Did you have the lasik surgery? They discovered a little bit of bleeding at the back of my 'problem' eye.

I'm pretty sure I would require valium before I would be able to keep my eye open while they lasered it.

I did have lasik. The amount of valium they gave me made me remarkably blase about holding my eyes open while a teeny sharp knife sliced open my cornea so the laser could then shoot into my eyeball. The discomfort level was certainly bearable and the valium was AWESOME.

I'm glad they seem to have found the problem. Will the laser cauterize and stop the bleeding? That will clear things up for you, yeah?

Timelies all!

I went to see Elizabeth with my then-boyfriend who's a SCAdian and he complained about the inaccuracies the rest of the weekend. Oops. (He loved Shakespeare in Love, though. Probably since it didn't pretend to be accurate.)

I'm glad they seem to have found the problem. Will the laser cauterize and stop the bleeding? That will clear things up for you, yeah?

Naw, this is something new. The bleeding is the result of my body trying to route blood flow around the clot. The clot itself can't be fixed with the laser.

The bleeding didn't make my vision worse, but it resulted in a shitload of floaters.

(He loved Shakespeare in Love, though. Probably since it didn't pretend to be accurate.)

Oh, yeah, that I could totally suspend belief for.

Although the bits that they did include--like the character of Philip Henslow (there really was a theatre owner by that name and the actor, Ned Allyn, married his daughter) made me happy.

Naw, this is something new. The bleeding is the result of my body trying to route blood flow around the clot. The clot itself can't be fixed with the laser.

Gah. That sucks.

Ay yai, tommyrot. Good luck.

Ay yai, tommyrot. Good luck.

Thanks. If I understand correctly, a certain amount of bleeding is OK, but if there is too much it can cause problems, which is why they wanna deal with it right away. My retina is not detached or torn or anything (which is another side effect of what I have), which is good.

My retina is not detached or torn or anything (which is another side effect of what I have), which is good.

That's good. I hope it goes well. Remember to ask for a valium for the road. In my case, my mother was driving me home from the surgery so it was really a necessity.

For some reason today I have a flood of spam with zip attachments.

Our IT guy says it's a new virus.

For some reason today I have a flood of spam with zip attachments.

I got one from Zoic Studios. Which is just weird. It's, like, targeted spam.

Yeah, I'm getting those too. Good times.

If my professor hasn't posted an online assignment yet, and we're generally supposed to respond to the online assignment the weekend before our Tuesday night class, I can be safe in assuming there won't be one this week, right?

Also, I was making great progress on my paper, but my cat just sat down on all my papers, so now I can't work. Boo hoo.