I’ve had a similar experience with optometrists. I have a family history of age-related macular degeneration, so paying attention to my retinas is pretty important while I’m young (so they say).

I went to an eye doctor who told me I had macular drusen (after doing the cool computerized retinal image thingy they upsold me), an early sign of the disease. He told me one day they’d likely cause problems, and referred me to a retinal specialist.

The retinal specialist dilated my pupils and looked at my retinas with her eyes and tools, and said she saw nothing. She said the camera system can often cause nerve tissue to look shiny, and look like drusen, but that I was completely clear.

Then, the next year, I go to a new optometrist who looks at my retinas again, and says “the retinal specialist is definitely wrong. you’ve got them. I’m 100% sure.”

So that’s cool.