She survived. I’m still shaken up.

Thank you for your kind thoughts. Luna Pie was a rock star during the procedure. We’ll know more next week.
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I’m sorry to hear this. I hope Luna Pie is doing okay. How did the procedure go? She is in my prayers. She’s an awesome young lady. Feel better Luna Pie! I’d give you an ice cream cone if I could 🙂

I wear contacts, for which I pay out-of-pocket. I get a yearly exam covered by my insurance. I would like to have a pair of glasses for back-up, but I can’t afford them.

About the glasses, I have horrible, like legally blind, vision so I go every year to make sure its not getting any worse.  Right now I have VSP through my husband’s insurance.  Because my vision is so bad, I get an allowance for a new pair of contacts or glasses every year (but perhaps that part of the plan anyway, I think I just get a slightly bigger allowance or something because it falls under medical and legal necessity).  I wear hard contacts every day, all day, so I update them annually and then every few years skip the contacts and get new glasses instead.  The contacts are almost entirely covered.  While I was pregnant and still working, I splurged and got some nicer glasses than I would normally get and paid a couple hundred out of pocket to cover the cost that went beyond the allowance.  I figured if I kept them for at least five years, the cost/use ratio would balance it out.  I don’t wear glasses in public (hello, coke bottles!) so I’m not worried about fashion or even keeping the prescription current with them like I do with contacts.

I do wear contacts and I don’t have insurance but I find that a eye examine for contacts is only about 90 bucks and 30 bucks for a box of contacts that last about 6 weeks.

Ah yes, I wear glasses for astigmatism and shortsight. I feel naked without them. While eyecare itself is not that expensive and can be managed, since it is only once in six months, I find the glasses , especially the progressive lens very expensive. Who pays? I pay. Out of pocket. No insurance cover for this. And now, since I am going through my forties – it is even worse because the power keeps changing. The good thing from this? Makes me look intelligent and I enjoy choosing the frames.

Sending you love and wishing you and your family good health, Unknown Mami – always.

Ah yes, I wear glasses for astigmatism and shortsight. I feel naked without them. While eyecare itself is not that expensive and can be managed, since it is only once in six months, I find the glasses , especially the progressive lens very expensive. Who pays? I pay. Out of pocket. No insurance cover for this. And now, since I am going through my forties – it is even worse because the power keeps changing. The good thing from this? Makes me look intelligent and I enjoy choosing the frames.

Sending you love and wishing you and your family good health, Unknown Mami – always.

As for glasses…  I get my eyes checked annually and wear reading and distance glasses.  I don’t have the nerve to get contacts or have Lasix surgery.  It’s all an out of pocket expense for us.  We don’t have vision coverage.  And the glasses aren’t cheap 🙁

xoxo jj

I wore contacts for years but then about 6 years ago I stopped wearing them and went back to glasses.  Last fall I decided I wanted contacts again and I just swap back and forth between the two depending on my plans for the day.

Our insurance only pays 100 euros every three years (used to be two but it changed in 2012) and glasses are HIDEOUSLY expensive here I find…  it winds up being cheaper to pay out of pocket when I visit the US. 

I have my eyes checked once a year due to certain health issues but only get the “how bad is your eyesight” exam every couple of years. 

I try to avoid getting new glasses whenever I can because I have such a hard time adjusting to new prescriptions and frames but it’s usually every 3-4 years. 

I don’t wear glasses and try to get my eyes checked every year but I’m a little behind since moving here. 

Have a wonderful weekend!