Leadinglights
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You must be lucky if it only takes an hour to wear off, more like four hours for me, that would be lots of cups of coffee.
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The diabetic eye test
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I tried that - I'm computer bound and it was a no go. Luckily my appointment was mid-afternoon so I only lost an hour or so of work in addition to the appointment. Even walking home was interesting - I couldn't read any of the road signs at all.
As with many things diabetes related, it depends ...
- it depends what time your appointment is
- it depends where your appointment is
- it depends what your job is
- it depends how flexible your employer is
- it depends how bad your reaction is to the drops
I am lucky that my appointments are always within walking distance of work, I have a flexible employer and my reaction is not too great.
I usually reserve an appointment in my work calendar for the time of the appointment and an hour later. I may schedule a phone call after 30 minutes that but not something where I need to look closely at. I will not book important meetings for a couple of hours but can catch up with colleagues and answer my phone.
I would not consider booking a whole day off for any diabetes appointments and make up time whilst absent from my desk even though my manager says it is not necessary.
trophywench
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Approx 4 hours for me too.
PattiEvans
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I worked in town and the eye test was just around the corner from the office. So I walked back to the office. Every time someone came into the office I shared with another woman they complained about the awful smell. It was an hour or so before I realised I had stepped in a huge pile of dog poo in my blinded state.
trophywench
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..... so did the lady you worked with in that office, get her sense of smell sorted out, thereafter? 🙂
Wow, never had sight problems as described. Pupils are dilated so let in more light. So wear sunglasses. As someone else said have a coffee, have a meal. Health and safety has gone overboard. Have never had any vision problems. I guess everyone is different. If you can't see clearly, maybe get your sight tested at an optician ?
I disagree.
In the past, I have worked with an incredibly good software developer ... who was blind.
I have visited a restaurant where all the cooks and waiters were blind.
David Blunkett, an ex-MP and Home Secretary is blind.
BlueArmy
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My wife has stargardtz disease and is registered partial sighted and had her license revoked in a terrible uncaring/brutal way by the DVLA who send a standard letter regardless if your medically unfit or criminally guilty.
Stopping every bus is her modus operandi and she hates it as well, although every bus driver where we live now knows her and are used to it.
Losing your sight is terrible in many ways - but not being able to drive anymore ripped her apart. the worst. Its the biggest fear I have from diabetes- if my eyes go, were up the proverbially lake without the paddle.
BlueArmy
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Yet your on a forum dedicated to health improvement and you’d be devasted if one of your friends or family were killed by a wreckless driver!!
Its illegal and morally repugnant to drive when your impaired due to medication - and if the doctors say don’t drive and you do, you have no defence and you have to live with the consequences of the outcome forever- although plenty of time to chew it over in a cell or on the bus for several years when your released!
4 hours it takes me before I can use a computer following the test, so i’d be inclined to not drive for at least that long.
Lighten up; it's a joke line.
Other examples:- I used to be indecisive but now I'm not sure.
Or:- I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
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Lighten up, what set you on fire?Lighten up; it's a joke line.
Other examples:- I used to be indecisive but now I'm not sure.
Nah, bad taste.
Inka
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Life is too short already without having yours and the lives of those you love put at risk by reckless drivers….
trophywench
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Well FWIW it certainly didn't read to me like it was posted in jest either. It is why we have smilies available or in any case we can type (joke!) after the full stop.
I've never ever worked with anyone blind not have either of my husbands or my personal friends - though of course I remember David B and his guide dog, even when I didn't live in Coventry but knew a Cov City Councillor and she knew him union rep I think before he was on the Council and then an MP - and there is a blind (or poorly sighted) chap on TV News sometimes on political reports - but surely my memory recalls them specifically for the reason that 'that's unusual' rather than being commonplace? Dunno. Never known any software developers, computer programmers sighted or otherwise or to my knowledge visited such a restaurant. Though I have heard in the past that enhanced sense of smell can be (legitimately) be 'exploited' in eg blending of food, drinks and perfumes - of course I have no knowledge whatever of them - so I've never denied that there are jobs which the blind can do perfectly OK. Going back in time to both telephone plugboards and audio typing - yep - is precisely why the home keys on this laptop keyboard still have the raised bits on em! However neither of those jobs are commonly available by now.
I've never ever worked with anyone blind not have either of my husbands or my personal friends - though of course I remember David B and his guide dog, even when I didn't live in Coventry but knew a Cov City Councillor and she knew him union rep I think before he was on the Council and then an MP - and there is a blind (or poorly sighted) chap on TV News sometimes on political reports - but surely my memory recalls them specifically for the reason that 'that's unusual' rather than being commonplace? Dunno. Never known any software developers, computer programmers sighted or otherwise or to my knowledge visited such a restaurant. Though I have heard in the past that enhanced sense of smell can be (legitimately) be 'exploited' in eg blending of food, drinks and perfumes - of course I have no knowledge whatever of them - so I've never denied that there are jobs which the blind can do perfectly OK. Going back in time to both telephone plugboards and audio typing - yep - is precisely why the home keys on this laptop keyboard still have the raised bits on em! However neither of those jobs are commonly available by now.
BlueArmy
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Fair enough, it was lost on meLighten up; it's a joke line.
Other examples:- I used to be indecisive but now I'm not sure.
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As long as you don’t drive until things have gone back to normal that’s fine. My eye screening operatives always make a point of checking that I’m not driving afterwards.
The NHS says not to drive for anything up to 6 hours.
Diabetic eye screening - What happens
Find out what happens at a diabetic eye screening test.
www.nhs.uk
Even if you don’t get the blurred vision, the sensitivity to bright light (even behind sunglasses) could catch you out and temporarily obscure your vision.
This isn’t ‘normal’ blurred vision, that exists all the time, it’s specifically related to the effect of the drops, which resolves as they wear off - so it wouldn’t help going to the optician 🙂
Sally71
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My daughter had her retinopathy test today. She’s only 15 so not legally old enough to drive anyway, but we had a very interesting conversation with the woman who did the test. She didn’t put any drops in my daughter’s eyes at all, which of course pleased her greatly, and said that up to about age 21 you can just about get away without using the drops. She also said because my daughter has brown eyes she was reluctant to give her drops - apparently the more pigment you have in your iris, the slower they dilate and contract. So if you have blue eyes they probably go back to normal much quicker, which presumably means you can see again sooner too. I’ve never heard that before! Shall we have a poll on what colour everyone’s eyes are and how long it takes them to be able to see again after their eye test and see if there is any truth in that statement?
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