Comments on: Eye yay yay http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Teresa http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42162 Teresa Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:29:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42162 This is why I stick to small operations for my eye exams. It's just ridiculous that they examined your eyes yet they aren't willing to give you a prescription! The fact that you already have glasses should most certainly have been a clue that they needed to at least have a record just for such an issue as having to replace lost glasses. For that matter I got a new pair of glasses about a week ago. When I travel I'm getting tired of trying to find small enough vials of eye solution that I can carry on with me. So, when traveling - contacts are out - glasses are in. I go to a small office, so I just call them and they have my records up before I can ask if I need to repeat my name. *grin* Good luck with the new glasses - to me it's always a scary proposition because I'm always afraid I won't be able to see out of them when I get them. LOL. This is why I stick to small operations for my eye exams. It’s just ridiculous that they examined your eyes yet they aren’t willing to give you a prescription! The fact that you already have glasses should most certainly have been a clue that they needed to at least have a record just for such an issue as having to replace lost glasses.

For that matter I got a new pair of glasses about a week ago. When I travel I’m getting tired of trying to find small enough vials of eye solution that I can carry on with me. So, when traveling - contacts are out - glasses are in. I go to a small office, so I just call them and they have my records up before I can ask if I need to repeat my name. *grin*

Good luck with the new glasses - to me it’s always a scary proposition because I’m always afraid I won’t be able to see out of them when I get them. LOL.

]]> By: Celtic Spirit http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42163 Celtic Spirit Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:44:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42163 Apparently in Georgia, the optometrists have been cozy with the state legislature, so no matter how much you are convinced that you don't need a new exam, and just want to replace an existing pair of glasses, you can't. It didn't use to be this way, but if your haven't had an exam in the last two years, you have to get one in order to get a new pair of glasses. Just protecting us I suppose. Yeah, right. Apparently in Georgia, the optometrists have been cozy with the state legislature, so no matter how much you are convinced that you don’t need a new exam, and just want to replace an existing pair of glasses, you can’t. It didn’t use to be this way, but if your haven’t had an exam in the last two years, you have to get one in order to get a new pair of glasses. Just protecting us I suppose. Yeah, right.

]]> By: DC http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42164 DC Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:46:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42164 There are so many things we take for granted, sometimes there‘s little choice. One hopes for the professionalism of the optometrist. I’ve noticed some rather ambiguous writing on some of my eyeglass prescriptions in recent years. I noticed because I got in the habit of keeping an optical prescription in my wallet to obtain free glasses at work. Recently I received the wrong drug at a pharmacy. It was hard to figure out who to contact. I started out with the County, then the Federal govt, finally I located something at the state government website. Some weeks later I had a chat with the investigator. He even came to my home. He was an ex police officer. His theory was that the drugs were next to each other on the shelf and they looked the same except the marking. They are supposed to check the marking, but nobody’s perfect. He did imply that complaining to my doctor would be the sensible route (the state website didn‘t have a specific place to go for this problem). It turns out the two drugs were very similar in what they do, so this incident doesn’t appear to be such a big deal. The investigator told me not to expect to hear much more about this and that they are discouraged from revealing a whole lot. I asked him if he had access to know any prescriptions I might have. He said yes. It makes sense. I surmise they need to know if maybe I could have gotten that drug somewhere else and got mixed up. There are so many things we take for granted, sometimes there‘s little choice.

One hopes for the professionalism of the optometrist. I’ve noticed some rather ambiguous writing on some of my eyeglass prescriptions in recent years. I noticed because I got in the habit of keeping an optical prescription in my wallet to obtain free glasses at work.

Recently I received the wrong drug at a pharmacy. It was hard to figure out who to contact. I started out with the County, then the Federal govt, finally I located something at the state government website.

Some weeks later I had a chat with the investigator. He even came to my home. He was an ex police officer. His theory was that the drugs were next to each other on the shelf and they looked the same except the marking. They are supposed to check the marking, but nobody’s perfect.

He did imply that complaining to my doctor would be the sensible route (the state website didn‘t have a specific place to go for this problem). It turns out the two drugs were very similar in what they do, so this incident doesn’t appear to be such a big deal. The investigator told me not to expect to hear much more about this and that they are discouraged from revealing a whole lot.

I asked him if he had access to know any prescriptions I might have. He said yes. It makes sense. I surmise they need to know if maybe I could have gotten that drug somewhere else and got mixed up.

]]> By: Mark H. http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42170 Mark H. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:42:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42170 Sounds like it'd be easier (and cheaper) just not to drive at night! Sounds like it’d be easier (and cheaper) just not to drive at night!

]]> By: Jim http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42189 Jim Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:11:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42189 I feel for you, Neo, and am delighted you've found one issue that cannot easily be blamed on the Democrats. Keep it up! I feel for you, Neo, and am delighted you’ve found one issue that cannot easily be blamed on the Democrats. Keep it up!

