Eye dilation test, how much can they do after?

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DC has an optician appointment this afternoon at 4.20, where they will do an eye dilation.

we have the chance to go and watch a live event later on today at 6.30, which will last about an hour. It will be seated. Can anyone who has done one before advise whether he will actually be able to see anything, and/or be likely to be uncomfortable, or if it would be better to go home

many thanks

Wearing sunglasses if it's indoors will be fine

He won't be able to drive
Outside might be hard

Sounds a bit of a rush to me. Get there 4.20, say a hour for the appointment (longer if it's at the Eye Hospital) then that only gives you an hour till the show. When I had one eye dilated my vision was still quite affected an hour later.

I had my eyes dilated a couple of weeks ago - took hours for them to go back to normal. It’s not just the light that is the problem your vision isn’t great either, realistically I would say no.

What's the live event? If it's something where seeing fine detail (like a ball in a sport game) is important, then I'd say no as the chance of vision being back to normal that soon is quite unlikely. If it's more like watching a band play where it won't matter if things are a bit blurry, then maybe.

I have this down regularly and can't see clesrly for 12-24 hours so depending in what the event isbi probably wouldn't risk it.

Can you move the appointment

It depends on the event. If there will be lots of bright lights he'll be squinting and may get a headache. If he needs to see fine details like on a movie screen then he won't be able to.

He will have plenty of vision to be able to navigate around a space or see you and other familiar people but probably wouldn't be able to pick someone out from a crowd unless he was quite close.

Yeah, take the sunglasses. Sight will be blurry but what’s the alternative, miss out completely?

Thanks all. The alternative is miss out completely.

the event is marching bands outside so not fine detail.

I’ve had this done loads of time. Usually the drops start to wear off after an hour or so - I have it done at the hospital and can usually drive back if I sit for an hour or so at the cafe. I think it will be fine. Maybe some sunglasses for glare.

He should be fine with that, will need sunglasses with as dark a lens as you can manage though. In bright sunlight your pupils contract to be very small to control the amount of light. His won't be able to do that so that sunglasses will stop him from having to close his eyes.

As long as he wears sunglasses he should be absolutely fine**.