i have to get a fields test done, what is this? I would have asked the doctor when he called, but I was half asleep http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/yawn.gif

Hi bluesnowflake, fields is where they test to see if you can see properly over the whole visual field.
you stare into a sort of half globe thing (unless the one I was tested on was old fashioned LOL!) anyway, tiny bright, less bright and dim lights come on briefly one at a time all over the inner surface and you sit there with your chin on a rest staring into the thing, straight ahead, and trying not to blink http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif Every light you see, you press a button. They get a map of your visual field from this and can tell if there is an area you cant see or see dimly. good luck!

cool, thanks! I like pressing buttons, this will be the easiest health thing I have done all year...

Actually you hold a buzzer in your hand and press that when you see the light. It's a breeze all right.

I've had two kinds of field tests--one, the machine is automatic and flashes lights, the other, a doctor or assistant controls the light. The second kind is way easier.

Torre