15 Ways Patients Tried to Deny That Their Vision Got Worse

THERE’S SOMETHING infuriating about patients who claim “I can see fine” but have 48-point type on their phone and a selfie stick to hold the phone at a comfortable distance. Meanwhile they’re squinting to read the Wi-Fi password in the waiting area.

Why won’t they just admit that they can’t read their books or street signs? Maybe they’re all in on this massive, worldwide joke and planning to force eye doctors into an early retirement.

At least there’s one upside: ECPs can rejoice in sharing their patients’ unique claims of how their vision did not change. Can your patients beat these stories?

Certainly, Captain Jack Sparrow. Who needs the other eye anyway?

 

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Phoenix, Arizona, USA • #overheardoptometry #visualacuity #optometryinarizona

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jan 10, 2019 at 7:14am PST

Maybe I can pick this up at my next yoga session.

 

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Los Angeles, California, USA #overheardoptometry #bcva #stateofmind #vision #optometryincalifornia

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jan 9, 2019 at 7:02am PST

How often do people read, use the computer and drive anyway?

 

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Glendale, California, USA #overheardoptometry #patients #denial #glasses #optometryincalifornia

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jan 8, 2019 at 6:36am PST

Companies should invest in rechargeable prescription lenses already.

 

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Wichita, Kansas, USA #overheardoptometry #optical #glasses #prescription #medicine #optometryinkansas

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Dec 21, 2018 at 7:42am PST

Just leave it to the experts in space…

 

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Utrecht, Netherlands #overheardoptometry #cosmos #myopia #contactlenses #myopicdenial #optometryinthenetherlands

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Dec 2, 2018 at 7:55am PST

Looks like this optometrist got caught read-handed.

 

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Sherman Oaks, California, USA #overheardoptometry #bifocal #progressive #glasses #addpower #bifocalize #optometryincalifornia

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Oct 25, 2018 at 7:11am PDT

Maybe the optometrist was having an off day and didn’t mean to prescribe glasses last time.

 

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Florence, Kentucky, USA #overheardoptometry #glasses #denial #grocerystore #optometryinkentucky

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Oct 16, 2018 at 6:57am PDT

Why on Earth would we want to do that?

 

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College Station, Texas, USA #overheardoptometry #optometryintexas

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Aug 31, 2018 at 5:06am PDT

There’s distance, then there’s television distance.

 

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?Charleston, South Carolina, USA ?? • #overheardoptometry #tvglasses #glasses #optometryinsouthcarolina

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jul 24, 2018 at 5:45am PDT

Or just carry that selfie stick with you everywhere …

 

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Singapore #overheardoptometry #optician #readingnglasses #toldyouso #optometryinsingapore

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jul 7, 2018 at 7:45am PDT

Why didn’t the phoropter fix this patient’s eyes? We’ll never know.

 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA #overheardoptometry #eyeemergency #optometryinmichigan

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jun 17, 2018 at 10:19am PDT

But no changes at all. You see, vision isn’t actually seeing. It’s a state of mind.

 

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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA #overheardoptometry #denial #optometryinwisconsin

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jun 9, 2018 at 1:45pm PDT

Good save, optometrist.

 

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Bromley, Kent, UK #overheardoptometry #eyeexam #optometryinengland

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jun 9, 2018 at 7:41am PDT

They’re onto us.

 

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Manila, Philippines #overheardoptometry #astigmatism #culprit #optometryinphilippines

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on Jun 1, 2018 at 7:10am PDT

Have we been reading letters wrong this entire time?

 

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Bishop Auckland, England, United Kingdom #overheardoptometry #learntoread #shapes #learnnewthings #optometryinengland

A post shared by Overheard Optometry (@overheardoptometry) on May 14, 2018 at 3:57pm PDT