{"id":530,"date":"2005-06-15T23:36:14","date_gmt":"2005-06-16T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2005-06-15T23:36:14","modified_gmt":"2005-06-16T06:36:14","slug":"blinded-by-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Blinded by the light."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went to the eye doctor today, and I could have sworn I saw him last year. I guess it&#8217;s been TWO years since I&#8217;ve been in and I&#8217;m really supposed to go every year. However, every year they tell me something different so I&#8217;m not really surprised that I&#8217;m surprised. My contact prescription hasn&#8217;t changed, but I guess having CML means he needs to check my retinas every year. He also wrote me a prescription for Patanol, an incredibly expensive eye drop that make my eyes quit itching almost immediately. Finally, some form of hay fever relief! He said the only real problem with Patanol is that you have to rob a bank to get a refill. Anyway, I told them that my focus was getting bad and they told me to buy some reading glasses to wear with my contacts. Or don&#8217;t wear contacts when I&#8217;m looking at things close up. In either case, I&#8217;m just aging. Beats the alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing eventful at the gym. Just saying hello to people I recognize including the Asian lawyers (they&#8217;re either lawyers or architects and I&#8217;m guessing lawyers) and a neighbor who has been slacking lately. Oh, and sweat-boy&#8217;s lady friend who looks a little like Carolyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to the eye doctor today, and I could have sworn I saw him last year. I guess it&#8217;s been TWO years since I&#8217;ve been in and I&#8217;m really supposed to go every year. However, every year they tell me something different so I&#8217;m not really surprised that I&#8217;m surprised. My contact prescription hasn&#8217;t changed, but I guess having CML means he needs to check my retinas every year. He also wrote me a prescription for Patanol, an incredibly expensive eye drop that make my eyes quit itching almost immediately. Finally, some form of hay fever relief! He said the only real problem with Patanol is that you have to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=530\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blinded by the light.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}