Blimey!
I had a hilarious one once - had the snap done in the morning, one eye stung much worse than the other - and went back to school with one eye bonkersly wide and black, and the other pupil nor nearly so massive. Other kids kept grabbing their friends to come and view the spectacle of the lopsided druggy weirdo!
Am sure I'll wake up with the eyes I'm used to - I'll be 100% normal by morning.
Tiny rural community hospital for this appt, but I did expect there to be more than just me! Usually it's rather busier. And at my annual review clinic at the much bigger general hospital there are scores of us!Interesting that your clinic has loads of dropouts @Snapsy - I've never been to an empty DECS clinic at St Thomas. It's always packed.
What is the advantage of having these tests done at a hospital clinic rather than alongside the normal optician's eye test?
.Hi folks!
Snapsy went for her eye snap today! I'm currently getting ready for a committee meeting and hoping the blurry disorientation (and mild seasickness!) wears off soon.
I was the ONLY patient in the waiting room for the whole 25-minute period I was there. Apparently 'people don't turn up'. I take monitoring, advice and education very seriously. So I don't ever not go. After all, if I am developing problems I want to know about it so I can take action.
And how else would I get the opportunity to have eyes as wide as THIS ONE for six hours, hmm?
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I asked this question at the hospital. They said that apart from using the drops, they use a better camera and the photographs are examined on a large high resolution monitor by people who are specially trained.What is the advantage of having these tests done at a hospital clinic rather than alongside the normal optician's eye test?
Got mine on Monday, my first time. Lost my sunglasses should I buy some to wear?
Its similar in my area - there is a panel of opthamologists who re- examine any of tthe photos that cause concern / question for the first tier examinersI asked this question at the hospital. They said that apart from using the drops, they use a better camera and the photographs are examined on a large high resolution monitor by people who are specially trained.
The local community clinic do have much better equipment than the average optician and also the images are analysed by people who specialise in retinopathy. They also used to measure eye-pressure to rule out glaucoma but stopped doing that since the service was contracted out to a private provider. When I asked they said I have to go to my optician for that. That is quite mean for a test which takes less than a minute!What is the advantage of having these tests done at a hospital clinic rather than alongside the normal optician's eye test?
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