My Trip to The Eye Doc-With No Insurance

The eye doc went well yesterday and it was not as expensive as I thought it would be. Yup, the little one definitely needed glasses. We were listening to her reading her eye chart and thinking-how the heck has she been able to see all this time? Yeah, it was that bad. Our kids have never needed glasses before so it was kind of an emotional thing for us. It is something she is going to have to get use to and I am sure she will.

Me, I may finally be getting some relief with my eye problems too. Hallelujah! As you know, I like to try to self diagnose myself online when I have medical problems. I know-not the best thing to do but when you are uninsured-you do what you gotta do. Anyway, I thought maybe I had some kind of blockage in my eyelid that may have been causing my eye to get dry and eventually causing infections, etc. Without me saying anything, the doctor took a look and BAM-he tells me I have some blockage.

So naturally, here goes the question…do you have any type of insurance? Because the prescription for this is going to be expensive. Nope, doc I am uninsured. So we are doing some at-home therapy that consists of over-the-counter eye drops, eyelid scrubbing and massages before we go the prescription route. He also told me to start taking some flaxseed oil. I thought that was pretty cool of him to help me out that way without just pushing a very expensive prescription on me!  I see him in 2 weeks and we will take it from there. If I need the prescription, I’ll have to get it. My eye pain makes me one miserable chickee some days.

Naturally, I could not get my contact exam because of this. I was just so freakin happy that he may have found the problem. Even though I do have the issue the other eye doc talked about ( very mild case of keratoconus), that is not going to cause my eye pain. Besides, I haven’t worn my contacts in months so that can’t be the problem.

So when all was said and done yesterday, my daughter got a nice little pair of glasses, lenses and all for $124.00. Our eye exams were $54 each and we’ll see what’s next with my eyes in 2 weeks.

I felt comfortable getting my daughter fitted and all for her first pair so I bought them at the store. For me though, I manage with anything. I did get a prescription for new glasses and plan on shopping online for those.  I found 2 places that look really promising and have had great reviews:

Zenni Optical

and

Coastal Contacts

I have never ordered glasses online but with their prices so cheap-I am going to give it a shot. I can’t really say how good they are yet because I haven’t tried them. I will definitely let ya know. As far as contacts though, I gotta wait until I go back to the eye doc and see what my options are.