My First Eye Exam Essay

She then asked a question no one had ever asked me before. “Does it bother you?” Yes, it did, and it had been bothering me for years. As a teenager, I avoided the summer sun and dreaded

My mother came into to check the results. I was ordered out of the room, but I lingered outside so I could eavesdrop on their conversation. "It seems your son is unable to see some colors. He cannot differentiate red, yellow, and colors within that range. To him, those are just black and

As kids you always learn that some words are just bad to say publicly, but I’ve always embraced being a four-eyed pridester! Though pridester isn’t exactly a real word, it encompasses all the joy that having an extra set of eyes brings to me daily. However, this journey hasn’t always been easy and glasses can get in the way of daily life. Let’s start with not having glasses equipped with wiper blades. Do you know the angst that I feel every time my glasses become covered with a smoky smog during the winter, summer and rainy days. I go from utilizing four eyes to being visually impaired. And let’s not talk about how many times someone wants to try on your glasses. Like hello? I do need these things so that I won’t run into a wall. Also, let’s not get me started on the cleaning process. Every two seconds I’m breathing onto my lenses with a strong dragon-like breath to wipe them with my t-shirt, blouse, or even my grandma’s hanky. Can you say exhausting? And grandma

One of the challenging obstacles I have overcame was my appearance. Growing up I developed a lazy eye. My parents had retained this from me and I found out in a harsh way. Hatred was the feeling towards the fact that my parents did not tell me, but I assumed that it was for the best. Even if it was for the better, I felt worthless and depressed. Unlike a common person, I assumed that I had limitations.

I have also come to realize that this particular practice focuses more on disease and disease prevention juxtaposed to only offering refractions and other optical solutions. This type of practice is what interests me most in the field of optometry. Having extensive experience in the health field, namely the field of pharmacy, I was unsatisfied with the level of patient interaction and patient care a pharmacist can convey toward his/her patients. I understand the field of pharmacy is more complex than that of a local practice and that I may have been in a particular situation, but I wanted to have more of a connection with those in need. Being able to see patients at the clinic progress through treatment is what drew me even closer to the field after I started observing. I know the field of optometry can give me the opportunity to have a direct effect on patients and their ocular health. Which is why I have never wanted anything more for myself then to have the chance to become an

I did as she said, placing my chin in the weird machine, watching a house go in and out of focus. The woman who was testing my eyes told me to move over to the next machine. I did so, and placed my chin on the holder that she indicated. Something that felt like a bullet of wind shot into my eye, and I jumped. The lady laughed and sent me to another room. A man came outside and called my name. I went inside the room, and sat in this chair that looked like a dentist's chair, putting my chin up again. The man clicked through lenses.

I had noticed that her eye moved a little slower and reflected light differently, so, consumed by curiosity, I let her continue. “When I was about four years old,” Annabelle elaborated, “I had cancer called Retinoblastoma and had surgery to remove my eye.” I was stunned; we had known each other for over a year and never had she indicated that she could only see with one eye. Fascinated by her resilience and inspired by her continually positive attitude, Annabelle marked the beginning of my decision to become a Pediatric

Over time it became clear that I did not dread the appointments at the Oregon Health and Science University hospital which specialized in eye care. The building looked out on a tree lined street that was like a painting in the fall as kids with the same eye problems sat in the waiting room. My charismatic, kind, surgeon, Doctor Stout, answered inquiries and interpreted complex terminology patiently, pun intended, while the anesthesiologist made me laugh. In essence, I felt at home. Considering myself someone with an “elderly” issue quickly shifted and sparked a new ambition in me to explore a career the medical

Junior year was especially bad, since (I’m almost embarrassed to admit this) my boyfriend broke up with me. Additionally, my parents finally separated. Both tragedies were inevitable and unavoidable, but that didn’t lessen the tears. Now, what’s really annoying is that when I cry, even for just a few minutes, my right eye swells up and develops this weird extra fold. The spring semester of my junior year, my eyes were almost permanently imbalanced, which, you know, was extremely attractive. Who doesn’t love it when their eyes are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT shapes?

When people think of people with glasses, they usually think they are very intelligent. They don’t realize who's behind those those glasses, but instead, people judge the person by their appearance. In the novel Lord of the Flies, the character Piggy was known as the fat boy with the glasses. All the kids on the island made fun of him for his glasses, but little did the boys know, the glasses help all of them get rescued. Without those glasses, there wouldn’t have been a fire for the pig roast, or a fire that had helped them be saved.

“It is amazing to me that, despite the variety of beautiful contacts lenses that have been developed today, people will still come up to me and compliment my eyes, often asking if they are real. One memory that I have kept with me is of an old lady who was partially blind but when ever she’d see me, she’d grab my arms, peer right into my eyes and then a big smile would break out on her face and she’d say, “Blessed child. You have beautiful eyes!” The old lady – unfortunately I never learned her name, she was always Ma’am to me - was the sister of my close friend’s mother and had come to Canada from Lebanon to visit a friend. She’d walk around her block and my friend and I would often encounter her on our own excursions. I never really knew

My motivation to learn more about the eye and its processes, as well as neuroscience and optical diseases are just two of the subjects I look forward to learning more about from the optometry program. Learning more about the body and its processes has been the most interesting subject for me. Ever since my parents began developing illnesses, such as diabetes, I have been determined to better understand the body’s

He noted this to his partner and he replied chuckling “Then take your glasses out of your pocket,”

“For six years I do not stare at anyone, because I do not raise my head” (44). Thus, this proves that the effects of her blind right eye, affected her in numerous ways, such as her self-esteem and

     Macular Degeneration is a problem in the part of the eye that controls your sharpest central vision. It is a group of diseases that result in a loss of detailed vision. The brain will not just leave the spot empty, so it learns to fill it in with spotty macular cell damage. People most of the time don't tell their doctors (opthalmologists) about it until it is well in advance.