If your insurance covers cataracts get it done. Medicare doesn’t, from what I’ve heard, so don’t wait until you retire.
On Sat, Jun 15, 2024, at 15:52, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Took my mom to the Costco in East Lansing MI Thursday. > We used the optometrist who rents an office inside Costco, who turned > out to be great. > $79 for full exam. He listened to her complaints of double vision when > fatigued, and spent a lot of time dialing in prism correction to > eliminate it. > > Now on to the optical department. Found a Japanese titanium frame that > fit her and was very lightweight. $60. She had polycarb trifocals and > wanted to stick with that. OK, lenses, $110, all coatings included in > the base price. For reference, the frame was nicer than she currently > wears, the lenses identical, and she paid $252 (plus $256 from her > insurance coverage) in 2019. OK, we're half done. Found a slightly > larger frame, also titanium, also $60, but made in China like everything > else. Bifocal polarized gray sunglasses, also polycarb, $108. Discount > for buying multiple sets of glasses for the same patient in the same > order: $50. Total $118 for sunglasses, plus $170 for the first pair, is > $288 for glasses. > > Now about me: I saw the same optometrist today for a 2nd opinion on my > Rx and to fix my computer glasses Rx that my MD wrote for 16 away when I > need 20-24". He wrote my Rx, but referred me to a surgeon and > recommended I don't buy glasses yet. When I went to my MD two months > ago, I fully expected we'd be setting up a referral for cataract > removal, but he didn't think it was time yet. The DO agrees that I'm > having trouble seeing, and thinks everything in my eyes is OK except for > the cataracts. Therefore he thinks the reason my dominate right eye is > blurred is cataracts. > > Everybody I know says they wished they'd had their cataracts removed > years earlier than they did. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
