87. Here are ways I sometimes prepare for eye doctor appointments about dry eye If none of these apply to you, it's okay to skip this question.
| Answer | Count | Percent |
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Ask my social media support group for suggestions about questions to ask | 37 | 4.7% |
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Write down a list of questions | 263 | 33.42% |
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Email or fax my questions to the doctor before the appointment | 18 | 2.29% |
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Complete OSDI (or another symptom scoring tool) before I go | 24 | 3.05% |
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Ask a family member or friend to accompany me | 55 | 6.99% |
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Bring things to show my doctor (e.g. moisture goggles, a lid scrub product, etc) | 102 | 12.96% |
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Bring a journal where I've written down my symptoms | 60 | 7.62% |
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Research a treatment or product that I want to ask the doctor about | 217 | 27.57% |
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Other | 11 | 1.4% |
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| Total | 787 | 100 % |
87. Here are ways I sometimes prepare for eye doctor appointments about dry eyeIf none of these apply to you, its okay to skip this question. - Text Data for Other
| 02/04/2021 | 99878065 | Eye Drs could not help me until I went to Boston Foundation |
| 12/05/2020 | 91721618 | Questions and discussions generally occur during specialist appointment. Was initially very involved in finding new avenues to assist in managing, now that we know what works can call up for what I need and then have a check up appointment once severity is managed - specifically in the instance when surface of the eye gets stuck to the eyelid and affects vision. |
| 09/22/2020 | 81942924 | Has only recently begun so have not done any of the above, didn't even know dry eye was a thing, and I haven't been to a doctor specifically about dry eye, only an eye appt for contact measurement and I mentioned that my eyes seemed dry. |
| 09/24/2019 | photos of my eyes and any changes and why , with dates | |
| 08/25/2019 | Nothing | |
| 07/18/2019 | I have not asked my current eye doctor about dry eye. I thought it was just something to put up with since I do not want to use drops that may have side effects. | |
| 07/14/2019 | I gave up on doctors totally | |
| 07/08/2019 | Read the medical literature | |
| 07/02/2019 | Opthalmologists here rarely truly deal with dry eye - its just the odd optometrist who takes an interest | |
| 07/01/2019 | Photo of eyes to capture a particular flare-up that might not be evident at the time of the doctor appointment. |
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