The tiny stones are probably conjunctival concretions. Pretty common finding, especially if you have dry eye. Anyway…check out her tiktok if you have tiktok, she’s funny!
@vettechhippie9373 drusen are a buildup of material behind the retina (inside of the eye). A concretion is typically in the palpebral conjunctiva of your eyelids (on the inner side of eyelid)
He could have called her and told her that her appointment she already went to wasn't actually covered by her insurance so she now owes [enter ridiculous amount that's sadly realistic in the U.S.]. Because nothing like medical debt ruining your life to make you cry.
Remember: Opthalmologists and Optometrists in the USA are legally required to give you a copy of your prescription after an eye exam. They cannot withhold it because you want to buy glasses elsewhere. Always research your vendors thoroughly, read reviews, and do not buy from the dirt-cheap poorly-translated websites. Listen carefully to your eye-care provider if you have any concerns, and please remember to take care of your eyes!
Americans buy their glasses at the eye-doctor? Makes sense I guess, but I have never seen that before. You can get your prescription at "glasses stores" in my country tho, which tbh, is probably not as good for your eyes. Edit: with glasses stores I meant optometrist
I would never buy glasses online. What a terrible idea. You wouldn’t know if they fit, how they look, how they feel, quality, etc I only buy glasses from optometrists, immediately after my eye exam.
My last optometrist appointment was also my first since the 80s and it involved words like "juvenile cataract" and "senile cataract" and "did you actually.. Drive yourself here?" In a horrified tone.
I have to have 6 monthly eye checkups and I made an urgent extra one because something was wrong with my vision. I had the same response that you did, except mine was punctate inner choroidopathy and macular odema in my left eye. I just shrugged and went 'yeah, like I live an hour away, what else was I supposed to do? Besides my right eye is fine, you can drive with one eye, right' The poor doctor looked so shook
@@carolyncopeland2722 You CAN drive with one eye! Due to an accident in school my brother is blind in one eye and he was still able to get a driver's license. I think his other eye had to be good enough. (He is nearsighted by the way.)
Hey Mark, if it helps, I was misdiagnosed with a juvenile cataract at birth; instead I have a pigment loss in one of my eyes. I'm totally ok though, I can still function normally.
This is EXTREMELY ACCURATE! That price doesn’t include anti-glare, scratch resistant, turns dark in the sun, bifocal if you need them, looking fly af in your new glasses (they secretly add on a cost for that). I could go on and on and on….
@@jessieqk12 Completely agree. Our policy is 15 minutes late and we reschedule because otherwise it puts the entire rest of my day behind, and that’s not fair to the patients who showed up on time or myself who wants to eat lunch and pick up my kid from daycare without a late fine at the end of the day. But I’m still giving the optometrist credit because they weren’t the one in the wrong here
The next time this person cries really hard, Jonathan will be there with a vial to collect their tears because he has been tracking their movements and activities with his superior vision since the visit.
That is one of the most realistic eye doctor stories I have heard. The eye doctor is expensive, when in my mind I want all the frames to go with all my outfits.
That is what I've never understood. By making them "designer" and $300+, the frames company sell one pair to the customer every few years. If they made them the same prices as the online stores, people might just impulse buy cute pairs every few months, or several in one trip. I order 3 or 4 pairs in one go online, in case I dislike a style when I see them in person. But I have a weird habit of having things smack me in the face, and I frequently need back-up glasses, and back-ups for my backups.
My family has used one of those online stores for buying glasses for a few years now, huge upgrade in terms of price. I can't believe we used to pay like triple digits for FRAMES MADE OF PLASTIC
Nationalize healthcare, including dentistry and ophthalmology. Actually come to think of it nationalize all industries and produce on the basis of needs rather than 1 trillion "competing" brands all owned by the same or a handful of corporations.
I was talking with the person I buy glasses from and apparently after asking to many questions - I learned that one of the lens sellers was running a protection racket against the other sellers. Apparently if you didn't pay some people would come to your store smash the windows - steal all the frames. They got arrested eventually.
I used to pay that much, and it hurt every time. Then in the last 2 years I just said "f*#$ it" and then got my prescription from them and then went online and got glasses there instead. Still expensive, but $60 is much better than $300.
My grandmother got actually prescription reading glasses, and she says it's been a game changer. It cost her around $60 each. My glasses rang up to $720 with my blind ass ruining my glasses only a few months after buying new ones, meaning i didn't have any insurance to cover it. I certainly felt like i wanted to cry. That is almost a full month's rent. Im just glad that that, my bike repairs, and my concussion were the only costs that i had to pay.
I just go to Walmart. They dont size up your ears and eyes. I suspect thats where the cost is cut. 65- 120 bucks each and all of them have some special coating on them.
