Posted in General on Jan 27th, 2012
Q: How Many Contacts Come in a Box? A: Six* This is one of the more common questions I hear when people are wondering how much their contacts are going to cost. The simple answer is six, but there is a better question to ask: “How much is a year supply of contacts?” Some brands [...]
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Posted in General on Dec 31st, 2011
Effective 1-1-2012, you will no longer be presented with three pages of paperwork to fill out before your exam. Instead, you will fill it all out digitally, once per patient. Then in future visits you can just review it for changes instead of filling it all out again. Also, effective immediately, you can schedule your [...]
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Posted in General on Dec 21st, 2011
There is a possibility that if you’ve made an appointment this week that I could be rescheduling if my wife goes into active labor. We’re expecting a baby for Christmas!
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Posted in General on Dec 14th, 2011
2012 will bring some new changes to VisionHealth EyeCare. Relavant to you will be a price change in the routine eye exam fee (it’s going from $50 to $53), so schedule your eye exam now to save a little money. Also, I am converting from paper charts to an electronic health record powered by Dr [...]
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Posted in General on Jun 22nd, 2011
Aqua Worx is sponsoring a health fair on Saturday July 9, 2011 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. I will be there to give simple screenings and answer general questions about eye health. Planned events are: balance screening hearing screening blood pressure foot soaks massages skin cancer screening fitness, nutrition, and foot care education Door Prizes So [...]
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Posted in General on Jun 2nd, 2011
Ultraviolet Light (a.k.a. UV rays) damages ocular tissues causing all sorts of conditions: photokeratitis and conjunctivitis (snow blindness), premature cataracts (lens cloudiness), and solar retinophathy (retina damage). Eye doctors always recommend that you buy glasses with a material or coating that blocks UV light, but what about contacts?
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Posted in General on Apr 28th, 2011
From the News of the American Optometric Association:
AARP, AOA offers free Webinar on the effects of aging vision on driving
AARP’s free Webinar, “Keep Your Safety in Sight: Prepare for the Effects of Aging Vision on Driving,” will be offered Wednesday, May 11 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT.
As you age, your vision undergoes certain changes that can affect your driving and may
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Posted in General on Jan 26th, 2011
Many people get dryness with soft contact lenses. Sometimes that can be the contact lens material itself, but a lot of times the culprit is the contact lens care regimen they use. Here are my rules of thumb to avoid dryness:
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Posted in General on Jan 11th, 2011
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="2011 Roadmap Planner with Daily Dats System™"]
[/caption]I wanted to make sure everyone know that in addition to eye exam services, I sell the Roadmap Planner with the Daily Dats System™.
More information is available at roadmapplanner.com, but in essence you can calendar, schedule, make goals
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Posted in General on Jan 2nd, 2011
[caption id="attachment_127" align="alignright" width="300" caption="New Hours for 2011 at VHEC!"]
[/caption]It’s a new year, and I have new hours.
Doctor hours are:
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