Continuing Education in Las Vegas

I recently attended a continuing education conference in Las Vegas. Since it was a large conference, the education was exceptionally high quality. High quality continuing education allows me to offer the best in family eyecare. I am anxious to put into practice some new things I learned about:

• treatment of dry eye and how nutritional supplements can help
• treatment of corneal infiltrates and ulcers
• macular degeneration and how nutritional supplements can help

My wife Rhonda and I also saw The Jersey Boys while we were there. It was awesome. It is coming to Pittsburgh this December. If you like Broadway shows, check it out.

I ran 17 miles one morning. 17 miles on the Vegas strip is hard. Lots of people all spread out on the sidewalks. You have to get up real early in the morning to be able to run.

Thanks for voting us #1 again!

A special thanks to those who voted us the area's best optometrist in the 2008 Herald-Standard Community Choice Awards.

Marathon update...

Yesterday, I ran 14 miles pretty much at my goal pace. Man, that is a long way to run. Last Sunday was 12 miles. My legs are a bit weary. Fortunately, this week is a low mileage week.

My wife and I share the same GPS for running (Forerunner by Garmin). She is becoming a pretty good runner. Her pace is way faster than it use to be.

Avaira lenses going strong

I continue to be impressed with how comfortable the new Avaira lenses are for patients. If you have problems with your lenses, stop in to try a free trial pair of these new lenses (of course, your contact lens prescription must be current).

Marathon training going really well

Sunday--10 miles
Monday--rest (plus way too busy at the vision center to run)
Tuesday--8 miles (4 miles at higher tempo, 4 miles at goal pace)
Wednesday--70 minutes of running with at least 6 minutes of hills

American's eyesight is worse than thought

From a Reuter's story:

Half of all Americans have some sort of vision problem, most of them myopia or astigmatism, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

This is far higher than previous estimates, the team at the National Eye Institute reported in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

New Dan Zanes vs. Barenaked Ladies Snacktime

Olivia and I have loved listening to Dan Zanes for the last several years, but I can't get her to listen to the new all spanish language CD. In the past, Olivia has loved songs like Malti, but I am afraid this new CD might be just too much for her 4 year old attention span. I like it the CD. It makes me want to sit on the deck and drink Corona!

Olivia does love the BNL's Snacktime. Actually, me and all the girls love it! It is just good music. Very hard for Dan Zanes new CD to get much playtime in the car.

The kids also like Camp Lisa by Lisa Loeb. We picked that up at Barnes and Noble. I am happy to report that Barnes and Noble now have peppermint for lattes and hot chocolate.