Eye Blog
Answers to the Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask About Refractive Lens Exchange
Posted in Eye Blog, Refractive Lens Exchange
LASIK may be the best-known type of refractive surgery, but it is hardly the only option available for permanent correction of your imperfect vision. Our talented ophthalmologists frequently perform refractive lens exchange (RLE) on patients who are age 55-67 or are otherwise not considered good candidates for laser vision correction. Continue reading to find out… Read More
A Doctor’s View: Don’t Let Halloween Contact Lenses Be Your “Fright” of the Night
Posted in Contact lenses, Eye-Opening, Medical, Sedro-Woolley
by Maria VanNurden-McKittrick, OD, MS Halloween is approaching and the gears are already turning trying to come up with that next great Halloween costume. As you are planning the fine details of that costume, the icing on the cake is a great pair of cosmetic contact lenses to really bring it all together! I get… Read More
A Doctor’s View: What are Intravitreal Injections?
Posted in Eye Blog, Eye Exam, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Surgery
By Charles Maddux, MD Intravitreal injections treat retinal disease: The retina is a layer of blood vessels and thin tissue in the back of the eye. It houses millions of light-sensitive cells called rods and cones, which read and relay information to the brain through the optical nerve, making vision possible. Intravitreal injections are used… Read More
My Cataract Surgery
Posted in Dry Eyes, Eye Blog, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Surgery
Are you thinking about cataract surgery? We spoke to a patient, Teryl, who tells a little about what cataract surgery has done for her. Teryl describes what to expect from cataract surgery; her experience throughout the process, what made her choose to have surgery, what the testing, evaluation, and surgery were like, what she could… Read More
A Doctor’s View: Presbyopia Correcting Intraocular Lenses
Posted in Dry Eyes, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Mount Vernon, Whidbey
By Dan Siapco MD The landscape of presbyopia correcting intraocular lenses, or PCIOL’s, has changed considerably in the last 3-5 years. There are now more very practical lenses that can help to minimize or entirely eliminate the need for glasses after cataract surgery. This has not always been the case. I started implanting PCIOL’s in… Read More
What causes floaters?
Posted in Dry Eyes, Eye Blog, Eye Exam, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Mount Vernon, Stanwood, Whidbey
By Jared Rasmussen OD Have you ever felt like you’ve just seen a fly move out of the corner of your eye? You try to swat it away to no avail and then eventually realize there might not be a fly at all. You probably don’t have a pest problem, but rather floaters! What exactly… Read More
A doctor’s view: daily disposable contacts
Posted in Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Optical
By Roslyn Howell, OD Our doctor, Roslyn Howell OD, is an expert on contact lenses and related cornea issues and conditions. Recently, we asked her to provide insight on contact lens best practices based on her experience and research. Are daily disposable contacts better than monthly replacement? You have probably heard of daily disposable contact… Read More
Optometrist or Ophthalmologist–what’s the difference?
What is an optometrist? Is an ophthalmologist only a surgeon? Which one is my eye doctor? Optometrists and ophthalmologists are both eye doctors, but their training differs and what they offer can be very different. This is why Cascadia Eye has the best of both! Optometrists Optometrists attend optometry school for four years after completing… Read More
Choosing the perfect eyewear frames
Posted in Eye Blog, Eyeglasses, Optical
Here is a guest blog from Sheri Saldivar, Cascadia Eye’s CEO and the designer of our own Cascadia Eyewear! I love my job. As a practice manager and a licensed optician in a progressive, growth-minded eye care practice since 1985, I’ve had the unique opportunity to do much more than select computer systems, hire doctors… Read More
17 Eye-healthy habits
Posted in Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Medical
Eye health habits are important. Making just a few changes in your routine will make a big difference! 1. Drink lots of water. Drinking adequate amounts of water is good for your body, and it’s also good for your eyes! During the winter season especially, Dry Eye is often a concern. Drinking water helps with… Read More
