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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 370614" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>"IOW" = "in other words".</p><p></p><p>Something I found out the hard way - the top eye specialists sometimes are not good at writing prescriptions for glasses.</p><p></p><p>I've had glasses since i was 8 years old. From the very first, my mother had me seen by her ophthalmic surgeon. We would wait for hours (I always knew an eye doctor appointment meant the rest of the day off school!) and I would be seen in a darkened room by an old man who smelt funny, while my mother sat nearby (thankfully). Then afterwards we would cross the road to the optometrist who would fit me for new glasses.</p><p></p><p>Year after year we went through this routine. Then when I was living independently, after husband & I were married, I did the same thing - kept seeing ophthalmic surgeons for my glasses. </p><p>We moved to a new area and I did what I thought was the best thing to find a new eye doctor - I asked the new GP, who wore glasses, where he got his glasses from. I figured a GP would know who was good.</p><p></p><p>It was a few little things that began to niggle. I got my glasses as usual and by this time, because I am so short-sighted, my specs were taking longer to be made up and costing a lot more. I collected my specs and they just didn't feel right. I went back to the eye doctor who measured my new glasses, checked my eyes and said, "These glasses have been made up wrong. I'll talk to the optometrist, these were not made up according to the prescription I gave you." He even went on to say, "Optometrists try to do this job but really, you are always best off getting your prescriptions from someone who is an ophthalmic surgeon, because we are always more accurate. We've had more training."</p><p></p><p>And I believed him, especially when I saw the optometrist arguing about the specs. But he gave way in the end, thank goodness. I didn't want to pay twice for specs that were not my mistake.</p><p></p><p>A few more years passed and again, I had another problem with m specs. Not so bad tis time, but gain it was a mistake in the glasses when they arrived. So I changed optometrists. By this time the kids were seeing an optometrist (because their eyes were not so bad as mine, they didn't need the specialist, I told myself) and the kids were very happy. I also was very happy with how thorough this guy was, so when I was due for my next check-up, I went to the optometrist. Cheaper. Faster. Better.</p><p>Then I mentioned a problem I had with my eyes, the optometrist said, "That needs assessment by an eye specialist," and sent my back to my previous ophthalmic surgeon. The eye doctor dismissed the problem, but wrote a new prescription for me. I took the new prescription to my new optometrist ho instead of immediately making them up, did a mock-up in those modular test frames of theirs and had me look through them. Yes - at last I had proof that the eye doctor was slovenly, a liar, and a bully who persuaded the previous optometrist to be the fall guy when the eye doctor as the one who got the prescription wrong. I've never been back to that eye doctor since, even tough when I had my recent eye problems, several doctors tried to refer me to the bloke.</p><p></p><p>I needed a new eye doctor, so I asked the optometrist to recommend someone good with retinas.</p><p></p><p>I am now very wary, when a new prescription doesn't feel right. And I never throw out my old lenses. I'm surprised anybody does, especially optometrists. I'd go back there and loudly nag. "Check your rubbish bins, check your pare lenses box, find out where my old lenses are because they must have been sent somewhere. I need them NOW. There is something wrong an I need something to see with NOW while YOU fix this mistake."</p><p>Did you know that your specs can be 'read' to see what prescription they actually are? This can be compared with your prescription, to see if what was ordered is what was made up. If that matches, ten you go back to whoever wrote the prescription and say, "Is this really what my eyes should have? Because these feel wrong."</p><p></p><p>Better yet - ask the optometrist to check your prescription by checking your eyes. Then ask him to check your specs, to see if they were made up correctly. If there is a discrepancy, go after ho is responsible. They owe you a new pair of specs. Be prepared for the eye doctor to be responsible but not accept it.</p><p></p><p>Oh boy, have I been there! My glasses cost about A$1000 a pair now. I can't afford mistakes.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 370614, member: 1991"] "IOW" = "in other words". Something I found out the hard way - the top eye specialists sometimes are not good at writing prescriptions for glasses. I've had glasses since i was 8 years old. From the very first, my mother had me seen by her ophthalmic surgeon. We would wait for hours (I always knew an eye doctor appointment meant the rest of the day off school!) and I would be seen in a darkened room by an old man who smelt funny, while my mother sat nearby (thankfully). Then afterwards we would cross the road to the optometrist who would fit me for new glasses. Year after year we went through this routine. Then when I was living independently, after husband & I were married, I did the same thing - kept seeing ophthalmic surgeons for my glasses. We moved to a new area and I did what I thought was the best thing to find a new eye doctor - I asked the new GP, who wore glasses, where he got his glasses from. I figured a GP would know who was good. It was a few little things that began to niggle. I got my glasses as usual and by this time, because I am so short-sighted, my specs were taking longer to be made up and costing a lot more. I collected my specs and they just didn't feel right. I went back to the eye doctor who measured my new glasses, checked my eyes and said, "These glasses have been made up wrong. I'll talk to the optometrist, these were not made up according to the prescription I gave you." He even went on to say, "Optometrists try to do this job but really, you are always best off getting your prescriptions from someone who is an ophthalmic surgeon, because we are always more accurate. We've had more training." And I believed him, especially when I saw the optometrist arguing about the specs. But he gave way in the end, thank goodness. I didn't want to pay twice for specs that were not my mistake. A few more years passed and again, I had another problem with m specs. Not so bad tis time, but gain it was a mistake in the glasses when they arrived. So I changed optometrists. By this time the kids were seeing an optometrist (because their eyes were not so bad as mine, they didn't need the specialist, I told myself) and the kids were very happy. I also was very happy with how thorough this guy was, so when I was due for my next check-up, I went to the optometrist. Cheaper. Faster. Better. Then I mentioned a problem I had with my eyes, the optometrist said, "That needs assessment by an eye specialist," and sent my back to my previous ophthalmic surgeon. The eye doctor dismissed the problem, but wrote a new prescription for me. I took the new prescription to my new optometrist ho instead of immediately making them up, did a mock-up in those modular test frames of theirs and had me look through them. Yes - at last I had proof that the eye doctor was slovenly, a liar, and a bully who persuaded the previous optometrist to be the fall guy when the eye doctor as the one who got the prescription wrong. I've never been back to that eye doctor since, even tough when I had my recent eye problems, several doctors tried to refer me to the bloke. I needed a new eye doctor, so I asked the optometrist to recommend someone good with retinas. I am now very wary, when a new prescription doesn't feel right. And I never throw out my old lenses. I'm surprised anybody does, especially optometrists. I'd go back there and loudly nag. "Check your rubbish bins, check your pare lenses box, find out where my old lenses are because they must have been sent somewhere. I need them NOW. There is something wrong an I need something to see with NOW while YOU fix this mistake." Did you know that your specs can be 'read' to see what prescription they actually are? This can be compared with your prescription, to see if what was ordered is what was made up. If that matches, ten you go back to whoever wrote the prescription and say, "Is this really what my eyes should have? Because these feel wrong." Better yet - ask the optometrist to check your prescription by checking your eyes. Then ask him to check your specs, to see if they were made up correctly. If there is a discrepancy, go after ho is responsible. They owe you a new pair of specs. Be prepared for the eye doctor to be responsible but not accept it. Oh boy, have I been there! My glasses cost about A$1000 a pair now. I can't afford mistakes. Marg [/QUOTE]
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