A family optometrist visit

I stopped in to make an appointment with the optometrist for the whole family as all of us were overdue. Lego Lover was with me and the lady asked me if Monday was okay and I agreed. She took several details and she gave me a card with the appointment before we left. It was only after we arrived last week that I discovered she had made the appointment for the 14th rather than the 7th. Sigh…We had arrived early as we had come from another appointment. We also had to wait for the Scientist to arrive because was traveling there by bus from work. It was a lot of wasted time for us.

Anyway, today we were actually expected and got in quite promptly. Game Fanatic suffers anxiety such that he is unable to speak when in new places and situations so the plan was for Lego Love r to go first. Game Fanatic would follow so that they could go to the library instead of waiting through my appointment. Unfortunately, Lego Lover was not feeling very cooperative today and I ended up taking his place.

My vision hasn’t changed much since my last check up about 2.5 years ago so I didn’t have to order new glasses as I expected. But it seems I do have blepharitis, which probably explains some of my ongoing eye symptoms. I was given an information sheet with information on a daily cleaning routine that I need to follow to relieve the problem. I had several extra tests that had to be done due to my age, diabetes and family history of glaucoma and cataract. I have to return next week for another glaucoma test that is too long to do during a regular exam.

At this point Lego Lover was still uncooperative so Game Fanatic had his exam. He relaxed after a short while and was able to answer the optometrist, which was a huge relief for me after the behaviour of his brother. As expected, his vision is just fine and his eyes are in good health. Lego Lover finally had his exam although it wasn’t as thorough as it could have been. She was able to get enough information to determine that his vision is fine. But her attempt at checking the back of his eye was less successful because he flinched at the lights and wouldn’t cooperate further. This wasn’t too big of  a deal since he’s at very low risk of any eye problems amd we left it at that. The boys are good for two years and I am need to go back next year due to my diabetes.

We finished well before the end of our appointment times and before the Scientist arrived from work. So the boys went off to browse two local games shops before heading to the library. The Scientist arrived before his appointment time and was pretty much finished before then too. As he expected, he is getting his first pair of glasses to be used for reading only. The cost is a mere $300 or more after the insurance payment is deducted. Ouch! It’s a good thing I didn’t need what would have been far more expensive glasses for myself.