This is National Diabetes and Diabetes Eye Disease awareness month.  Each November we reinvigorate our focus to help you focus better. Nine percent (9%) of Tennesseans are reported to have diabetes.  In some areas of the country that number exceeds 10% to 12%.  It is an epidemic that has only been rising ...Read More...

Love My Work Place Glasses I am going to admit something to you that I probably shouldn’t……are you ready?  Yesterday I drove home in my “work place” glasses.  Yikes! Many of you may be saying, ‘what are work place glasses’ and others of you that have them are probably saying, ‘I’ve done the same ...Read More...

"DEWS" and Dry Eyes What do you know about ‘DEWS’?  Now, we are in the South, so I am not talkin’ about ‘doos you know this’ or ‘doos you know that’.  I’m talking about DEWS.  DEWS stands for the Dry Eye Workshop Study Group, an international collection of expert Optometrists and Ophthalmologists ...Read More...

SUMMER UPDATE I don’t know about you, but it sure feels good to walk outside and feel the warmth of the sun.  I know, for a lot of people there is no happy middle ground as it may be too hot when you walk outside.  As for me (and particularly my wife Susan) we can tolerate the heat better than we ...Read More...