37-year-old optometrist

I’ve worked in a chain store as an optician doing sales and I hated it so I wouldn’t think being an optometrist there would make much of a difference. I do see myself working in a group practice possibly along side an ophthalmologist. I want to make sure that whether I become a OD or an MD I would be able to practice Opticianry as well. I don’t want to feel like I wasted two years studying to be an optician. It was in Opticianry school that I made up my mind to become a doctor. What I learned in the two years as an opticianry student will definitely become extremely useful for which ever path I choose. But I think Optometry would give me more opportunity to practice opticianry as well.