Eye Check Up

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A "semi-doctor" a.k.a my sister who was in medical school back then diagnosed me as a (ill-fated) lazy eye patient many, many years ago. I completely forgot about that "diagnostic" until two week ago. So I told my mum, hey I want to get my eye checked. I do have a lazy eye who knows the muscles would progressively loosen then I am old, my eye would be unable to move? Mind you, my left eye has perfect vision while my right eye is a -3.25 and without my glasses, I still have perfectly clear vision. So off I went to have my appointment with an opthamologist, Dr. Ling.

At 8.15AM, I arrived at the specialist's clinic and there were already nearly thirty patients waiting for their turns. What the heck, this doctor has such good business. I had to stand for 2 hours because there were so many old patients. I guess learning Moral Studies in school does teach you a little bit about what to do when there are limited seats.

At 9.30AM, one of the clinic assistants made me read those numbers on a screen (the stuff you usually read when you get your eyes tested in at the optician's) and then, told me to sit outside and wait.

At 9.45AM, I laughed mentally at a lady with puffy eyelids. It was not her eyelids that I was laughing at. But rather at what she said about drinking water every night before she went off to bed caused her eyes to swell up over the night because all the water that she drank, flowed up into her head and accumulate in her eyelids due to her low pillow. Dad cracked one of his lame jokes when I told him about it in the car, "this is the concept of water pressure."

At 10.50AM, I went into the consultation room and Dr. Ling announced that I have very good vision for a person with -3.25 vision and that there is nothing abnormal with my eyes. Then I got very bright light shined into onto my retinas and stuff pressing my eyes to test the fluid pressure. He also added, that as a matter of fact, spectacles are not necessary for me and it's up to me to wear them or not since it is highly unlikely that my degree would increase. For that, my dad paid RM50.00 for the consultation and I wasted 3 hours waiting at the clinic.

Moral of the story:
This is what you get for listening to a "semi-doctor" a.k.a my sister and the second lesson you can learn, be a specialist, you'll earn lots of money. Third lesson, listen to your specialist.

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