Eye doctor

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The eye doctor I’ve been going to for the last dozen or so years decided to retire. So, I needed a new one.
While I’m not having any specific problems, I did lose that section of my vision 3 years ago and feel a strong desire to keep that monitored to make sure it isn’t getting any worse.

When I had my annual physical I told my doctor this and she set me up with a new doctor in her network. Today I went to see him.

Other than being annoyed at how to get in, it went well.
(You’re supposed to call and say you’re there so they come get you. But, being Monday morning they forgot to disconnect the answering service, so my calls that I was there did no get through. Finally I looked up one of the other doctor’s direct numbers, called that and told them to fix the number…)

Not wanting to repeat the last 3 years of exams, scans, more exams, more scan, I brought copies of all the reports with me.
The doctor and his assistant gave me the full exam.
I’m not sure what they expect.

"Can you read this line?" the assistant asked starting in the middle of the chart.
"I can as well as the three below it," I said.
"Really?"
"AWZEZ"
"Hey! That’s right!"

Then the doctor started asking questions about things.
"Can I just get you to read this file on my iPad?" I asked, holding it out.
He read through it, flipping pages.
"This is everything I wanted to know!"
"Yes."
"How did you know what I’d need?"
"Not my first rodeo."
"It’s too bad you don’t have the notes from the doctor in Boston 3 years ago…"
"Oh, that’s saved as a page in notes, not a PDF. Give me a sec…"
I flipped over to it.
"These are his handwritten notes…"
"Yes. I took a photo of his notepad so I’d have a good reference."
"Does he know you took a photo of his notes?"
"I have no idea."
"Well, it has all the information I needed. Thank you!"

The upshot, in his words, was "for someone with nerve damage limiting some of your vision you have phenomenally good eyesight".
He said if I hadn’t pointed out the nerve damage and had the reports on it, he didn’t think he’d have spotted it. He noticed some color difference in my nerves, but he said within normal variation.

So, good news for now. Who knows about the next decade?