Hello Everyone,
I am sad to report that my pup is still missing. It has been eight
days now. Today a man called who found a dog who had been killed
exactly where I lost mine but it turned out not to be poor Mumphred.
So, does sadness and stress effect my sight? Two days ago the
glasses went back to being blurry at night and such. I will have to
give it some time I guess.
I found out that because I miscommunicated to my diagnostician I did
not recieve the UV filter tint in these glasses. When I put the UV
filter on I could see more clearly, farther and farther apart.
Should a UV filter make that much a difference? I am starting to
forget since I only got to look through the UV filter for a few
minutes, so not having it is not bothering me so much.
I don't understand how an eye doctor can correctly diagnose my
sight. If I report that I can see the E (for instance) then he
switches and asks if its better now, I might say yes or no but
because I have been staring at the E it might be clear or might not
be but since it isn't a new letter how does he know that it didn't
just get blurry because I have been looking at it for too long?
The prescriptions I have been getting are all different making me
suspicious.
An interesting thing happened at the eye doctor. I mistakingly made
an appointment with the wrong man. When the wrong doctor came in I
thought it might work out but this is what he said to me. "Yes, it
is fine, I have dealt with these people before (Irlen in Wichita, KS)
I know all about it, I had a patient it helped once before". He
would not allow me to discuss my case with him at all and further
more he turned on the flourecent lighting on as brightly as he could
get it to go on right over my face to do the eye exam. I hand choose
the other eye doctor because he really seemed interested in learning
everything he could about Irlen and stressed to me that he wanted to
be better at listening to what his patients have to say. I told the
wrong doctor that I had made a mistake, I was sorry but that I did
not want to comprimise and use him instead. He was offended even
though he didn't say he was. The most interesting part of all this
to me is that I was assertive and will be treated by the man I
originally choose. This is a matter of confidence and self esteem
that is somewhat new since I have learned of Irlen. I now know that
I make good decisions (most of the time) and don't feel that I am not
as smart as the person I am talking to so I should just do what ever
they say to do. I felt this eye doctor was unattentive and
aggressive and let him know politely that I intended to go with my
original plan. I was proud of myself and my family is proud of me
too. Before I would have clammed up, let the man examine my eyes and
go with what I got by chance. I would have complained about the man
to my husband but lived with him being my doctor.
I wan't mean to the man, I just let him know I had given a lot of
thought to the doctor I choose and would like to continue with that
plan.
Irlen is life changing for me, even if my eye and color filter
prescriptions are not yet precise.
Grasha