HAD A PATIENT COME IN A WEEK AGO WITH AN OUTSIDE RX. APROXIMATELY A -1.25 OU WITH A 2.75 ADD. PT WEARING CR-39 VARILUX WITH AR. PUT PATIENT INTO POLY WITH AR INTO HER EXISTING FRAME. SHE INITIALLY COMPLAINED THAT THINGS FELT FUNNY. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF TALKING WITH HER SHE SAID IT WAS FEELING BETTER. I CONTRIBUTED THE FUNNY FEELING TO THE ASPHERIC DESIGN,AND FLATTER BC..
PT CAME BACK IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND SAID THEY WERE NOW MAKING HER SICK TO HER STOMACH. THE DOCTOR HAPPENED TO BE THE FIRST PERSON SHE TALKED TO AND HE TOLD HER QUICKLY THAT POLYCARBONATE IS NOT A GOOD MATERIAL AND IT CAUSES DISTORTION, HALO'S, AND SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS.
HE QUICKLY SAID WE WILL PUT YOU IN CR-39. RE DID JOB IN CR-39 WITH AR. HAPPILY THIS HELPED THE PT. HOWEVER, THIS IS WHERE IT GOT WEIRD. I RECEIVED A TONGUE LASHING FOR SELLING POLY TO HER BECAUSE OUR DR. AND AN OPTHAMOLOGIST TOLD HER THAT IT WAS NOT A GOOD MATERIAL. I EXPLAINED THE BENEFITS OF POLY, TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MORE THAN LIKELY FORM THE BC, AND DESIGN INSTEAD OF THE MATERIAL. I TOLD HER THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN IN A VERY SMALL % OF PEOPLE. I LET HER KNOW IT WAS NO CHARGE AND I WANTED HER TO BE HAPPY FIRST. SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT RETURN BECAUSE THE DOCTORS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO SELL SOMETHING.
IS THERE ANY HELP I CAN GET IN MY BEHALF TO EXPLAIN TO THIS DOCTOR (WHO WEARS POLY) THAT I AM NOT A SCHISTER?
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