In the Kingdom of the Blind

[astri13]

My mom and I went to the eye specialist today - we always book double appointments because it's damn hard to get one with our doctor, today's was booked back in September! for example - and we waited no less than 5!!! hours. Of course this doctor makes appointments like this "come between 7 and 11", and they'll book around 60 people for that period. To noone's surprise, they can't manage that load. So, we were there at 8 a.m. and left shortly after 1 p.m.

By which time, of course, the optometrist had closed shop for lunch break. Grrr. Since we didn't want to drive home and then back again, we went to a restaurant to grab a bite and then killed some time shopping and then off to the optometrist. I found a new frame for my glasses and once the latter are custom-made, I'll be the proud owner of a new pair of glasses. Which will cost me about 150 Euros. Or they would, but it will be a Christmas present. Not from my health insurance, to be sure, because they don't ship in with a single cent anymore. I wonder what I'm paying my monthly fees for because I only ever need glasses and whatever dental work is to be done - all of which I pay for by myself.

Guess, I can consider myself lucky since my Mom, who is half-blind on one eye and has perfect eyesight on the other, has to wear some fancy-schmancy, super-expensive odd-couple glasses. 700 Euros? Some people go on vacation for less than that. Goes without saying her health insurance doesn't cover anything either.

What a waste of a perfectly good day.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've had doctors like that in the past, and I hate it. Right now, though, my general doctor is actually a clinic, but the wait there is seldom very long.

My glasses usually cost about $500 or even a little more, which is very expensive. I don't know if anyone could vacation for that much, though.

But...yay for new glasses! hehe