Just had my eyes screened!

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Wow, a very positive experience for me - just for the sheer fact that I got to see the photos and they where AMAZING! 🙂

Plus I didn't have to have drops, and also there was no 'immediate' things that he needed to flag up!

I'm actually looking forward to seeing more pictures now :D
 
Icey said:
Wow, a very positive experience for me - just for the sheer fact that I got to see the photos and they where AMAZING! 🙂

Plus I didn't have to have drops, and also there was no 'immediate' things that he needed to flag up!

I'm actually looking forward to seeing more pictures now :D
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Dear Icey,

I too found the experience much the same as you. These modern digital cameras produce fantastic images and the optician was more than happy to show them to me!

Regards Dodger
 
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.........Plus I didn't have to have drops.......
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I don't understand that Icey. Do you know why that was the case? Where did you go?

John
 
The pictures are truely amazing. If you ask and the optician is a good one, you get to see the pictures. Last time I had my eyes looked at I saw the pictures and had an in depth description of everything going on. It's great when that happens as it takes alot of the worry out of having them done.
 
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I don't understand that Icey. Do you know why that was the case? Where did you go?

John
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When I had my eyes done, she tried first of all without the drops but my pupils weren't open enough and she couldn't get a clear shot so the drops were a "last resort".. did not like them one little bit, I'd had them before when I was getting my eyes checked while my cataracts were "developing".. :(

Karina
 
I always have to have the drops. Not sure if it's because i'm weird or he just does it...

I usually get quizzed on what part of the eye we are looking at when he shows me the pictures.
 
katie said:
I always have to have the drops. Not sure if it's because i'm weird or he just does it...

I usually get quizzed on what part of the eye we are looking at when he shows me the pictures.
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So, as well as screening you get a pop quiz?! Sounds like as well as enjoying his job, he enjoys interacting with his patients - that's excellent! Do you usually have the right answers?

Karina
 
nice one icey the pics for me where amazing it was great to see them, , to did nto need to have drops and they said it was becuase of my age i was 26 at the time of the screening.
 
Great stuff, Icey 🙂

I remember getting my first screening done. First thing in the morning, then spent the rest of the day at the races with my sunglasses on, feeling a bit of a prat, because I couldn't read anything! :D
 
I have found that it is somewhat dependent on the person taking the photos. If it is a manual scan then most people need drops. For the photography if they let you sit in the dark for a few minutes before and between eyes there is usually no need for drops. If they are in rush-rush mode then they put in drops. I remember going to one routine screening and the woman put drops in whilst you were waiting and another dose ten minutes before. No "no drops" option! This was about 10:00 in the morning - it took till the evening until I could see normally again!
 
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Last 2 times I have had no drops and it was fantastic. I actually didn't have my eyes screened a few years because I hated the drops so much.
 
The last time I had it done the drops caused some soreness/infection in my eye. Had to get some drops or cream to sort it out.
 
karinagal said:
So, as well as screening you get a pop quiz?! Sounds like as well as enjoying his job, he enjoys interacting with his patients - that's excellent! Do you usually have the right answers?

Karina
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lol yes, because I remember from the last time I went 😉 It's the Macular!!
When he shines the light in my eyes he always asks what the wiggly lines are as if i'm five. "blood vessels?" lol.
 
No drops sounds a great option - just had mine done, routinely with drops - didn't sting as much as last time. It is great seeing the pics, although I didn't see them this time around!
 
He told me that they just do the 'drops' routinely, and said that next year when I come just to say that I didn't have them last time! 🙂

Worth asking not to have them, I think it would have put me off really badly if they are as bad as they sound - hate having things in my eyes!
 
I have my photographs on a CD. The first CD I had posted to me got lost in the post. Wonder if someone was disappointed when they popped it in their CD player!
 
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