I finally made it to the eye doctor after 2 straight weeks of not being able to wear my contacts. I have no time to go home just for an eye appointment, so I found a Pearl Vision at the mall and had my appointment today. After several pictures of the inside of my eye, straining to read way too small letters, getting shot in the eyes with puffs of air, having orange dye put in my eyes and looked at with a blue light, I found out that I have an infection. How wonderful! I have an inflamed retina that has caused numerous white blood cells to flood my eyes. So...he wrote me a prescription and said I have to come back in three days. I pay my bill of $167.00 thinking it included new contacts. Not even close. It was $49.00 for the exam, $39.00 for having the retina photo thing, and $79.00 for the rest of the exam. Not cool. I then go to Walgreens to fill the prescription and wait 20 minutes in the store for them to fill it. They finally announce that it's ready so I go up and the guy asks again if I have a prescription insurance card. He said it wasn't going through so they had to call the insurance company, and if it wasn't covered I would have to pay $87.00. Ten minutes later it was finally worked out and I still had to pay $40.00. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper and I don't even want to think about how much I am going to have to pay when I go back on Thursday. I'm sure I will be charged for another office visit on top of what the contacts themselves will be.... Then I came home and took a 3 hour nap.
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Good thing mom pays you back for all of it. I think I might be too old for the reimbursements. :( Oh yeah, I also don't have insurance anymore because this school's too poor.
Yes, poor mom will pay her little girl back. Good thing you found out about the infection. I have one too, but it's probably pink eye. My perscription was $10.00 and the office call is covered under my insurance (medical doctor). We don't have vision insurance. Send me the bill;(!
At least you don't have a cankle. I do. :( Apparently some venimous spiders bit me in my sleep and I have a secondary infection that has taken over my entire left calf. It hurts real bad to walk. And it looks real skanky too. Sad day.
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