Eyes Dilated
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
Atlanta, Georgia
April 19, 2017 10:59pm CST
My better half had an appointment today with his eye doctor. He knew his eyes would be dilated so I went with him to drive home. I carried my book by
Ann Rule about Ted Bundy and enjoyed a good read while I waited and was ready to drive when he came out. I went around to the drivers side but he said him eyes were okay. I can't understand that. When my eyes are dilated I can't see for the rest of the day and he gets in the car and drives home. Can you drive after having your eyes dilated.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
20 Apr 17
I can drive now if I have dark glasses or tinted inserts. They have changed the drops they use now so that vision doesn't stay blurry as long as it did years ago. I can even read while I'm waiting, and my vision goes back to normal much faster now. I do like to protect my eyes from the light.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
21 Apr 17
@RubyHawk I started wearing glasses when I was six, and I remember through the early years (1949 and many decades after) we used to get at least two sets of drops and we'd have to wait what seemed like forever between the first and second set. Then we'd get the exam and then it would take hours for the pupils to return to normal size. Now I can go in and be out within an hour. It's so much easier now.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 17
I dont' drive so I wouldn't know but I do know they tell you not to drive for atleast a half an hour afterwards.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Apr 17
@RubyHawk Yes, entirely so. Especially with drivers today. I do not drive, but I have witnessed so many reckless drivers.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Apr 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I see reckless drivers ever time I go out. It gets scary on the highways.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
20 Apr 17
My doctor won't allow any of us to drive after having our eyes dilated. My eyes are brown and only take a couple of hours to return to normal. My husband had blue eyes, and his always took the rest of the day and night to come back, so he really hated it. And I could never blame him for that.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
21 Apr 17
@RubyHawk Our ophthalmologist had once mentioned to us that eye color really does determine how long eyes stay dilated. I found that fascinating. I do hope the new drops are better! I've sometimes found that, after coming home from an eye appointment, a nap is the best thing to do.
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@AmbiePam (120685)
• United States
20 Apr 17
I never could, and neither could my mother. My mom's eyes always took three days to go back to normal after being dilated. I remember I once went with my dad to the eye doctor, and we both had our eyes dilated. He thought for sure he could drive okay because he had done if before. But the entire way home he kept commenting on how hard it was to drive, and what a bad idea it had been to drive right after having them dilated.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Apr 17
It is just a matter of getting used to the dilation. I can see it is just that my eyes feel weird.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 17
@RubyHawk ......I understand and agree. Men have to be manly though.
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@toniganzon (77121)
• Philippines
20 Apr 17
I have never had my eyes dilated. I'm not sure how I would feel.
Does the doctor allow driving after that procedure?
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
20 Apr 17
Im the same with not driving. But heard not to drive yourself
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
20 Apr 17
Not safe at all some can be stubborn though glad all was OK
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
21 Apr 17
@RubyHawk I guess it might not effect all the same
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Apr 17
After I had my cataract procedures, I now understood what having eyes dilated mean. I used to wonder what it means. With me, after my eyes are dilated, there is a little blurring of vision only so I yes, I can drive but it was my husband who normally does because I am not very good in driving.
@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
21 Apr 17
I have. I had to wear these big sunglasses thoughave to block most of the light coming in.
