Originally Posted by
KrystleClear
YUP.
And I am not saying every glasses issue is because of the doctor. I'm just saying when it IS their issue, sometimes the ego speaks first. Not all, but I have worked with a lot of people in this field who let their ego guide them, rather than listening to the patient. And that's not just doctors. Even heard a doctor try to flip it around on the surgical staff when HE put the wrong lens implant in a patient's eye.
My hat goes off to anyone who refracts, though. Just hearing it down the hall drives me nuts. And I know I am a pain in the butt to refract. Sometimes #1 and #2 look the same. One thing I remind patients is that we can auto-refract them and manually refract them but ultimately the glasses prescription is based on their responses. It's subjective. Only they can see through their eyeballs. Dealing with elderly patients, I know first hand that dry eye, diabetes, etc can skew refractions.
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