eyes

I needed new contacts so I felt it was time to have my eyes checked, rather than just order the same old prescription online.

For some reason, I felt that after all these years, I should start wearing eyeglasses, because I felt I needed bifocals.

In the end, I didn’t – but that was after spending almost $500, which should have been $79.00 for a doctor’s visit and two pairs of eyeglasses.

I first went to Stanton Optical, which is just a factory, it seems. I wrote about my experience in a previous post.

Anyway, I paid $190.00 for a doctor’s visit and one pair of bifocals and other than the astigmatism, I was told my eyes were perfect.

Well apparently, they aren’t perfect, because I then went to a local place in my village and after seeing the eye doctor for what seemed over an hour worth of tests, I was told my eyes were bad and I have cataracts! Luckily he said I don’t have to do anything about it. Yet.

The doctor charged me $279.00 for his visit and I left empty handed, because he wanted me to come back for some other tests. So I never ended up with the contact lenses I went in for in the first place.

I went back a few days later, got dilated and had more eye testing to see what I need to have done, but so far, so good.

But not at first.

The doc has every type of machine invented, it seems, and I had a long battery of tests. He then told me to come look at the screen behind the desk. I got up and walked over and looked and what looked like the moon and weather. But he told me those images were my eyes. He then he told me that I may have glaucoma!

But then he sent me back for another test and said, no, wait, everything is fine! The first test was blurry.

This reminded me of the time some years ago when I had an EKG and the one tech asks the other, while monitoring my heart, “What is that line?” I freaked out, wondering, do I have a line in my heart? And the other tech tells him, “Oh that. Just smack the monitor, and the line will go away. It’s been doing that all day.”

The tv monitor and the guy who was the heart monitor, both needed a smack that day.

Anyway, I ordered new contact lenses online and all’s well that ends well.

I am hoping they arrive before I leave for New York at the end of the week.

One issue I have is that I can’t see a damn thing with the temporary contacts the doc gave me. Not because they aren’t the right prescription, but because they are clear.

I always wear blue contacts and the clear ones are impossible to find. I can’t tell if they are in my eyes or in the case at times. When they are in the case, I can’t find them to get them out to put into my eyes. Hence the cartoon above.

Till next time . . .