eye drops & the drive home
I don't know about the rest of you...but when the doctor/assistant tells me I CAN drive home (with sunglasses) after getting drops...I want to tell him that yes, I can, if I want to take my own life into my hands. The one time, in Seattle, it was beginning to get dark and I seriously don't know how I made it home. I was terrified!
Last month, here in San Antonio, I almost had an accident trying to merge with blurry, dilated eyes. Even with super dark sunglasses on (mine PLUS the wrap-arounds provided by the doctor's office), I could barely see and kept taking one off, putting it back on, praying all the time.
I will call Lyft to get me home rather than risk my life from now on. The money is worth it!
For those of us who DON'T have partners to drive for us and have to get on the freeway, we need to NOT believe these eye doctors and staff when they say 'no problem'!! Sure, it's 'no problem' if you live around the corner. I don't know why ophthalmologists and their staff are so sanguine about it. I'd like to put eye drops in THEIR eyes and send them out the door in busy, crazy traffic, merge, make U-turns and cross from the left lane 4 lanes to the right lane, which is exactly what I had to do! Maybe then, they would stop sending you out the door with their wraparounds. Or at least they'd say 'Good Luck'!😐
I could but the last time they gave me drops, it was over 4 hours before I could focus... and it was six hours before I felt back to normal. I can't wait in a restaurant that long. And depending on what time of day it is, I may have to worry about it getting dark...or that god-awful rush hour. But thanks for the suggestion 😀 Happily, I don't have to go through this again until January 10th of next year when I have to see him again. For sure, this time I'll do Lyft!!😀
Is there any way you could have someone drive you? There is no way I could drive myself. I usually ask for an eye patch because between the eye drops and glare the distortion is unreal. @Brown Eyed Girl, I ask for an eye patch to be placed over my eye regardless of the weather. Sun makes it feel awful and even bright light or light in general bothers me. I keep the patch on until I get home ( usually in about an hour) then I take it off and gently splash warm water on the area and use a clean washcloth.
I didn't know enough to ask, at the time, if I had dry or wet AMD. He didn't offer that information. I'll just wait till next year, I guess.
Well, THAT'S a relief!!! 😀
At our hospital (UK) they give strict instructions not to drive for 6 hours telling us that insurance is null and void if we drive within that time and have an accident.
the clinic I go to won’t give injections if you don’t have a driver. I have dry but can barely find my car after dilation. Regards, Sharon Moore patient leader Our hospital is the same. They ask how you are getting home before they take you down to the waiting area and again before they give the drops.
