Posted on 08/08/2017 12:51:54 PM PDT by PROCON
So you went and looked at the full solar eclipse without proper eye protection, and now your vision is blurry, distorted or tinged with red.
What can your eye doctor do about it?
Short answer: Nothing. So don't.
Ophthalmologist Tomas Lopez of Eyecare Associates in Albany and Corvallis met with about two dozen mid-valley eyecare and health care professionals last week to go over information on the Aug. 21 eclipse and possible effects on patients.
While a quick glance probably won't hurt you — and while the sun can't be seen at all if you look directly at the coming eclipse during its two minutes of totality — there's no amount of time to look at the sun that's considered safe, Lopez said.
And to date, there is no cure for solar retinopathy, which refers to the damage to your retina that direct exposure to the sun can cause. Nor will pain be an indicator: solar retinopathy doesn't usually cause any.
If you're lucky, Lopez said, and you didn't look for long, that blurred or distorted vision might — repeat, might — clear up on its own, although that could be several months down the line.
(Excerpt) Read more at gazettetimes.com ...
What do I win ...?
Look at the bright side tho, there's less chance of sunburn during the eclipse.......
Oh well,if I had gone down it probably would have been pouring rain,thunder and lightening from the half hour before to the half hour after totality.That's how my luck tends to run!
It will rain here that day.
I’d bet on it.
Every interesting astronomical event here gets rained out.
Well, you’re down to three if that’s any consolation. :=)
When you hit “Post” leave it alone.
It may take a few minutes, but if you think it’s not working and hit it again, it queues up your “Post” strokes one after the other.
“Eclipse”
All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy,
Beg, borrow or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that’s to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
There is no dark side of the moon, really.
Matter of fact, it’s all dark.
Dammit.
That was to be the finale in my trilogy.
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Holy crap, you’re dangerous. Not happening to me, is your beeber stuned?
I remember a FR posting from about 10 years ago that claimed that the USA has over half of the worlds lawyers.
That heard needs a major culling.
Could you repeat that?
A big cyber hug?
Bonus points.
Who originally wrote and sang it?
You hit “preview” ONLY ONCE and when the preview comes up, you hit POST only once until your post is posted.......;.Sheesh!
You hit “preview” ONLY ONCE and when the preview comes up, you hit POST only once until your post is posted.......;.Sheesh!
You mean you thought - even for one second - that we weren't traveling the same road?
No,you've got it all wrong.Maxine Waters says that on that day DJT,anticipating immediate removal from office,will resign.
LOL, et tu Hot Tabasco?
She's proof positive that even a lunar eclipse will cause madness.............
Some of the best, most bizarre lyrical imagery, ever
Stuttering, cold and damp
Steal the warm wind tired friend
Times are gone for honest men
And sometimes far too long for snakes
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