New Eyeballs

During an eye examination two weeks ago, I found out that my pupils were of a rare size. All these years I've been told that my vision was slipping, when in fact in wasn't. 20/16 vision. Yep, I can see through walls and clothes. But over-sized pupils? 

Some people never see the light, many say, but as it turns out yours truly sees the light better than most. Too much, actually. Who knew that one's pupils could be too large; I didn't. 

So now I have these new glasses that supposedly control the movement of my pupils through limiting and enhancing how much light runs through them. For instance, during night driving I often find myself blinded, not because I am "night-blind", but because my eyes do not understand what to do with all the light. If it rains and headlights bounce off of the water. . . well, bad things happens. I need not to worry any longer.

To be honest, I don't know why I am blogging about this. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure why I blog at all. All I seem to do is babble about myself. So, here are some interesting eye-related facts for your enjoyment:
We should never put anything in or near our eyes, unless we have a reason to use eye drops. We would only do that if our doctor or parent told us to use them.

Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically.

Our body has some natural protection for our eyes. Our eyelashes help to keep dirt out of our eyes. Our eyebrows are made to keep sweat from running into our eyes.

Our eyes are very important to us, and we must protect them. We don't want dirt, sand, splinters or even fingers to get in our eyes. We don't want our eyes to get scratched or poked. That could damage our sight!

The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.

The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.

The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.

The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.

The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.

The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels.

The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.

Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.

Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men.

People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.

Men are able to read fine print better than women can.

(from http://www.funshun.com/amazing-facts/eye-human-body-facts.html)