I once heard a story about a child who returned to school after eye surgery. The child was fitted with an artificial eye that looked like her normal eye. A shock came next morning at assembly when without warning an
On occasion I create a novelty eye for a client. I have two basic rules. The person is over eighteen. They have been wearing their prosthetic eye for at least a year. So I never make a novelty eye along
Yesterday I saw a golfer who was hit in the eye by a ball sliced from the next fairway. He was the only one on the fairway at the time. He is reluctant to play golf again. I suggested he
Through our day to day interaction with clients there are issues that come up that we like to jot down and open up for discussion. We talk about these topics informally over a coffee. It was from these discussions that we decided
It is natural to think that removing an eye is the absolute last resort. To the medical team dedicated to saving the eye it is the end of the road. It is understandable then that the common thinking is to
In his article, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Dr Nick Bayles talks about research that shows that the experience of adversity can have the unlikely effect of improving peoples lives in the long haul. We see evidence of this in many
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Some months ago we were reviewing the wording on a brochure called Going Home After Surgery. Our client Joe agreed to read over it for us and give his opinion. He told us that the facts of self-care were all
Eye discharge and irritation often leads to the incorrect diagnosis of allergy to plastics.   People are advised that they will need to wear a glass eye. The reality is that a prosthesis made from medical grade acrylic, properly cured and fitted generally
It is surprisingly common for people to assume that you can see out of an artificial eye. This is not true. An eye prosthesis does not assist with the physical problems of eye loss like perspective and field of vision.