Sudden Eyesight Difficulty

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    Yes, we do, but I did that last time, so this is the time that I have to go in for it. Right now, I assume the DMV offices are closed but they probably won't be in August.
     
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    Speaking on Bureau of Motor Vehicles here in Ohio new and renewal licenses must sign up online to be one of the 50 person limit because of the COVID-19 restrictions. Also, I read that licenses that are about to expire are to be given an extension notified by mail I'm guessing. Talk about a wrench in a cogwheel. Am I even saying that right?:D
     
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    They might decide to give us an extension or to let us renew online again. I hope so because our assembly regulations are a 10-person limit, which could create quite a backlog for the DMV since those people aren't knowing for their efficiency, as it is.
     
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    How's the eyesight, Ken? Nurse Lois inquiring.
     
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    No more problems like I had the day I started this thread.
     
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    I'll take the migraine and pass on the detached retina.
     
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    Glad to read this. For that was my first thought, a detached retina.
     
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    i get that problem with my eyes also but it is a silent migraine----it starts out where i cant see all the faces on the t v--then i get the silver zig zag lines---
     
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    I did see my optometrist, sometime last week, and there's nothing major going on, and only a slight change to my prescription.
     
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    That type of news is always good:)
     
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    @Ken Anderson -- I have occasionally gotten "prisms" in my vision which are quite annoying. (Kind of zig-zag rainbows in peripheral.) I read a while ago that when on the computer for long periods to occasionally look across the room at something and focus on it for a minute or so. The eyes need a break from the computer screen. I have a TV across the room so I glance at it for a minute, then go back to the computer.
     
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    I have a couple of cats so I take several breaks from the computer. My new one, Bubba, will just crawl up onto my arms and fall asleep, immobilizing me for a half-hour or more. Once he's asleep, it's up to me to keep him from falling, I guess.
     
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    It could be an early onset of recalcitrant plebney...what's your age?

    Hal
     
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    when you renew your licence on line do you get a regular licence or just a paper with a seal on it
     
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