The most frustrating eye doctors office
@shaggin (71659)
United States
March 24, 2023 10:43pm CST
I’ve never liked going to the doctors and this eye doctors office makes me like it even less!
My stepson failed his vision test at school and needed an exam for that as well as for his driving permit. I got him an appointment and they concluded he should use glasses for driving. While they would help him a little all the time he really didn’t have to wear them except for driving. He decided he wanted contacts to wear daily.
During the exam they found he has a large optic nerve which could be glaucoma like his father has or just something he was born with that is common.
In order to get contacts he needed to make an appointment to come back to get a contact fitting done. So I made the appointment and scheduled the optic nerve test appointment immediately after so I wouldn’t have to make two appointments and drive 30+ miles one way.
I took him to that next appointment and they ordered his contacts. Once the contacts were in they scheduled us an appointment for the optic nerve test and to get his contact fitting finished up.
I got him to his appointment for that Tuesday and THEN when they get there they tell me the machine has been down for a few weeks and so he is only having the contact fitting final appointment instead and will call me and have me bring him back in when the machine is fixed.
The doctor had told us he doesn’t give kids monthly contacts that he does daily. My husband doesn’t want to spend that much money on daily’s he wants his son to use monthly’s like he does. The doctor said this fitting was for dailies and he doesn’t recommended the dailies and if we wanted him to have them we have to make yet another contact fitting appointment and then a follow up appointment for that as well! Insurance doesn’t cover this it was $170. I asked if there is a difference in the contacts why he would need another fitting and he said yes the material is a little different.
The heck with that we now have his the prescription for contacts and my husband will order the monthly’s online. I will take him back for the occular test and then will be very happy not to have to see them again for another year with their constant appointments trying to make as much money off us as possible.
Photo is unrelated to the post. I saw this at a thrift store I went to today and thought it would be really nice in my kitchen as a spice rack. I will have to see about buying or building one.
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16 responses
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
25 Mar 23
Wow! I didn't have that much trouble when I was fitted for contacts and glasses... I wanted both so I had the option of wearing them all day or just taking my glasses off when I wasn't driving. I don't need help if I'm not driving, either.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@Daddyevil glasses are covered by the insurance so it would have saved quite a bit of money to get them instead but I left it up to my husband to decide and he said whether his son wanted so we went with the contacts.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@shaggin Well, he's paying for it, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
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@LeaPea2417 (36391)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Mar 23
I'm the type who would never wear contacts. The thought of having to put something on the eye ball and constantly keep clean is way too complicated for me. I have reading glasses that are nice. My husband on the other hand has worse vision than I do and wears contacts all the time and loves them.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@LeaPea2417 I am way to squeamish I could never wear contacts. My stepson isn’t the cleanest I’m nervous he will get an eye infection or something using the monthly’s.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@LeaPea2417 yep that makes me so nervous too. My stepson comes home after school and sleeps until late then gets up and stays up until the wee hours. I go to bed at 1 usually and he’s up later than me. I doubt he will take his contacts out before he naps. My husband used to sleep with his in for years it always scared me.
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@LeaPea2417 (36391)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Mar 23
@shaggin another reason I would never wear them is you should not fall asleep in them. My husband has on occasion, fallen asleep in them but luckily didn't sleep long before he realized they were still in.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar 23
I didn't know it was so complicated to get contacts. Nice spice rack. Are you going to build one?
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
26 Mar 23
@celticeagle this is a cupboard but I think it would make a nice spice rack don’t you? I’m thinking after seeing this I may ask my husband to build me one or let me buy one since it would probably be years before he finishes something he starts 
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
27 Mar 23
@celticeagle why would you do that? Wondering if I need to consider that in the making of it.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 23
@shaggin .........Yes, but I think, if I had one built, I would make the shelves slanted a bit.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
26 Mar 23
@LadyDuck interesting about the optic nerve. My stepson doesn’t have high pressure so they aren’t too worried but the doctor just wants to rule out glaucoma. My husband had retinal detachment at 12 and had cataract surgery. Same with his sister.
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@LadyDuck (457413)
• Switzerland
26 Mar 23
@shaggin An enlarged optic nerve does not necessary cause glaucoma, should it become damaged it could. Ocular hypertension is glaucoma and this must be treated. I had laser surgery and I have to put drops in my eyes every day. It is very dangerous if not treated.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Mar 23
Get your husband or step son to build you one.
