Doctor my eyes...
Jun. 26th, 2007 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreSpent most of the morning and a bit of the afternoon down at Kaiser getting several things looked at. I wanted to get as much done in one day as I could since getting out early is difficult in my job.
Everything was good, including some very good news from the dermatologist. The "mole" on my back isn't a mole, but something common in middle aged folks (I had a slip of paper telling me about it, but it went missing) and has no chance in hell of being cancerous. Ever. One worry down. Also had the warts on hands looked at. What I'm doing to control them is the right thing.
After that, I had an appointment with the optometry department. My glasses are falling apart and it's obvious that my prescription has changed in the decade since I got this pair. My appointment was at 1210 originally, but while I was waiting for the bus they called me to say that my doctor was out for the day. A little checking got my changed to a 1330 appointment. *sigh* Ate lunch, finished Revelation Space (Wow. Can't wait to start the next book.) and checked in just a tad early. Like two hours early. Luckily, the doctor had a really light day and I was called back after a short wait. Long story short, my pressure is good (since glaucoma runs in the family this is always a concern) and the uveitis I had a few years back means my left eye no longer corrects to better than 20/25, but other than that my peepers are in fine shape.
However there was an amusing/horrifying moment. The doctor asked me if I wanted bifocals. Because of my job, he had set my prescription to really improve my distance vision. I passed. I may get some of those cheap reading glasses at Costco and do what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baka49er does: leave a pair at the places I normally read and carry one pair with me at work for lunch-time reading.
I then got to experience the Optical Sales Center. Very nice. I checked in and was told what my plan covered ($150 towards glasses every 24 months.) While I waiting for my call to work with a "vision specialist" I examined the available frames. Given the budget Kiri had given me, I could have splurged, but instead pick a couple of styles I liked that were at the cheaper end of the spectrum. All of them are a departure from the frames I've been wearing since I was 10. Working with the specialist, we picked a nice set of oval frames. With Transitions lenses the total cost was $159. My cost? nine bucks. The glasses will be ready in a week or two.
Yes I'm pleased. All told, I had a couple of doctor's appointments, lab work, and bought a new pair of glasses for about $20.
We were supposed to go to a Giants game tonight, but I slept like shit last night and would burn out by the fifth inning. So sleep beats out Zito v. Wells.
Everything was good, including some very good news from the dermatologist. The "mole" on my back isn't a mole, but something common in middle aged folks (I had a slip of paper telling me about it, but it went missing) and has no chance in hell of being cancerous. Ever. One worry down. Also had the warts on hands looked at. What I'm doing to control them is the right thing.
After that, I had an appointment with the optometry department. My glasses are falling apart and it's obvious that my prescription has changed in the decade since I got this pair. My appointment was at 1210 originally, but while I was waiting for the bus they called me to say that my doctor was out for the day. A little checking got my changed to a 1330 appointment. *sigh* Ate lunch, finished Revelation Space (Wow. Can't wait to start the next book.) and checked in just a tad early. Like two hours early. Luckily, the doctor had a really light day and I was called back after a short wait. Long story short, my pressure is good (since glaucoma runs in the family this is always a concern) and the uveitis I had a few years back means my left eye no longer corrects to better than 20/25, but other than that my peepers are in fine shape.
However there was an amusing/horrifying moment. The doctor asked me if I wanted bifocals. Because of my job, he had set my prescription to really improve my distance vision. I passed. I may get some of those cheap reading glasses at Costco and do what
baka49er does: leave a pair at the places I normally read and carry one pair with me at work for lunch-time reading.I then got to experience the Optical Sales Center. Very nice. I checked in and was told what my plan covered ($150 towards glasses every 24 months.) While I waiting for my call to work with a "vision specialist" I examined the available frames. Given the budget Kiri had given me, I could have splurged, but instead pick a couple of styles I liked that were at the cheaper end of the spectrum. All of them are a departure from the frames I've been wearing since I was 10. Working with the specialist, we picked a nice set of oval frames. With Transitions lenses the total cost was $159. My cost? nine bucks. The glasses will be ready in a week or two.
Yes I'm pleased. All told, I had a couple of doctor's appointments, lab work, and bought a new pair of glasses for about $20.
We were supposed to go to a Giants game tonight, but I slept like shit last night and would burn out by the fifth inning. So sleep beats out Zito v. Wells.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 21:57 (UTC)I remembered the latter half of the term from our phonecall, and Wiki did the rest for me: Seborrheic keratosis. There are other forms of keratosis that can be pre-cancerous, so I'm glad you got this checked.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 21:59 (UTC)no subject
Date: 26 Jun 2007 21:57 (UTC)I have to go in too, I'm guessing I'll hear that I'll need to go from "you should wear glasses when you drive" to "you'll wear glasses when you drive"
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 23:15 (UTC)I can still pass the DMV eye chart inspection without my glasses, but it's best if I do so one eye at a time, because the main reason I wear glasses is due to the mismatched focal lengths. It was really fun being nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other, particularly with the opticians were skeptical about filling the prescription on account of thinking one of the signs was a typo.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 23:54 (UTC)But sadly, it doesn't accumulate or earn interest if you don't use it.
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Date: 27 Jun 2007 00:06 (UTC)Let's say that the dermatologist had decided to burn off the thing on my back and prescribe something for my warts. The procedure on my back would be part of the office visit, and cost me nothing. The prescription would cost me $10. I've been in their hospital twice now, and not paid a dime.
I think it's a fair trade.