Mmmk. My optometrist wants to see me first thing tomorrow, and I'm going to push him on whether an opthalmogist is wise.

How do you solve a problem like Bombelli?
How do you catch a cubic and pin it down?
How do you prove combination by induction?
An ibn al-Banna! A depressed cubic! A clown!

My ophthalmologist found the blood clot that my optometrist and doctor missed. I think the difference was the ophthalmologist dilated my eye and used a special hand-held magnifying thingie.

In my case, they both recommended the same thing, but for different reasons. And slightly talked smack about each other's specialization.

Oh, HELL. I'm already caught in one specialist-fight (psych vs. neuro), thanks very much.

And slightly talked smack about each other's specialization.

Heh. Now I'm imagining an opthalmologist saying, "Optometrists do a pretty good job - when they're not busy killing puppies."

Good luck, Betsy.

I probably missed your postings about it, but how is your vision these days, tommyrot? Is there a lot of permanent damage?

Nah, not that bad. Just one of them said, "Did the [other one] say you have [whatever it was]? It's not that. They always say that." (The issue was that contacts irritated my eyes. Which I ignored for four years. So the answer was not to wear them, regardless of if I have whatever the thing was.)

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I probably missed your postings about it, but how is your vision these days, tommyrot? Is there a lot of permanent damage?

I haven't mentioned it recently. Coincidentally, I just got back from the ophthalmologist. He sounded a bit more pessimistic - he said that the eye is about the same as it was three weeks ago. He also said that there will be permanent vision loss (before it was "probably") and that "hopefully" it will improve over what it is now. Thanks for asking....

ION, I think I finally learned how to spell 'ophthalmologist,' although I remain suspicious of that first 'h.'