Category: Optical
Whidbey Vision Care Merges with Cascadia Eye
Posted in Eye-Opening, Medical, Optical, Practice News, Whidbey
Whidbey Vision Care, formerly owned by Chris Gaustad, OD, recently merged with Cascadia Eye, owned by Dan Siapco, MD, Carlindo Pereira, MD and Charles Maddux, MD. Adding Roy Gordon, OD (previously with Whidbey Vision Care) allows the doctor team at Cascadia Eye to offer increased eye care availability to the whole of Whidbey Island and… Read More
Understanding Your Prescription
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Eyeglasses, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
Br Jared Rasmussen, OD What Do All the Numbers Mean? Many of my patients wear glasses and contacts. At each appointment, we check, test and treat your vision needs and you leave our office carrying a prescription full of what seems like complicated information. But what do all the figures listed there actually describe? In… Read More
Our Coupeville Clinic is moving!
Posted in Contact lenses, Events, Eye Exam, Optical, Practice News, Whidbey
Our Coupeville clinic is moving this October! Cascadia Eye will remain as your friendly, local comprehensive eye care clinic and optical center, but will see you in an updated and newly renovated new space with a modern and cozy feel. It is just two blocks east of our Birch Ave. location. You will continue to… Read More
A Doctor’s View: A New Prescription Eye Drop for Blurry Vision
Posted in Bellingham, Eye Blog, Medical, Optical
By Roslyn Howell, OD July 7, 2022 There is a new prescription eye drop on the market–the first eye drop ever to be FDA approved for the treatment of presbyopia (blurry near vision after age 40). If you find yourself needing to hold text further away or you need reading glasses, you may have heard… Read More
Cascadia Eye Reaching Out Via TV-Streaming
Posted in Bellingham, Events, Mount Vernon, Optical, Practice News, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
Cascadia Eye wants to reach you with our new TV-streaming commercial! Luckily for you, you don’t have to wait to see it. You can watch it right here! (Video has sound) Our TV-Streaming video also reminds you to see an eye doctor Seeing your eye doctor regularly is important and can make a big difference… Read More
Contacts and plastic waste
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
By Hans Fritz Maybe it’s because you don’t like wearing glasses, or because you have an awesome pair of non-prescription sunglasses that you want to wear instead – for whatever reason, many of us prefer to wear contact lenses. Contact lenses are amazing — innovations in material science have made them more comfortable and more… Read More
Protecting your eyes from UV damage
Posted in Bellingham, Eye Blog, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
It’s sunglasses season! Are your eyes protected? It’s possible you’ve heard about the need for full-spectrum UV protection for your eyes already, but we will explain why and offer some advice on making sure you have the right kind of protection. What does UV do to your eyes? You may already know you can get… Read More
4 Rules to prevent eye damage from contact lenses
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Medical, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
Today’s blog addresses problems that come from improper contact lens use. If you wear contact lenses, are interested in trying them, or are a parent of a contact lens-wearing child, this is the post for you. I will explain clearly why proper contact lens care is crucial, and then give you some concrete rules to… Read More
Digital eye strain
Posted in Bellingham, Dry Eyes, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
A guest blog from Cascadia Eye’s CEO, Sheri Saldivar Love to read on that Kindle? It sure is easier to pay bills online! And it’s great to keep up with the family on Facebook and text messages—but now what about the blurred vision, eyestrain, headaches and dry eyes? Yes, these issues all appear to be… Read More
Buying glasses online: seven claims debunked
Posted in Bellingham, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Eyeglasses, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
We came across an online “article” with the headline: “These guys are putting glasses stores out of business.” It wasn’t actually a news article, it was an advertisement by a well-known online eyewear retailer. As you can imagine, our CEO (and licensed optician) Sheri, had a few things to say in response. But not just… Read More
