Met With Students And Staff At San Joaquin Valley College In Rancho Cucamonga

A few employers including myself within the community met with students and staff at San Joaquin Valley College in Rancho Cucamonga, California. We went over ways for their students to improve their abilities in securing employment. Ideas, concerning appearance, enthusiasm, learning about social media and knowledge in general were discussed.

I had a child patient ...

I had a child patient who needed glasses consisting of a significant prescription in the right eye and very little prescription in the left eye. The patient who was able to express herself extremely well said she couldn't skim the material as easily with the glasses on as without. I was able to determine that the patient, when she read without the glasses, was not using her right eye. With the prescription on, she was using both eyes. The glasses were making her better able to use both eyes. However, the patient was use to not using her right eye when she read. For her this is easier. We'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.

I have come across a number of patients who have motion sickness when driving in a car. There are various reasons for motion sickness. It's interesting to me that many of my patients who have this experience more problems when sitting in the back seat of a car as compared to the front seat. More importantly, the problem is significantly reduced when they're actually driving.

I feel some component of this is visual. There's a lot more visual information an individual has to assimilate in the back seat. The passenger is looking at distances two feet away and also things that are very far away. In the front seat they're viewing things mostly at distance. When they're driving, they're actually holding onto the steering wheel so they know where they're going and the tactual sense is reinforcing the visual sense, therefore less problem.

A previous patient of mine brought her mother in for an examination. She had stated thank you for "saving my son's life." Her son wasn't sick or anything like that. He had a lazy eye and was undergoing patching for at least a couple of years with no results. The boy was introverted and did not participate in sports. I put a contact lens in his lazy eye. Even though he couldn't see much better than 20/200 in that eye, he was now able to use that eye and have depth perception. The change in behavior was dramatic. He was doing better in school, participated in sports and is generally more outgoing. His mother says he's a lot happier.

As an optometrist and an owner of my own business, networking with others is very important. At this time I'm not talking about online, social networking. I'm talking about live person to person networking. I belong to multiple chambers of commerce and I'm active in them. Even at the gym, by talking about what I do enthusiastically, I've been able to generate patients coming into the office. It's quite easy to incorporate what I do into general discussion, especially the fact that I'm passionate in what I do.

Fitting contact lenses is usually straightforward. The prescription usually follows closely to the glasses' prescription. Sometimes, however, the tears between the contact lens and the eye affects one's vision. I had a patient like this earlier today. I tried three different (different manufacturers) contact lenses, each with the same prescription, until the patient was satisfied with what she saw. The patient was a long time patient here.

One of the great joys I get out of my practice is being involved with the community, particularly the chamber of commerce. I belong to three chambers in the surrounding area of my practice. I am actually on the board of directors of one chambers. In addition to the enjoyment I get meeting with other business people and officials of the city, the chambers have been a good source of referral to my practice.