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What Happens During a Diabetic Eye Exam?

Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Melissa W.

January is Eyecare Month. In honor of this observance, this is the second post of a three-part video series about how eye exams can show signs of health conditions, like diabetes.

Team Type 1’s Kyle Rose was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 16 years old. He was originally thought to have the flu. When he began experiencing fluctuating vision, he went to see his eye doctor who immediately recognized signs of diabetes and recommended he get tested for diabetes.

In this video, Dr. Sasha Penn, with EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, explains what he’s looking for during a diabetic eye exam and why it’s so important.

For more information about EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, check out their website at www.eyecaresf.com.

About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care
Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.

Kyle Rose – Eye doctor was first to see his symptoms of diabetes

File under: diabetes, Team Type 1 | Tagged: diabetes, Diabetic Eye Exam, dilation, Dr. Sasha Penn, EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, Kyle Rose, Team Type 1
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Kyle Rose – Eye doctor was first to see his symptoms of diabetes

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Melissa W.

January is Eyecare Month. In honor of this observance, we’ll be sharing a three-part video series about how eye exams can show signs of health conditions, like diabetes.

In this video, Dr. Sasha Penn, with EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, explains why diabetes would have caused changes to Kyle’s vision.

For more information about EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, check out their website at www.eyecaresf.com.

About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care

Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP^® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.

File under: diabetes, eye health, Team Type 1 | Tagged: diabetes, Dr. Sasha Penn, EyeCare Associates of San Francisco, Kyle Rose, Team Type 1, VSP Vision Care
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A surprise visitor during free day with VSP Vision Care!

Posted on December 14th, 2009 by Jill N

Last week in San Francisco, Exploratorium guests were invited to peer into the science of seeing with VSP Vision Care. During an Exploratorium Free Wednesday on December 2^nd, kids and families had the opportunity to tour SeeZar, one of the VSP Mobile Eyes® clinics, Ask the VSP eye doctor, Jim Winnick, all sorts of questions (which animal has a brain that weighs less then its eye?), spin a prize wheel, and participate in intriguing, eyes-on activities inspired by the Exploratorium’s Seeing exhibit collection. As if all of this wasn’t enough fun for the day, we had one more surprise in store for everyone, a visit by San Francisco’s Kyle Rose, member of the Team Type 1 professional cycling team!

Guests had the opportunity to ask questions about diabetes, cycling and receive autographs and pictures with the local star during his last appearance stateside as he prepared to move to Paris, France, where he will be racing for the 2010 season.

Kyle interacted with the kids…”you get to ride bikes for a job??” “Do you ride bikes with Lance Armstrong?” “I have a purple bike…but it’s broke.” “I bet you need really good eyes to see where you are going.” “Have you crashed before?” (OK, this last question was actually me. And yes, he just finished healing from a gnarly crash where he was clipped by another rider, flipped over his handlebars into a ditch and broke multiple ribs!) Read more »

File under: diabetes, VSP in the Community | Tagged: American Diabetes Association, California, children, diabetes, early detection, Exploratorium, eye diseases, eye exams, eyecare, facebook, France, Free Day, insulin pump, Kyle Rose, Lance Armstrong, Paris, San Francisco, Seeing Exhibit, SeeZar, Team Type 1, twitter, Type 1 diabetes, VSP Mobile Eyes, VSP Vision Care
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Eye Ride with Kyle

Posted on October 17th, 2009 by Liz B.

Renee M. is a member of VSP's Corporate Marketing & Brand Management team.

Read about a VSP employee’s adventure riding across the Golden Gate Bridge with Kyle Rose, a member of the 2009 Team Type 1 Elite/RAAM cycling team. There is even a video from a helmet camera!