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When a professor I actually enjoy listening to is doing 2 of the lectures today???? 🤌🤌🤌

Another CE marathon day. I was smart enough to only do Saturday and not Sunday as well.

Still 8 hours. I'm 20 minutes in and I've already started my laundry, hung up clothes, ate breakfast, fed my dog, made tea and cleaned my dishes.

#optometry #doc life #CE hell

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Truly appreciating how big brained I was to order a reclining gaming/computer chair before this webinar.

It has a neck and lumbar pillow. There is a pullout foot rest.

Another CE marathon day. I was smart enough to only do Saturday and not Sunday as well.

Still 8 hours. I'm 20 minutes in and I've already started my laundry, hung up clothes, ate breakfast, fed my dog, made tea and cleaned my dishes.

#optometry #doc life #i am so smart for ordering this chair #CE hell

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Another CE marathon day. I was smart enough to only do Saturday and not Sunday as well.

Still 8 hours. I'm 20 minutes in and I've already started my laundry, hung up clothes, ate breakfast, fed my dog, made tea and cleaned my dishes.

#optometry #doc life #lecturers who are research professors are very disconnected from the realities of everyday clinics and patients ability to afford these tx

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A patient said they got hit in the head really hard a few years ago and now they experience light sensitivity and color sensitivity. If colors are too bright, it can cause them headaches. At some point after this, they became a boxer/fighter. Like knocked a tooth out.

Anyways when I was ready to go in the exam room, I asked for the chart by saying "okay let's see Concussion Georg."

The tech did not get my very funny joke.

#optometry #doc life #extensive discussion about concussions and signs of retinal tears/detachments with that patient #concussion georg #spiders georg #did you know traumatic brain injuries can make focusing on things up close (reading) very difficult? #that patient knows now

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Okay it wasn't terrible, I learned new skills and the other doctors were just as nervous as I was. I am tired from extra social interaction.

I am in bed now.

Remind me not to agree to training after work on the exact opposite side of the city. I want to be home in my slippers.

#doc life #😔 #optometry #being around other young doctors with all the same trainings and mannerisms drilled into us was kinda funny

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Remind me not to agree to training after work on the exact opposite side of the city. I want to be home in my slippers.

#doc life #😔 #technically I agreed before I knew where it was located 😭😭😭

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#bergmeister papilla 😅😅😅 #fashion #ocular disease

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Congratulations to me for doing my entire morning routine without consciously remembering any of it.

Clothes on, teeth brushed, eggy and kibble for dog, tea boiled, lunch packed, curtains open, backdoor unlocked for dog, bed made.

All in 20 min. I have earrings on.

Can't wait to see what I'll do today while fully awake.

#i know these tasks are all completed bc i was sitting on the couch then turned to do them and they were already done

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#:) #solar eclipse #eye health

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#this was actually difficult to answer. my parents wanted me to do well but I held myself to such a high standard #if i made below a 90 I thought I'd die (not literally but also maybe? i got panic attacks at 14) #years later my mom told me she always checked my grades on the portal hoping I didn't make a B #just so we wouldn't have to deal with my emotional fallout lmao #but also they kinda wanted me to fail like at least once in grade school just so I'd know ot was survivable #...i went to therapy for 5 years end of undergrad and all opto school ✌️

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"Doctors make dollars, but they don't have any sense."

-Me to myself when I do something particularly boneheaded

#I'm tired now

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#eclipse #solar eclipse #i haven't had anyone come in with this specific complaint yet #but also maybe those who look at the sun aren't the type to seek medical attention

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Walk in and my pt has a small hoop earring in one ear and one small dagger on a chain earring for the other.

I sit down and push my hair behind my ears to reveal that both my earrings are swords.

The pt doesn't see this because they broke their glasses 1 week ago.

