Just venting . . . did everybody turn crazy today or did the crazy ones just all find their way into my shop?
I think it's actually kind of fun (sometimes) dealing with ignorant patients--I get such good stories to share with the my co-workers. Here's one of my faves:
An unfortunate patient had much trouble with diplopia. Her prism was always changing, too--we'd get it right for her with press-ons and it would be stable for a while and then she'd decide to get it cut into her lenses, only to have her eyes go through another unexpected change within weeks.
She was always a little bit sour (after all, she's been through a lot!) and she was picking up yet another set of new lenses. I felt really bad for her though when she put them on she nearly yelled out, "Now I have TRIPLE VISION!" She calmed down when I very gently explained that she was indeed looking at three identical light switches on the wall. :p
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