The human eye did not evolve for this

Location Doctor's waiting room, Camden | Mood Chastised | Date 19 March 2007
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Author (full name): 
Franny Armstrong
Location: 
Doctor's waiting room, Camden
Mood: 
Chastised
Soundtrack: 
"Whenever, Wherever" on the Ipod. Reminds me of Jamila & Adnan as we've cut their reunion scene to it. Not that we'll be able to afford to use it on the actual film.
Ailments: 
Still got the headache
Date: 
19 March 2007

Best Pal marched me off to the doctor after coming over to pick up her share of the organic veg delivery - how very neighbourly - to find me typing away with a scarf wrapped round my head blocking off one eye. I explained that the headaches get unbearable whenever that eye looks at a computer, so the interesting headgear is the only way to carry on working.

The doc started off sympathetically asking after my symptoms but as soon as I replied "minimum 12 hours a day" to his "do you use computers?", he put his pen down, stopped taking notes and said "the human eye did not evolve to spend 12 hours looking at a computer". (If I'd been wearing a headscarf/cross would he have said "Allah/God did not create the human eye..."?) Without even asking what I do he said that if I thought my work was important enough to damage my eyes for, that's my decision, but there's no point me wasting his time.

Off I went empty handed, no drops, no pills, no nothing.