Yes, it's s good thing you had a good eye doctor. He noticed probably flame hemmorhages and narrow vessels . Thats why we photograph every patient, even though most are ok.. just for cases like yours.
Unfortunately many of the "production type rx writers" more common in some areas and situations than others might have missed it and just add a quarter. It used to be called 7-4 out the door 7 and 4 representing 2 of 21 tests deemed needed at that time. Technology has changed some of this, but it is not being adopted in USA as much as other countries probably due to the political nature of groups like the AOA. Mike Katz On Sep 9, 2:25 pm, Ira Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad you caught that. > > I wrote a few days ago about getting your eyes checked regularly. I > don't know if it's just me, but it seems like there is plenty of > chatter about people getting their eyes checked in the forums. Since I > started on this path, I've gotten mine checked twice and it's so much > easier now knowing that there isn't a $300-$400 "eyeglasses charge" > attached to it. > > http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-mess-with-your-prescripti... > > Good luck, keep us informed. > > - Ira > > On Sep 9, 12:32 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've worn glasses for over 40 years and have been pretty diligent > > about getting my eyes examined every year or so. I pay the extra > > bucks for dilation and the visual field test, and even sprung for the > > retinal photograph 9 months ago (cool!). I've never had anything > > really wrong pop up other than my ocular pressure being a little on > > the high side. > > > Until now. > > > I was jonesing for some new (cheap) frames to feed my spectacular > > addiction, but had noticed that my up close vision wasn't that great, > > so I decided to have my eyes checked a little early before I plunked > > down $20 for a new pair of glasses. > > > My astigmatism had changed a bit but otherwise everything was peachy, > > until he looked at my retinas. "Do you have high blood pressure?" he > > asked. > > > Borderline high blood pressure was something I'd had for years (runs > > in my family) but had been controled with a diuretic. Recently it had > > gone way up because of a new medication I'd started (which I can't > > stop) so they added another drug for hypertension. I'm feeling great > > except that now I have BLEEDING IN MY RETINAS!!! > > > It looks like it's already resolved itself and he's going to look at > > it again in a month, but I'm just saying what you already know. They > > can tell a lot about your general health by what's going on in your > > eyes. Don't assume that just because you can see with your 4 year old > > glasses that you don't need to go to the optometrist. Every 2 years > > is minimum. Every year is better. Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