At least the boy won't be able to use bad vision as an excuse not to do so
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@JimBo452020 I’m still waiting for my husband to finish the bathroom he started remodeling a year ago .
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Mar 23
@shaggin
I'm begining to dislike him.
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@BarBaraPrz (45437)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Mar 23
I remember when I had contacts, it was just the one fitting.
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@BarBaraPrz (45437)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Mar 23
@shaggin How old is he? Eyes do change over time.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@BarbaraPrz I’m hoping they don’t make him do this every year go through another expensive fitting application and have to keep driving there and going back for more appointments.
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@snowy22315 (169619)
• United States
25 Mar 23
I hope he is responsible enough to wear them. Kids that age aren't exactly known for that, and he sounds he is less responsible than most. I think I would stress that these were not cheap, and if he is losing them or comes down with an infection from improper cleaning he will be wearing glasses.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@snowy22315 he doesn’t take care of anything no matter how much it costs so I don’t see this going well. I am worried with how unsanitary he and his father are that he will get an infection. Lots of kids get them at this age and it is fine so I will just have to hope for the best. They aren’t supposed to be slept in and he comes home from school and sleeps for hours then stays up late at night. That always freaked me out so bad when my husband would sleep in them.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@snowy22315 he had a pair years ago and lost them in two days (he probably threw them away) and refused to wear them anyway so we never bothered to go get him more.
@snowy22315 (169619)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@shaggin Well, yeah my guess is it isn't going to last long...might as well make an appointment to get glasses now..
. Of course he will probably lose those too.
. Of course he will probably lose those too.1 person likes this
@allknowing (130067)
• India
26 Mar 23
I can see how frustrating an experience that has been for you but I suppose you have no choice but to get on with it.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
26 Mar 23
@allknowing your right! One more appointment and it’ll be all over with. I wish there was somewhere else I could take him but there isn’t. Maybe in the future though!
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
26 Mar 23
@allknowing sadly that is true. At least so far there is nothing to worry about with his eyes.
@allknowing (130067)
• India
26 Mar 23
@shaggin This brings me to that famous saying "What can't be cured has to be endured'
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm hopefully not. His father has it and has since a young age same as his sister. The condition they were born with causes it. We didn’t know any of them had until the baby had genetic testing done and it showed she has this condition she gets from her father.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm my husband is supposed to use drops for it but he doesn’t 
. His mother has lost vision in two parts of her one eye from it he needs to go get more drops before it happens to him.
. His mother has lost vision in two parts of her one eye from it he needs to go get more drops before it happens to him.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86515)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@shaggin Oh no Shanny..that is a serious eye problem, well as it progresses.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@rakski it isn’t right they are trying to make so much money off people. They wanted us to order the contacts from them too and it would be $600. I’m interested to see how much my husband winds up paying ordering them online with the company he uses.
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@RasmaSandra (73198)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
Glad that it all worked out at least and I hope the contacts will work well for him,
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
26 Mar 23
@RasmaSandra he wore the daily ones for two weeks with no problem hopefully he will do okay with the monthly ones too.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
25 Mar 23
Sorry about all the trouble that you had to go. Sad that doctors milk any situation that you have to make more money 
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I like the rack. It's multifunctional and can be used in any corner of the house that you want.
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I like the rack. It's multifunctional and can be used in any corner of the house that you want.1 person likes this
@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@arunima25 hopefully the occular test is covered by insurance. Ridiculous in order to get contact he has to have the fitting yet insurance doesn’t cover it. To me rose says it isn’t necessary.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
29 Mar 23
@arunima25 they haven’t gotten the machine fixed yet or they would have given us a call. So waiting on that call from them.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
29 Mar 23
@shaggin I hope it is. What's the latest update on the same??
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
25 Mar 23
Multiple appointments of any kind are exhausting, but you would have thought they would have told you about the machine they needed being down.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@GardenGerty a simple phone call wouldn’t have been hard. If I was not going to make it they would be mad if I didn’t call and would be me anyway. One more appointment when the machine is fixed then hopefully I’ll be free of them.
@YrNemo (20261)
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25 Mar 23
One of my relatives loved his contact lense so much, but had to stop wearing them after about a decade due to eye infection (caused by the in/out of the contact lense and the cleaning fluid). Last I heard, he had to have a surgery due to that eye infection. Hope everything goes smoothly from now on for you (as a taxi driver .)
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