I went to get new glasses yesterday. Overall it was pretty fun. I guess it's the best possible medical appointment one can have because it involves shopping in the end.
I was eligible for free lenses and a $150 credit towards frames through my vision insurance. I didn't expect to end up walking out of there $200 poorer, but it happened. Mind you, I did pick the cheapest pair among my favorites (though the salesman annoyingly kept pulling out more pairs as I was trying to narrow it down. And was it a coincidence that he pulled the outrageously expensive pairs out? I think not.) Still, I guess what I ended up with can't quite be called "inexpensive". I feel like I need a countdown clock that ticks down the hours til I lose them. I hope I get a year in at least?
The weird thing was filling out the form before my exam and having to check the "cancer" box under the medical conditions section. I've never had to check any of those boxes. Ever! Those boxes used to freak me out because they'd have things like, "metal implant in brain", "glass eye", "embarassing venereal disease"*. None of those boxes ever, ever felt like they'd apply to me.
I've had sporadic asthma in my life, but I don't usually admit to it on those forms. And in some ways I feel like a cancer fraud because I don't have any cancer symptoms. This still seems very unreal to me because I've been such a "healthy" person my whole life. I've only stayed overnight in a hospital for pregnancy or childbirth-related reasons.
But I guess I shouldn't worry about the fraud part because who would bother to lie on those forms? Except maybe some crazies.
This is also a piece of information that seems unrelated to my reading glasses. Now that I have this blog though, I guess everyone is entitled to know. Maybe I need to call the dentist.
*Can't wait to see what those damn Google ads do with that one.
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