Theogirl
05-01-2008, 02:02 PM
I'm repeating this because it was buried in another thread and I wanted to get more feedback...
Last night I was a meeting with my family. About half way through, I went to focus on the speaker, and my eyes weren't working! I could see color, and a general shape, but I couldn't focus on the face, I couldn't make out anything other than a swirl of color. In panic, I looked around me. Across the aisle, I couldn't focus on someone's face. I knew there was dark hair, a light face, but no more details. I could only see in my peripherals! I went outside for some fresh air and to try to calm my panic. It was only slightly better without the fluorescent lights. When I came back, I tried to rest my eyes a bit. Things started shifting into tunnel vision. I could see what was directly in my line of vision as clear as can be, but everything not in that tunnel was just a roaring swirl of color, then in my peripherals, nothing at all! I was really freaking out because I had lasik surgery back in August and I wasn't quite convinced I wasn't going blind! I had a good look at each of my sweet kids' faces to try and memorize them just in case. I told my DH what was happening and he just held my hand. It was like that swirling, shifting, dark and color mass right before you black out, but I never did. I closed my eyes again for about 10 seconds and all of a sudden, my vision was entirely returned! What a freaky experience! I had a blazing headache behind my eyes and in my temples the rest of the night, and it lingers this morning. But when I woke up this morning and looked out the window, my vision has never been so clear and sharp!
Now how's THAT for detox?? I'm assuming that I was doing the going backwards through my symptoms thing. At least I'd heard of such a thing, so I wasn't as freaked out as I might have been otherwise.
Last night I was a meeting with my family. About half way through, I went to focus on the speaker, and my eyes weren't working! I could see color, and a general shape, but I couldn't focus on the face, I couldn't make out anything other than a swirl of color. In panic, I looked around me. Across the aisle, I couldn't focus on someone's face. I knew there was dark hair, a light face, but no more details. I could only see in my peripherals! I went outside for some fresh air and to try to calm my panic. It was only slightly better without the fluorescent lights. When I came back, I tried to rest my eyes a bit. Things started shifting into tunnel vision. I could see what was directly in my line of vision as clear as can be, but everything not in that tunnel was just a roaring swirl of color, then in my peripherals, nothing at all! I was really freaking out because I had lasik surgery back in August and I wasn't quite convinced I wasn't going blind! I had a good look at each of my sweet kids' faces to try and memorize them just in case. I told my DH what was happening and he just held my hand. It was like that swirling, shifting, dark and color mass right before you black out, but I never did. I closed my eyes again for about 10 seconds and all of a sudden, my vision was entirely returned! What a freaky experience! I had a blazing headache behind my eyes and in my temples the rest of the night, and it lingers this morning. But when I woke up this morning and looked out the window, my vision has never been so clear and sharp!
Now how's THAT for detox?? I'm assuming that I was doing the going backwards through my symptoms thing. At least I'd heard of such a thing, so I wasn't as freaked out as I might have been otherwise.