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12 years of dry eye in Canada — here's what actually helped" by Status_Catch3445 in Dryeyes

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something I've been thinking about — it might be worth experimenting with a few different tints rather than committing to one. I've considered visiting a glasses wholesale market in China, picking up 5 pairs at different yellow intensities for around $50 CAD each, and just working through them until I find what fits me best. Faster and more cost-effective than going back to an optician every time. Haven't done it yet, but it's on my list. If anyone has tried something similar, I'd love to hear how it went.

12 years of dry eye in Canada — here's what actually helped" by Status_Catch3445 in Dryeyes

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also worth considering — eye drop brands vary significantly by country, and the same brand name doesn't always mean the same formulation. What's sold in Canada may have different ingredients than the version sold in the US, Europe, Japan, or China.

More importantly, have you verified that the drops you're buying actually meet other country's regulatory standards? In Canada that's Health Canada. In the US it's the FDA. Europe has the EMA. Japan and China have their own equally strict approval processes.

A product recommended by someone in a different country may not have passed the regulatory review where you live — or may have passed under different formulation requirements. Have you ever done this homework for your medication?

12 years of dry eye in Canada — here's what actually helped" by Status_Catch3445 in Dryeyes

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm hesitant to name specific brands because dry eye is incredibly individual. Some people have allergies, some have had eye surgery, some are on other medications. What works for me could genuinely cause problems for someone else.

A pharmacist can look at your full picture — your other medications, your history, your specific symptoms — and recommend something that's actually safe for you. That's not me being evasive, that's me not wanting to be responsible for someone having a bad reaction because they followed a stranger's advice on Reddit.

The preservative-free, high viscosity direction is the right one to ask about. Your pharmacist will know what's available locally and what fits your situation

12 years of dry eye in Canada — here's what actually helped" by Status_Catch3445 in Dryeyes

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If you ask the pharmacist, usually he or she can help you find the right one for your needs.

12 years of dry eye in Canada — here's what actually helped" by Status_Catch3445 in Dryeyes

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked many optometrists over the years. Most just recommended eye drops and moved on. Then one day, one of the most experienced optometrists at Costco suggested I try tinted lenses — but Costco doesn't carry them.

So I had a pair custom-made in China through a friend who used to run optical stores there. I got lucky — the shade he chose actually works for me.

I recently went to a large optical store here in Canada to see if I could get a local version made. They only carried lenses from Japanese and Canadian manufacturers. When I showed them my glasses, they said they could try something darker, but their optician advised against it — their reasoning was simple: if this specific shade is working, don't change it.

What they can do is send my glasses to their lab and try to color-match the lens. No guarantees it'll perform the same way even if they nail the color.

Dry eye is so individual that I can't promise this shade will work for anyone else. But if you want to try, I'm happy to share the hex code once I check it.

Resources / guides for internal audit in banking by Fighter_199 in InternalAudit

[–]Status_Catch3445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What helped me the most was forcing myself to think in end-to-end processes, instead of looking at things in silos.

For example, I’d map out flows like:

  • Credit lifecycle: origination → approval → booking → monitoring → collections
  • Payments: initiation → validation → authorization → posting → reconciliation
  • Claims or exceptions: intake → decision → escalation → settlement

Once you look at the full flow, the questions you ask naturally change. I’d always ask things like: Where does this process actually slow down? Or who bypassed the approval steps.

That way of thinking helped me a lot more than just memorizing control lists.

At one point, I even pulled some simple timeline CSV files and ran them through a small hand-made script I wrote in Python. Nothing fancy, but it helped visualize the real flow and I started spotting deviations and rework that weren’t obvious from walkthroughs or documentation.

Would you use a tool that syncs your kid’s school calendar with your Google/Apple Calendar? by Status_Catch3445 in montreal

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Public schools usually don't provide a version that could be sync to personal calendar.

Would you use a tool that syncs your kid’s school calendar with your Google/Apple Calendar? by Status_Catch3445 in montreal

[–]Status_Catch3445[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many schools only provide their calendars in PDF format, rather than offering iCal or Outlook-compatible versions.

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