And chances are -- if you wear corrective lenses -- you're like me and waited too long for a check-up.
The problem with lasik is that the eye keeps growing and evolving and the lasik changes fade. Lasik can only be done once. It is better to where contact lenses, hard or soft, as possible.
I would not expect him to self prescribe the contact lenses.
With advancing old age there are many eye defects that can't be corrected by contact lenses or glasses, for example cataracts,or macular degeneration .
The problem with lasik is that the eye keeps growing and evolving and the lasik changes fade. Lasik can only be done once. It is better to where contact lenses, hard or soft, as possible.
Exactly. I’ve developed a large floater as well as some weird blur in the center of vision of one eye. I went to the eye doctor and they just shrugged
With advancing old age there are many eye defects that can't be corrected by contact lenses or glasses, for example cataracts,or macular degeneration .
I went to the eye doctor and they just shrugged and told me that the good news is that prescription hadn’t changed in 4 years. They had no suggestions for the actual problem.
There is a middle ground. First, auto-focusing cameras can focus on things in the scene that you would not focus on -- so they can get it wrong just as easily as you can. Plus, lots of auto-focusing cameras (all the ones I use) indicate with a light in the viewfinder, a beep, or whatever, when the subject is in focus -- even when focusing manually.
Third, when was the last time you had your glasses prescription updated?
Was that an optometrist or an ophthalmologist who told you that? If the former, I'd suggest seeing an ophthalmologist, who is a medical doctor specializing in eye disorders. An optometrist is just someone who prescribes glasses and contacts.
It's an office with both. I hear you but we have a lack of specialists here even though I am in the largest city of the state with the largest medical centers. I have a list of the problems I've encountered here already. 5 years ago I had a biopsy and they failed to notify me of the results or return my calls. I pulled the path report up through the portal and had to use "Dr. Google" to explain the findings and tell me I had cancer. While I like where I live, this kind of thing is pressuring me to relocate.
And I should mention that my spouse is dealing with retinal detachment and macular degeneration and seeing the only doctor who deals with that and he’s not taking new patients.
May I suggest you need to get a different eye doctor.Exactly. I’ve developed a large floater as well as some weird blur in the center of vision of one eye. I went to the eye doctor and they just shrugged and told me that the good news is that prescription hadn’t changed in 4 years. They had no suggestions for the actual problem.
xkaes said:
"First, auto-focusing cameras can focus on things in the scene that you would not focus on -- so they can get it wrong just as easily as you can."
You might consider, just pick the focus spot yourself instead of letting the camera do it. Choose and set the center AF spot and just focus with it. Focus and recompose.
Was that an optometrist or an ophthalmologist who told you that? If the former, I'd suggest seeing an ophthalmologist, who is a medical doctor specializing in eye disorders. An optometrist is just someone who prescribes glasses and contacts.
Not quite correct. There are optometrists who have taken advanced study and can treat some medical problems with medication and give proscriptions. My own optometrist provides intern training for such graduates. However, it’s possible that the availability for this level of optometrist varies from state to state. From my own experience, ophthalmologists are concerned with the medical condition of the eye, and not whether you can see or not.
Exactly. I’ve developed a large floater as well as some weird blur in the center of vision of one eye. I went to the eye doctor and they just shrugged and told me that the good news is that prescription hadn’t changed in 4 years. They had no suggestions for the actual problem.
I get floaters but they go away after a few days.
This just means that they have "floated" to a different part of the eye.
I see them most when I use a grain magnifier in the darkroom.
If you are looking for an animated reaction, ask an ophthalmologist about how they feel about optometrists being permitted to call themselves "eye doctors".
Over the past decade my vision gradually degraded due to cataracts in both eyes. Last year it got so bad that I really couldn't focus my SLR cameras at all and could barely use the rangefinders, even with eyeglasses. Very discouraging, but after cataract surgery it's like my eyes are suddenly 20 years old again, with sharp distance vision and bright, vivid colors. Of course, the downside is reading glasses for anything closer than 3 feet, but I think that's an acceptable trade-off.
Even several months after the lens replacement operation, I still find myself gazing in wonder at the twinkling stars and big bright moon that used to be either completely invisible or a vague, fuzzy blur. If your visual problems can be addressed with this procedure, I would definitely encourage it.
Optometrists cannot remove cataracts.
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