]]> By: Jason D. http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42213 Jason D. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:15:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42213 But wait 'til you see what happens if we get socialized medicine... But wait ’til you see what happens if we get socialized medicine…

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42216 neo-neocon Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:03:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42216 See, Jim, it can always be blamed on the Democrats! See, Jim, it can always be blamed on the Democrats!

]]> By: d neal http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42246 d neal Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:05:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42246 How to deal with the endless chain of choices phone menus? Do not respond, either by clicking on a menu choice or speaking, in the case of voice activated systems. Be silent, inert, even. Eventually, a real human will speak to you. When that happens, immediately bitch about the labyrinth you've been through. How to deal with the endless chain of choices phone menus? Do not respond, either by clicking on a menu choice or speaking, in the case of voice activated systems. Be silent, inert, even. Eventually, a real human will speak to you. When that happens, immediately bitch about the labyrinth you’ve been through.

]]> By: J. Peden http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42261 J. Peden Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:02:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42261 neo, I've had the same experience when my 2+ yr. old lenses went kaput due to scratches - the garden variety, non-glass lenses seem to wear out, conveniently, just after the refraction Rx becomes invalid. Luckily, I found some 15 yr. old glass lenses among my possessions - the frames had merely expired, with the lenses showing only a few speck-like scratches. I've worn them for 2+ more years now, the lenses are fine, and I have not died from undiagnosed hypertension or diabetes, which the optomotrists generously admit they should be sued for if they refill perfectly good refraction Rx's without doing another full exam = collecting some more money. I can't wait until we'll need a full podiatric exam just to get new shoes. If you don't get this exam, diabetes or any cause of peripheral vascular disease might be negligently "missed". So you might have a stroke, or a heart attack, lose a foot, etc., causing the Podiatrist to be successfully sued. The Podiatrists need to wise up. neo, I’ve had the same experience when my 2+ yr. old lenses went kaput due to scratches - the garden variety, non-glass lenses seem to wear out, conveniently, just after the refraction Rx becomes invalid.

Luckily, I found some 15 yr. old glass lenses among my possessions - the frames had merely expired, with the lenses showing only a few speck-like scratches. I’ve worn them for 2+ more years now, the lenses are fine, and I have not died from undiagnosed hypertension or diabetes, which the optomotrists generously admit they should be sued for if they refill perfectly good refraction Rx’s without doing another full exam = collecting some more money.

I can’t wait until we’ll need a full podiatric exam just to get new shoes. If you don’t get this exam, diabetes or any cause of peripheral vascular disease might be negligently “missed”. So you might have a stroke, or a heart attack, lose a foot, etc., causing the Podiatrist to be successfully sued.

The Podiatrists need to wise up.

]]> By: thudlike http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42262 thudlike Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:10:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42262 I just received a new pair of glasses in the mail ;progressive bi-focal lenses, tinted, etc etc for just over $50 . The prescription is spot-on perfect. Zenni Optical http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php They also sell prescription sun-glasses very inexpensive. Disposable eyewear at these prices. Might be worth getting a new script after 2 years though. I just received a new pair of glasses in the mail ;progressive bi-focal lenses, tinted, etc etc for just over $50 . The prescription is spot-on perfect.
Zenni Optical
http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php

They also sell prescription sun-glasses very inexpensive.
Disposable eyewear at these prices.

Might be worth getting a new script after 2 years though.

]]> By: SteveH http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42291 SteveH Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:51:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42291 There may soon be the higher priced lie detector exams to go with that eye exam. That way the eyeglass profession is protected from insurgent patients who purposely choose to subvert the eyeglass industry by falsifying answers to the "This....Or this" questions. There may soon be the higher priced lie detector exams to go with that eye exam. That way the eyeglass profession is protected from insurgent patients who purposely choose to subvert the eyeglass industry by falsifying answers to the “This….Or this” questions.

]]> By: Bookworm http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42465 Bookworm Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:03:04 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42465 I'm absolutely certain, based on intuition not actual knowledge, that you can blame the lawyers for this one. You just know that someone sued an optician for failing to advise him that, after the passage of some specific period of time (two years, apparently), he shouldn't have been driving while wearing his old glasses. I’m absolutely certain, based on intuition not actual knowledge, that you can blame the lawyers for this one. You just know that someone sued an optician for failing to advise him that, after the passage of some specific period of time (two years, apparently), he shouldn’t have been driving while wearing his old glasses.

]]> By: Teri Pittman http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42615 Teri Pittman Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:41:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/09/14/eye-yay-yay/#comment-42615 The other thing is that, while you can typically get dental coverage at your place of work, they seldom seem to give you vision coverage. Now, I will grant you that it is nice to be able to eat and get your teeth cleaned for free. But if I don't have glasses, I can't even drive to work. The other thing is that, while you can typically get dental coverage at your place of work, they seldom seem to give you vision coverage. Now, I will grant you that it is nice to be able to eat and get your teeth cleaned for free. But if I don’t have glasses, I can’t even drive to work.

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