Frame of the Week

CK 5730    255  52/15

Lorraine our Optical Advisor at the Gloucester road practice loves this frame. Having worked in this practice for 34 years, she feels she knows what our customers would like.

This cats eyes frame is ideal that someone who wants to be just that little bit quirky.

Being an unusual 50S design and with a softer tortoise shell front means it makes a statement without being too harsh. the soft pink sides softer the look just that little bit more.

Why not try something that little bit different.......

Isn't modern technology wonderful?

 I was reminded how true this statement is by a patient recently. As health care professionals we have to recognise that there are times when we don't have that magic pair of spec's or contact lenses to solve a visual requirement and that's where modern technology can help. My patient being colour blind showed me the solution to his problem in the form of a mobile phone App to colour assist him, he told me how it had made a real difference in his life knowing what colour shirt he was actually buying!

Having a browse through the App store there are many free and paid for Apps available for Android and iphone, I will be encouraging all my colour challenged patients to look into this option as a helpful tool for everyday situations. Also available are Apps that show those who see colour normally what it's like to be colour blind – as the mother of a child who is red/green deficient I would highly recommend anyone to take a walk in their shoes.

Frame of the Week

 

Ted Baker Melody 9060   col 007

 

 

 

Emma our trainee dispensing optician loves this frame, she is always recommending it for ladies to try, many automatically think it will not suit them. But the 50s up swept design is softened by the contouring purple colour.

This frame is very feminine and would suit someone with an oval or rectangular face and  cool colouring.

 

 

 

 

Frame Sale now on

                                 FRAME SALE NOW ON

Why not make sure you have a spare pair of glasses or back up glasses just in case.........

Poem about losing my glasses

the place is unfamiliar
my face is bare
I've mislaid my glasses
I've looked in my glasses case
but they're not there
and I need my glasses
to find my glasses
but I'll be alright
I've got a spare pair

somewhere

John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"

Lynne Fernandes Optometrists this month

What else is happening at Lynne Fernandes Optometrists this month?

At the other end of the age range to those that will benefit from our “free macula risk assessment” are children. We feel part of our remit as a community practice is to educate. With this in mind we’ve had the pleasure having our Bishopston practice filled with 30 small children on regular occasions with our “Year 1” school visits. We’re getting fairly experienced at this now with five schools visiting or due to visit this year. We even were given an award by one class for their favourite trip! These are relaxed visits with the classes split into 4 groups alternating between learning about different aspects of eyes, vision, glasses and their manufacture. We hope to encourage all our local children to be confident in having regular eye checks, also to reinforce the benefits of accurate vision (and if appropriate vision correction) to education. My hope is when these kids meet Optometrists through work or socially they will have a different view to my interviewer.

AMD

I was at a meeting last night being interviewed as a suitable candidate for a community group I help with. One of the interviewers, on hearing I am an Optometrist, said “don’t say anything about my glasses…my wife’s always saying I should have a sight test…but I can see perfectly well with these…”

I let that one go. Was I right? I’m passionate about eye care, but there is a time and a place. At Lynne Fernandes Optometrist we think the semantics are important. We call our service an examination because we look at vision and health. Even if my interviewer can “see perfectly well” they should still have an eye examination. In my role in the new patient clinics at Bristol Eye Hospital I see too many people who waited until they were symptomatic before having an eye examination. Let me say this loudly “Eye diseases rarely give obvious symptoms in their early stages”. This is particularly true of glaucoma which is well screened for in most opticians and Optometry practice, but also for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This month at Lynne Fernandes Optometrists in our Bishopston practice on the Gloucester Road we are delighted to be able to a free risk assessment for your macula.

Let’s consider some facts on AMD

* AMD is Britain’s leading cause of blindness in those aged over 65.
* AMD affects some 500,000 people in the UK today, principally those aged 65 years of age or older.
* Risk factors include poor diet, smoking, any family history of AMD and age.
* There are two distinct types of AMD (Wet and Dry)
* Wet AMD: can be treated if diagnosed early and referred urgently
* Dry AMD: it is possible to reduce your chance of developing it and slow its progression.

We can give you guidance on how to minimise the likelihood of developing the condition and we urge anyone in this higher risk group to make an appointment.

Reading glasses

"...reading glasses...where do I start...
....here's what Michael McIntyre thinks....

...but really if you do one thing next year: if you ever think you might need reading glasses...then you do..."