow, sounds like it is very uncomfortable. I am glad to hear you are getting better, I don't think my problems are the same. Dealing with all the different doctors can be a pain in the ass, they all have there own opinions as to what is wrong. I guess when they say they are "practicing" medicine they really mean it. Thanks for the answer.

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