Mastermind Group

Over the last several months, we have been holding a Mastmind Group studying the tenets of Jim Rohn's a year in success. We have been really exceited about the discussions that have been generated among the participants. The topics have included, marketing, networking, spirituality, health and diet. If you're interested in attending, please text me at (951) 206-1747.

The next two meetings will be at my office at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, January 31 and February 7. The office address is 7211-A Haven Ave. Rancho Cucamonga. We're in the Ralphs's shopping Center at Baseline and Haven. The sign over the office says "optometry."  We hope to see you.

 

A great quote from Jim Rohn is:  "Work Harder on yourself than you do on your job."

The Importance of Frame Adjustment

When a patient receives their glasses, sometimes they have trouble seeing.  Assuming the prescription in correct, the next thing we look at is the way the frame is fitting on the patient.  If the frame is sitting far away from the patient's eyes, this could cause a problem of distortion, especially on high prescriptions, particularly bifocals.

Speaking of bifocals, a poor adjustment of the frame could put the bifocal in the wrong position leading to patient discomfort.  Another area of adjusstment that's impoartant is how the frames are tilted on the patient.  We generally try to match the tilt of the frame to the tilt of the patient's old frames.  If it's the first time the patient is receiving glasses, we have a good idea on how we want the glasses to fit and adjust the frames accordingly.

Lastly and just as important, if the frame is not adjusted for the patient correctly,  this could discomfot of the ears or nose.

Patient Comfort

There are times when we give patients a prescription which they could see clearly with but are not comfortable.  Their eyes may feel tired with them or they may get headaches.

Sometimes we have to look at the old prescription and modify the change we gave them.  Sometimes there is a correction for astigmatism that makes the patient see clearly but causes a warpage in their vision.  In that case, we either reduce or remove the correction for astigmatism.

There are a host of other types of prescriptions which we measure on the patient during the examination that the patient can't tolerate. We also find that when the patient has been wearing contact lenses only for a long time and wants to get spectacles, there could be trouble adjusting to the glasses.

Mastermind Group

Over the last several months, we have been holding a Mastmind Group studying the tenets of Jim Rohn's a year in success.  We have been really exceited about the discussions that have been generated among the participants.  The topics have included, marketing, networking, spirituality, health and diet.  If you're interested in attending, please text me at (951) 206-1747.

The next two meeting will be at my office at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, January 17 and January 24.  The office address is 7211-A Baseline Rd. Rancho Cucamonga.  We're in the Ralphs's shopping Center at Baseline and Haven.  The sign over the office says "optometry."

College Major

I had an 18-year-old patient starting college as a patient.  I asked him what his major was.  He said he was combining a psychology and a business major together.  I thought what a great idea.  His advisor at school couldn't figure out why he wanted to combine the two. 

Owning my own business, so many psychological factors enter into how successful a business is.  Of course one is how well the staff gets along with each other as well as the patients.

I thought this patient was quite insightful, especially for being so young.  It will be interesting to follow his progress.

Good Vision Is More Than 20/20

A number of individuals feel they don't need to have their eyes examined because they see clearly.  When examining the eyes, of course we want to the patient to have clear sight.  But we also want to know how well their eyes work together, if they have depth perception or even if they're straining their eyes when working close up, particularly on a monitor.  You can have clear sight and still have problems visually.

The other side of the examinatin deals with how healthy the eyes are.  You can have 20/20 and still manifest a sight-threatening or life threatening disease such as glaucoma, cancer of the eye or even a detachment of structures of the eyes and not be aware of them.  You can be losing peripheral vision and not even be aware of it.  I've had patients who were diagnosed to have a brain aneurysm or a tumor through examination of the eyes.

For more information, please visit my website, www.wehelpuc.com.