I was a bit worried about getting to the clinic and back because the streetcar wasn’t running normally today, but Trimet did a great job filling in with shuttle buses (and also, everyone else on the streetcar was going to the same place because my morning appointment was just in time for the 8AM shift.
I think I pretty much failed miserably on all tests of 3D vision; a circle seemed to be coming toward me in one of eight examples, and the fly that was supposed to look three-dimensional wasn’t. The ophthalmologist set me up with an appointment with a specialist – someone who works with strabismus, or in her words, an ‘alignment doctor’, because her tests confirms that my eyes really do not work together. Her exact words were something like ” well, if your binocular vision is just barely hanging on by its fingernails and then something happens to disturb that…” (i.e. I had LASIK in 2009 – just to clarify, I think my Taiwan LASIK doctors were perfectly competent, but the connection between my eyes and brain was always a bit iffy and this might have tipped it). So no concrete help at present, but it’s nice to have confirmation and a possibility of future help. It feels good just to have a confirmation of something concrete that’s wrong, and could be a root cause of my driving issues.
Also, apparently I have the bare beginnings of cataracts, which are unusual at my age, but nothing to worry about at present.
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I don't have good binoculor vision any more -- a "wrinkle" in the retina -- but you have about thirty years to go before you're like me.
When my best friend's mom had LASIK, her brain had to undergo some pretty extensive adjustments, because she'd had cataracts that were so bad that she had never had the possibility of 3D vision before...so when suddenly both of her eyes worked, things looked awfully strange to her for quite a while. I don't know if she's ever gained the ability to process 3D information.
My experience with the Portland bus system indicated that it was pretty good! I believe you can search for public transit directions with Google Maps. You'd still have to keep in mind that rule of thumb I learned from my dad, which is that public transit typically takes 2 to 5 times as long as a direct driving trip. On the other hand, bus time can often be a good time to get some knitting done.
Also, bicycling should be pleasant in Portland, too. Slightly more hilly than the Netherlands, but that's why people put gears on bicycles. :-)
I hope your issues get fixed soon!