1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: Let's catch up with our friendly local optometrist, to Michael 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: Croft from Speksavors on K Streets and with a Halloween theme. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: He was keen to talk some scary stuff. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: Some real life horror stories from the world of optometry, 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: I guess. But the most common horror story that I 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: see is probably foreign bodies in the eye. So bits 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: of metal, wood, trees, dust, anything really. 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: Well, they've been whipped up of light with last week, 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: with those high. 10 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: Winds, I'm sure it will be seeing a few more 11 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: foreign bodies there. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, what's the most common one you see? You find? 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, in ashburden, I'd probably say middle foreign bodies inside 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: the eye, some middle shavings. We've got a lot of 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 2: people in that industry. And I'd say the next next 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: most common one would be vegetation, so that would be 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: people doing gardening jobs and things, trimming hedges and stuff. 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: I've always said there's two parts of the body I'll 19 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: never mess with. Down there and up here, pointing to 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: my eyes. We we're looking, Michael, look at the eyes. 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: It seems pretty unforgiving. 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is. And just putting safety glasses on 23 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: first is just such an easy way to avoid a 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: real life horrest story there. 25 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, if something goes in the eye and causes some damage, 26 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: can they self heal. 27 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 2: Yes, the corny is very good at healing, but it 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: does depend on how deep it goes in, and obviously 29 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 2: we need to get it out of the eye first 30 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 2: as well. 31 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: Man, you're giving me the shivers. 32 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 2: If that ever happens, come and see us at specsaverors A. 33 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: We can dig that out for you. 34 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: Amen to that. What else is on your spooky list? 35 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: Yeah? Some other scary things that I see is from 36 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: people misusing contact lenses as well. 37 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: What yes, so eedocent. 38 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: What I see is lots of eye in fictions from 39 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: misuse of contact lenses. This would be like from overwear, 40 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: not changing them as directed, not using clean dry hands 41 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: when you're handling them. And sometimes even people don't use 42 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: the contact lens solution. Sometimes people use tap water, which 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: is a huge no no, what what's wrong with that? 44 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: Save myself a bit of money mine. 45 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 2: Tap water is great to drink, but there can be 46 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: some things in their nasty bugs, especially one that's really 47 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 2: quite bad called a kantha member, And if that gets 48 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: in your contacts. 49 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: A scary word for scary condition. 50 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: Is if that gets in your contact lens and it 51 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: can actually eat into the front of the eye and 52 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: it's very very difficult to kill. Eight yeah oh no, 53 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: big ulcer at the front of your eye, very painful 54 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: and very likely to cause permanent vision loss. 55 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, jeepers. That is scary and serious, but thankfully to 56 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: stay on top of any concerns for our convenience, Specsators 57 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: Ashburton is open seven days on Cash Street and for 58 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: just a couple more days until the first of November, 59 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: you can take advantage of a half plice axent. Go 60 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: and ask Michael and the team about that.