Artists,don`t fear the eye doctor!

In September at the age of 37 I had my first complete eye exam and first pair of glasses ever.I had basic exams throughout my school years but never a full on exam.

In the 8th grade my vision started to get a touch fuzzy but I never did anything about it. Having had a lot of operations through my life util my teen years I got sick of doctors and developed a fear of"what will the doctors find if I go to one again?".

Over the years I guess my vision steadily got worse slowly bit by bit and I never really realized how bad it had gotten until the exam when the optometrist part of the test where she did the part of the test where she used the Phoropter for the "Same?Better?Worse?"part of the exam and I eventually saw things perfectly clear for the first time since 8th grade.

A week later I picked up my glasses and put them on and it was like a whole new world as I saw leaves as individual leaves,signs weren`t blurry,the smallest details were sharp as a tack.

I have not done any of my photography really for at least the last couple of years or so.Apparently my bad vision had a lot to do with that without me realizing it until I noticed myself gaining new inspirations from things I was seeing and actually started to pick up my cameras that have been gathering dust.

So,fellow artists...if you find yourself with any vision problems but are afraid of doctors or what they might find,go see your eye doctor.

I found out that my eyes are perfectly healthy outside of the blurry vision.

Also, I feared the glaucoma test because of the puff of air being shot onto my eye but this doctor did a much simpler test where they touch something to your eye to test the eye pressure.The doctor uses a simple eye drop to numb your eyes so you don`t feel anything.

If you schedule an eye exam just look for an eye doctor who uses the non-air puff test.