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<blockquote data-quote="SaskiaKC" data-source="post: 2056439" data-attributes="member: 487111"><p>I went to the other opticians this morning. The man there said the glasses did not "quite" match the written prescription. So I took them back to the first optician, and the optometrist there told me that she had not put in the astigmatic correction. (????) So she wrote a new prescription to match my old prescription (same one I've had for 20-odd years), WITH its astigmatism correction (yay!) and recommended I give up on the bifocals. She also said that the smaller lenses in the new glasses might be the reason the bifocals didn't work for me and maybe a larger frame would be better. I thought, Why on earth didn't you tell me that a month ago when I was in here trying on all those frames and you were right over there talking with the liaison from the ophthalmologists? </p><p></p><p>Oh, well, according to the previous sentence, I have FINALLY learned how to spell ophthalmologist. I am usually a good speller but that word has had me bamfoozled for weeks now! Anyway, the new glasses have been ordered, and I got a copy of this prescription, so that I can go online and order an inexpensive backup pair when I have some extra cash just lying around. The opticians I saw this morning, who read the prescription, were really nice and quoted me a great price for a vision exam and frames, so I may go back to them sometime this summer, depending on how this third effort from the original opticians works for me. At least the other opticians have given me a straightforward answer to my question -- no, Medicare does not cover a vision exam. For that I need an ophthalmologist. 'Bout time someone was upfront with me on this! </p><p></p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SaskiaKC, post: 2056439, member: 487111"] I went to the other opticians this morning. The man there said the glasses did not "quite" match the written prescription. So I took them back to the first optician, and the optometrist there told me that she had not put in the astigmatic correction. (????) So she wrote a new prescription to match my old prescription (same one I've had for 20-odd years), WITH its astigmatism correction (yay!) and recommended I give up on the bifocals. She also said that the smaller lenses in the new glasses might be the reason the bifocals didn't work for me and maybe a larger frame would be better. I thought, Why on earth didn't you tell me that a month ago when I was in here trying on all those frames and you were right over there talking with the liaison from the ophthalmologists? Oh, well, according to the previous sentence, I have FINALLY learned how to spell ophthalmologist. I am usually a good speller but that word has had me bamfoozled for weeks now! Anyway, the new glasses have been ordered, and I got a copy of this prescription, so that I can go online and order an inexpensive backup pair when I have some extra cash just lying around. The opticians I saw this morning, who read the prescription, were really nice and quoted me a great price for a vision exam and frames, so I may go back to them sometime this summer, depending on how this third effort from the original opticians works for me. At least the other opticians have given me a straightforward answer to my question -- no, Medicare does not cover a vision exam. For that I need an ophthalmologist. 'Bout time someone was upfront with me on this! Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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