January 12, 2010
Take Better Care of Your Eyes in 2010
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We again find ourselves in a wonderful yet “scary” place, the New Year ! It’s so cliché to say, “time flies by…” but it really does. With all of the New Year resolutions that you may or may not have made, I’d propose a simple but very important one.
Take Better Care of Your Eyes in 2010.
In a recent poll taken of college age men and women, only 13% of the students polled could spell the name of their eye doctor. An even more disturbing statistic was that more than 67% of the men polled didn’t know what their vision was. The number was slightly better for the female students but still more than 54% didn’t know what their vision was.
Your eyes are not just the portals to your soul but also an incredibly important sensory organ, that all too often is completely taken for granted. Degenerative eye diseases can permenantly harm and even take away your vision if not diagnosed and treated in a proactive manner.
Let this serve as a simple and hopefully pointed reminder that taking your vision for granted is a mistake. An annual eye exam with your eye doctor is not mandatory but highly advisable. The ocular nerve is one of the most complex aspects of the human anatomy and thankfully there are some fantastic diagnostic tools which can serve to work as an early warning indicator of potential problems.
So in 2010, take a minute to look at yourself in the mirror and when you do, tell those eyes looking back at you that you’ll be taking better care of them in 2010 – because you really appreciate all that they do for you.
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Who wrote this blog post, one of the eye doctors at CLE ? It’s too true but also kind of self serving, but what’s wrong with that ? Take care of your vision folks - imagine life without it ?!
I always go for annual check ups and I always wear my lenses as prescribed, not a minute longer!
How the heck can people not go see their eye docs every year or two. Do it and take care of those precious jewels in your head !
Goint to schedule appt right now with my eye doctor.
I think I may need a new RX for my Air Optix Contact Lenses
I think I need to be fitted for new Boston ES Lenses.
Do I need a new prescription for contact lenses every year or does my prescription last in perpetuity ? Anyone have a clue ??
Poignant post. I saw it on digg and can’t imagine life without eyesight. I think God every day for it. Will be making an eye exam in next few weeks.
Isn’t this stuff common sense ? We really need a blog post to tell us to take better care of our eyes ? No disrespect intended but you’re right but shouldn’t have to say it.