My DH has just come back from an hour long barrage of tests at the optician. Apparently the puff of air test was done about ten times, there were drops put in his eye, lights shone in his eye etc. etc.
The last test to be done was the one for peripheral vision. He failed it spectacularly couldn't see ANY of the flashing light apparently. Going back in a few weeks but now panicking he might have glaucoma because his eye pressure has been measured as very high (previously normal) and if he loses his driving licence that's his career up the spout (he's 50).
Talking to him, several things struck me as being wrong. He is long sighted and was asked to do the peripheral vision test without his glasses (he couldn't see a thing). I'm sure if you are long sighted you are supposed to wear your glasses? He said the lights were turned down but not off and there was a spotlight above his head which was very distracting. He said the lens was dirty and also the optician left his computer screen on at one side which was throwing out a lot of distracting light.
I have urged him to go to a different optician and pay for a re-test but not say anything. Apparently the optician today wants him to go back and re-do the test with his glasses on.
He is on the train how coming home. Says his eyes are all sore and blurry from all the tests. He wasn't expecting any of this and is very stressed.
He said the tests went on for over an hour and it was almost like the optician was trying to prove something. Our previous optician, who has recently retired on grounds of ill health, had never found anything wrong in 20 years.
Any opticians on here? Both myself and his best friend telling him to go to another optician and get a second opinion. He hasn't been diagnosed or referred but is really scared.
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MysticMeghan · 07/02/2020 16:01
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