This was my first visit to a retina specialist and I wish someone had provided me with more information. I would suggest that you have someone accompany you to drive home. Everyone was very nice and each one introduced themselves before starting what ever test I was having done in that room. You will move to different rooms where different tests are done and I had a lot of drops put into my eyes. Then, depending on what the doctor finds, you might have to have an IV started and dye injected. That one caught me totally off guard. The lights are dimmed in each room so as not to blind you. Driving home, even sunglasses provided little help and I was extremely nervous driving.
So, that's my "what you might expect " information that I wish I had had before my visit.
The waiting room was clean and bright and, as I said before, everyone was professional, empathetic, patient, and just down right kind. read more