My eyes are gonna be just fine.

[giza]

I'm quite relieved.

I managed to get an appointment earlier today with Dr. K. Hmm, That won't work, there can only be ONE Dr. K. I'll call this guy Dr. K-2. Anyway, I dropped by the office a few hours ago and, did I mention it was the first time I ever visited an eye doctor? They put me through a bunch of tests including tests for color blindness and standard vision tests. Turns out that my vision has gone down to 20/30, but they said that's perfectly normal with age and I will not need glasses. I even managed to have a little fun on the paperwork I filled out. Under the heading that said "constitution", I wrote down "3d6". The nurse who interviewed me actually got it, but "didn't want to talk about things she did in her 20s".

Somewhere in there I was given eye drops to dilate my pupils, and then was taken into a darkened room, where the doctor shined a very bright vertical light into my eyes to examine the retinas. He said that the vitreous detachment was happening for me at a younger age than normal but other than that, my eyes are just fine. We discussed my workout routine, and he said that I was probably using the rowing machine at too high of a setting, which would cause increased inter-cranial pressure, and that's just not a good thing. He gave me a bit of a reality check by pointing out that I'm just not built like a weightlifter, and I should be doing more light exercises and cardio to build definition, rather than trying to build bulk. I think he has a point.

So, I'm going to take tonight off from the gym, and then resume my weight training tomorrow. I'll try a lower setting on the rowing machine for a longer period of time, along with lower amounts of weight at higher repetitions, and I'll see how it works out after 6 weeks.

Well, my focus is starting to return (yay for touch-typing!), so I guess that means I should resume working now.

Thanks for the well wishes, folks.

Comments

[delphi-of-clf.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you'll be fine afterall :).

And that poor self deprived nurse... :P.

[rustitobuck.livejournal.com]

Rowing machines didn't work for me. There's too much of me, and I either bust open the foot-straps or hurt my ankles.

Are you doing that for aerobic purposes? Could that be accomplished with a stationary bicycle?

[giza.livejournal.com]

> Are you doing that for aerobic purposes?

Mostly. That and a little muscle toning. Since I started on that, I have seen improvement in the muscles on my back.

> Could that be accomplished with a stationary bicycle?

Maybe. I used to use one, but it just wasn't enough of a challenge for me.

-- Giza... who sorta abuses himself when he works out. Ah yeah.

[zealianbadass.livejournal.com]

come trekking with me sometime XD. 4 day and 50 miles later, it starts to feel good ^.^

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, that's great news ^_^

[giza.livejournal.com]

Trekking? What's that?

[silverscalenaga.livejournal.com]

you know, Trekking... useing your type 8 shuttlepod to secretly go to exotic locations for a convention of star trekkers

[skippyfox.livejournal.com]

Mm, I recently was diagnosed with 20/25 in each eye with my glasses on, heh. Only because I saw a 'Q' where there was really an 'O'. You just need one mistake to fail an entire row of letters. o.o

[giza.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's close enough. An "O" is just a "Q" that has been circumcised, you know. :-)

[elfasi.livejournal.com]

Damn, makes me wonder about my gym routine, hearing about your experience.. Although I am fairly heavily built so hopefully I'm not at the same risk.

[giza.livejournal.com]

Something that I'm realizing is that "being heavy" doesn't necessarily mean "having a muscular build".

Both Dr. K and Dr. K-2 said that more reps at a lower weight would ultimately be more beneficial for someone like me.

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[elfasi.livejournal.com]

Well since the start, my trainer has been telling me I have the kind of build most body builders would give anything for and that I seemed to put on muscle very easily. He's been constantly impressed at my speed of progress on the weights so I guess he's right.

[netcrimes.livejournal.com]

Tsk, tsk, Tigger. Now, when was the last time you went to the dentist? Bad boy!

[giza.livejournal.com]

Last Thursday, actually.