If you don't understand your eye care professional's responses, ask questions until you do understand.
Take notes or get a friend or family member to take notes for you. Or, bring a tape recorder to help you remember the discussion.

Ask your eye care professional to write down his or her instructions to you.

Ask your eye care professional for printed material about your condition.

If you still have trouble understanding your eye care professional's answers, ask where you can go for more information.
Other members of your health care team, such as nurses and pharmacists, can be good sources of information. Talk to them, too.

Today patients take an active role in their health care. Be an active patient about your eye care.