#😭😭😭 #optometry #doc life #i put effort into my earrings and these people can't even see them half the time

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Check your hand sanitizer y'all

#heyyyy what the fuck #hand sanitizer #product recall #methanol #the blindness is because it destroys the optic nerve in case you wanted to know

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I feel like I should make a post about this because it’s not something that’s very well-known, and that Americans in particular may need to know about given the uncertain state of our healthcare system at the moment. I’ve wanted to write this out for a while, It’s kind of a long post, so sorry about that!

If you have an emergency and have to go to the hospital, you’ll owe the hospital a lot of money. (I got into a car wreck and broke my ankle and my arm. My hospital bill was around $20,000)

You’ll also owe the ambulance provider, if you need one. (My ambulance bill was about $800)

You may get separate bills from the anesthesiologist or surgeon. (My anesthesiologist bill was $1,700)

You may need follow-up appointments. (My orthopedic surgeon billed me for the appointments and his surgery together and it was about $1,000)

You’ve also got to pay for medical equipment you need afterward, like crutches or a walking boot. (Mine cost about $75)

Altogether, I ended up with almost $24,000 in medical debt from one car accident. That’s a really scary number for someone like me who makes $10/hr at a 12 hour a week job.

I got my debt down to $1075 by making some phone calls and submitting some paperwork.

The first thing I did was contact the hospital. They don’t make it easy to find, but many hospitals (perhaps most hospitals?) have financial assistance programs for people who can’t afford medical bills. I don’t make a lot of money, and I have bills to pay, so they were able to help me. I called the billing department and asked if they had any assistance programs for low income people who can’t pay their bills. I had to call multiple times, and I got transferred in circles by people who didn’t know what I was talking about. Finally, I got an appointment with someone in “Eligibility Services” (I don’t know what other hospitals call it, if it’s something different). I had to bring my pay stubs and copies of all of my bills. When I got to the hospital for the appointment, nobody knew what I was talking about so I had to wander a little to find where I needed to go. I spoke with the guy in Eligibility Services, and I waited for a decision on how much of the bill they would forgive. A month later, I got a call telling me it was totally forgiven.

I did the same thing for my ambulance bill and my anesthesiologist, but the process was a LOT easier. I just had to mail some paperwork and it was totally forgiven.

I didn’t bother with the medical equipment suppliers, since the bills came from separate companies and I didn’t feel like going through the process twice for $75. I was assured at the hospital that they had similar programs for debt forgiveness, so I could have probably avoided paying that too.

The only thing I couldn’t get taken care of was the surgeon/follow-up appointment cost, but they were able to put me on a no-interest payment plan.

Medical debt is scary because it’s something that can come from stuff that’s already really scary. I didn’t need the burden of $24,000 in debt on top of trying to get around on a crutch with a broken arm (it’s not easy, believe me!).. but I can’t imagine what it would be like with a bigger debt or a more severe medical emergency. I see lots of people in even worse trouble than I was in, both financially and medically. Please know that there are options for you when that GoFundMe doesn’t do enough. Even if your income is higher than mine, it’s worth a shot even for partial debt forgiveness.

#US healthcare #medical debt #debt forgiveness #us hospitals

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"You woke up this morning and your vision was slightly blurry?"

"yeah"

"and this has never happened before?"

"nope"

"...did you look at the eclipse without eye protection?"

"no I didn't, but I figured you'd ask"

Okay moving on 😅

#optometry #doc life #I will be asking that SO MUCH for the next month

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PSA: Solar Eclipse tomorrow

Eclipse glasses need to meet ISO 12312-2 international standard. If you are a welder or have welding equipment the hood must be Shade 12 or higher!!!!

Most general welders equipment from a hardware store is less than Shade 12.

Please take care tomorrow, I'd like you to be able to see me the next time I see you in my office.

Solar burns to the macula cannot be repaired. The inflammation can be controlled but the scars are permanent.

If you don't have the right protection then... don't look up.

#optometry #doc life #solar eclipse #eye protection