Good eyes

[beige_alert]

My eyeglasses are getting old and just worn out, and before buying new ones obviously I figured I ought to get my eyes examined. It's been about 10 years, longer than I had thought. I saw the eye doctor this morning, it turns out I can see somewhat better than the average and there has been no measurable change in the lens prescription that I need. No glaucoma, no sign of cataracts, my retinas look just fine. My father had macular degeneration late in his life. The doctor said that besides genetics, which you can't do anything about, the biggest risk factor is smoking. I noted that I ran to work yesterday, 9 miles (14km) each way... She said that obviously the diet-and-exercise thing is pretty well taken care of in my case! (Endurance athlete visits the doctor, says that he isn't planning to take up smoking...) The only thing I've noticed about my vision is that the extreme close focus, not the reading or the fine work inserting the nano-emitter into the tiny sleeve into the tiny fitting sort of thing but the nose-almost-touching sort of thing that isn't really a practical important ability, isn't what it used to be, but, hey, I'm 39. So, all good on that front. I'll have to go eyeglass shopping.

I suppose I really ought to schedule a general physical exam, too. I mean, if the mass spectrometers get Preventative Maintenance visits from the service engineer, I ought to as well, right?