Long Family Eye Care October Newsletter
Fall is here once again
October 2005


If you read last month's email I sent out, then 
you know that we have started a new program to 
reward patients who refer friends and family to 
our office.  Well, we have our first 
monthly "referral drawing" winner!  This 
wonderfully awesome 
patient will be receiving a $25.00 gift card 
to Texas Roadhouse.  Dr. Angie and I would 
like to thank everyone that refers patients to our 
office.  Along with keeping you as a 
patient, it really means a lot to us.  Thank 
you and please read on for more.

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in this issue
* Sailing Off!
* The future of contact lenses
* Color blindness

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The future of contact lenses

I don't have a crystal ball like this guy, but I 
know his eyes would look and feel a whole lot 
better if he were wearing a new pair of 
silicone hydrogel contact lenses!  Dr. 
Angie and I feel that this new, more breathable 
material is the future of contact lenses.  It 
comes in spherical and toric disposables and 
there are other modalities, like bifocals, on the 
way.

We should have already offered them to you, but 
if not, send an email or ask about them the next 
time you are in.  And one last thing, be sure to 
use the solutions we recommend.  Some are 
more compatible with these new lenses than 
others!

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Color blindness

Back by popular demand!  In my very first 
newsletter a few years ago, this was the most 
popular link.  Now, with so many new 
subscribers, I thought I would bring it back.  Dr. 
Angie and I see a lot of color deficient boys and 
can count on one hand the number of girls we've 
seen.

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Sailing Off!

The doctors and staff at Long Family Eye Care 
would like to announce Dr. Ken VanderZeyde's 
retirement (I know..."isn't he too young?").  He 
will be seeing patients in our office for the last 
time the week of November 14th and we will be 
having an open house from 4:00 to 6:00 on 
Friday November 18th.

We're pretty sure about the date and time 
above, but our office will be mailing out 
announcements with more specifics regarding 
the open house.

For those of you who didn't know, Dr. 
VanderZeyde "semi-retired" and joined our 
practice in June of 1998.  He's enjoyed seeing 
some loyal patients over the years while Dr. 
Angie and I have cared for many of his patients 
as they have transitioned over to us.

p.s. we're trying to surprise him so don't tell him 
about the open house if you see him this month!



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