It doesn't bother me one iota when they do it now but I really, really don't like the puff of air. 
Can't remember when the penny dropped about what it was measuring either - talkative lot my docs! Pauls post graft diary
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I wasn't warned the blue glowy thing was going to touch my eye either, infact I wondered at first if I had imagined it did. It doesn't bother me one iota when they do it now but I really, really don't like the puff of air. Can't remember when the penny dropped about what it was measuring either - talkative lot my docs!
It doesn't bother me one iota when they do it now but I really, really don't like the puff of air. Can't remember when the penny dropped about what it was measuring either - talkative lot my docs! -
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They prodden my eye with the little pen thing when I was at my pre-theatre assessment prior to eye number one being grafted. I think I disliked it most of all, next is the puff of air, and the method I dislike least is the blue glowy prodder.
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ps I like the new Avatars (The use of this word is an interesting metaphor: an avatar was an incarnation of a Hindu (or other) deity. Thus Lord Kirshna is an avatar of (I think) Vishnu.
The word literally means "descent of God", idiomatically rendered as "Incarnation"
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ps I like the new Avatars (The use of this word is an interesting metaphor: an avatar was an incarnation of a Hindu (or other) deity. Thus Lord Kirshna is an avatar of (I think) Vishnu.
The word literally means "descent of God", idiomatically rendered as "Incarnation"
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I feel more like a bin that is loaded to the very brim with lots of bits of unrelated detail. I just enjoy leaving nuggets around so that others will begin to help me bear the burden! 
By the way, does anybody know if I am right about Krishna being an Avatar of Vishnu? I'll probablky not sleep timight if I can't tracjk this down, and my copy of the gita is at our other address.
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By the way, does anybody know if I am right about Krishna being an Avatar of Vishnu? I'll probablky not sleep timight if I can't tracjk this down, and my copy of the gita is at our other address.
Andrew
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I was watching the 'Millinaire' programme once. the poor victim was up to the serious prize money. A question was asked. even before Mr Tarrant had read out the four options I had started to shout at the television.
Like most questions, the answer was easy if you knew what it was. If you did not, then the choice of one out of four was going to be a bit random.
the victim had only one life line left. "I'll phone a friend".
The magic of television allowed us all to thar the phone on the other end ringing out. It was answered. Mr Tarrant introduced himself and told the friend that there was a quesiton. The victim read out the question and the four options.
Silence ...
more silence ...
The clock was ticking as the silence continued
time ran out and no answer had been given.
So a lie line gone and the poor victim was left exactly where all this had begun. I continued to shout at the television, but to no avail.
The victim decided to guess.
The tension mounted as Mr Tarrant waitd to be told the correct answer.
"You had £125,000. You said "D". the music played to increase the ension. ... "D" is the wrong answer.
The music played a dimunendo to heighten everybody's sense of disappointment.
Still the victim did not go home empty handed. Will I be your "phone a friend".. If you can guarantee that the question about which you phone me is one to which I know the answer, I'd e glad to. Otherwise, em, I'd hate to be the cause of your failing to win the £1 000 000 prize.
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Like most questions, the answer was easy if you knew what it was. If you did not, then the choice of one out of four was going to be a bit random.
the victim had only one life line left. "I'll phone a friend".
The magic of television allowed us all to thar the phone on the other end ringing out. It was answered. Mr Tarrant introduced himself and told the friend that there was a quesiton. The victim read out the question and the four options.
Silence ...
more silence ...
The clock was ticking as the silence continued
time ran out and no answer had been given.
So a lie line gone and the poor victim was left exactly where all this had begun. I continued to shout at the television, but to no avail.
The victim decided to guess.
The tension mounted as Mr Tarrant waitd to be told the correct answer.
"You had £125,000. You said "D". the music played to increase the ension. ... "D" is the wrong answer.
The music played a dimunendo to heighten everybody's sense of disappointment.
Still the victim did not go home empty handed. Will I be your "phone a friend".. If you can guarantee that the question about which you phone me is one to which I know the answer, I'd e glad to. Otherwise, em, I'd hate to be the cause of your failing to win the £1 000 000 prize.
Andrew
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Just catching up with this thread.
OH NO THE PUFF OF AIR - I REALLY HATE IT!
Thankfully they dont use it at my Hospital, but I experienced it at Specsavers a few years ago.
I wondered if any other KCers suffered from this problem - When I have my eyes open they look pretty normal, but I can't open them any wider, no matter how hard I try!
Last time I had topography done, years ago, it took them forever, I just could not open my eyes wide enough!
OH NO THE PUFF OF AIR - I REALLY HATE IT!
Thankfully they dont use it at my Hospital, but I experienced it at Specsavers a few years ago.
I wondered if any other KCers suffered from this problem - When I have my eyes open they look pretty normal, but I can't open them any wider, no matter how hard I try!
Last time I had topography done, years ago, it took them forever, I just could not open my eyes wide enough!
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I am pretty sure they don't use the puff of air in hospitals. It seems to measure the time it takes for your eye to go back to its normal shape after it has been blown out of shape by the et of air.
I reckon this gives some guidance as to whether you may have problematic IOP, but no actual measurement. The different devices they use to prod your eye, in hospital, will give an actual vale to IOP and so they can say, if you are over or under the threshold, whether or no t you have glaucoma.
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I am pretty sure they don't use the puff of air in hospitals. It seems to measure the time it takes for your eye to go back to its normal shape after it has been blown out of shape by the et of air.
I reckon this gives some guidance as to whether you may have problematic IOP, but no actual measurement. The different devices they use to prod your eye, in hospital, will give an actual vale to IOP and so they can say, if you are over or under the threshold, whether or no t you have glaucoma.
Andrew
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