Julie John of Human Interface

I want to thank Julie John of Human Interface for the great job she and her husband did in putting out my video series, "Eye Talk" Two of the videos have already been released, with the rest of them scheduled to be released every two weeks. There will be a total of seven (as of now) videos showing. They could be seen at my website, www.wehelpuc.com under Dr. Bob's video library.

Eye Talk series

Our new video in our Eye Talk series was just released. It deals with vision and sports. You can see it by visiting

Radial Keratomy (RK)

Recently, I had a couple of patients who had gone through radial keratotomy (RK) over 20 years ago. These patients are sometimes challenging to correct with glasses. For one, their prescription could vary during the course of the day. Secondly, they sometimes have a very high farsighted prescription where they were usually nearsighted before the surgery. This leads to problems of distortion and magnification. This is especially true when the patient's two eyes have a different prescription.

Videos

Over the next several weeks, several videos that Human Interface and I shot at my office will start appearing on Youtube.com under RobertRothbardOD (no spaces). Even though they were all produced last week, they will be gradually released over the next several weeks via Youtube or my website, www.wehelpuc.com.

Videos

I just finished shooting videos on multiple topics related to vision and my practice. As they're developed and edited, they will appear in multiple locations including my website, http://www.wehelpuc.com/videos.html. I am most excited about this.

If You're Active In Sports

If you're active in sports, particularly where a ball is involved, it's advisable not to get glasses that have glass lenses. Polycarbonate lenses are by far more shatter resistant. I actually had a patient who was stuck in the eye with a golfball. Fortunately he was wearing glasses made with polycarbonate lenses. The lens popped out of the frame and he was knocked down but the lens did not shatter and they probably saved his vision.

Refer My Patients

One of the benefits I enjoy of working in private practice is the ability to refer my patients to an appropriate professional whom I feel would be better in caring for a patient with a particular problem or situation. I generally don't work with infants but I inform my adult patients that they should have their infants evaluated visually by another eyecare professional who specializes with this patient population. Patients who have diabetes who are manifesting eye problems such as hemorrhaging in the back of the eyes are also referred. Patients who have extremely poor vision, even with glasses or contacts lenses, are referred to doctors who specialize in an area of optometry called "low vision."