@@rachellebasset4671 Not everyone is eligible for lasik. I went for my consultation and was told that I was not a candidate due to having a thin cornea and prescription being too high.
I have a set of glasses tuned to computer use and a few pairs of regular ol' progressives -- the difference is subtle but pretty amazing in terms of making my days better. And hell no to corrective surgery for me -- the benefit of godawful-but-correctable vision is that I can take off my glasses and instantly, the rest of the world is at a remove. And some days that is exactly the break one needs from other humans.
I buy my glasses on line and have for the last roughly 17 years since I found out it was a thing. Before that I had to pay over $450 for a pair of glasses because of the strength of my prescription and because I needed progressives. My last pair cost $80.00 online. Been a game changer. I now have two pairs of regular glasses - one for driving that has a pair of clip on sunglasses that fit them perfectly, one for computer stuff, two pairs of prescription sunglasses (single vision ones - not progressives) and a pair of prescription progressive safety glasses for doing woodworking and tile work. ALL of those glasses cost me less than the $450 I paid for my last pair of glasses at the local optical shop back in 2005.
Whats the website and are you in the US? I despise having to pay $500+ USD to see clearly thanks to being legally blind due to being born to 3 months premature.
@Gespenter I've had good luck with Zenni's. Even if you go with their most expensive titanium frames and more expensive lenses, it still comes out to ~$80. Pro tip: If you find some frames you like, buy a second pair without prescription (especially if you're rough on glasses), then when the first pair eventually wears out or breaks you can just switch out the frames!
@@MParentWetmore and @Gespenter I have tried to put in the name of the website but my comment never takes. I think it's because I'm not allowed to mention an actual website. I use the same one as @dillonvandergriff 4124.
Dr. Glaucomflecken, i just want to say tha I love your channel so much, even with your comedy, you make it a point to clearly state what’s wrong with our healthcare system today, like how burnt out doctors are or how a pair of glasses can cost as much as an x box , you’re so inspiring, and your videos have gotten me thru pre-med, with 5 med school acceptances! Thank you for your comedy and realistic view of Medicine!
I had a young chap in diabetic eye screening yesterday who couldn't afford glasses - here in the UK, where we have the NHS. Made me wonder how many of them there are like him.
I've never, ever gotten a pair of glasses for under $700, and typically over $800. I would be shocked and THRILLED to hear my glasses were $300.... how messed up is that
This makes me appreciate that I live in Australia and even though I hadn't been to an optometrist in four years (one of my pairs of glasses broke so that's the only reason I went back) it only took one appointment and I didn't have to pay anything out of pocket for two pairs ^-^
Also Australian, am curious why, was it through work? I've always had to pay and so does everyone I know unless it's prescription safety glasses for work.
My optometrist didn't want to give me my prescription because my eyes are so bad that, "if you order from a cheap place, they won't be as good" My contacts and glasses were $1200. I can't do that again, so I haven't been back and I'm overdue
Your optometrist isn't wrong that going to a cheap place to get your glasses won't give you as good of glasses. But they should have still given you the prescription. Like yeah the glasses are gonna suck compared to if you got ones that were made right but the reality is not everyone can afford good quality glasses and crappy glasses with the correct prescription is better than no glasses.
@@ameliarose47 glasses in optometrist offices are also marked up. You still need to do research and only select from reputable companies when you buy online, but unless you are buying junk the difference is negligible compared to wearing an outdated prescription or deteriorating frames. Your optometrist is legally required to give you a copy of your prescription to prevent situations like this, but many patients don't know.
I feel quite concerned being asked to collect and bring my tears. Though in reality i could just pull up the episode of futurama about frys dog and have tears for the doctor ready right then
My astigmatism diopter is maximum. So when she said 300$ i just nodded like "ah she got a deal" before realizing moat people eyes arent as pear shaped as mine ☹️
I felt that...I have chronic uveitis and because maybe this week my lens is being attacked and a month from now it's my iris, it's like an eyeball bingo card of absolute suck. My rx isn't constant so I'd be surrending $400 every few months to try to see like a normal person.
This sounds like a great sitcom. I could have listened to what happened for the remainder of this woman’s day, assuming it had lots to do with optometry or ophthalmologist of course…
Had a code blue call come over the speakers for level 2 recovery from Ophthalmology last week... all the staff looked at one another. Was truly a first for all of us.
LOL, I alternate my glasses and contact orders so I am not paying for both in the same visit. My eye doctor actually provides insurance on their glasses, so that when my son breaks is frames (every 6 months without fail) we can get them replaced for $50. But eye doctor trips are so fun, especially when the eye doctor is impressed with your vision loss (it's not that bad I am not legally blind yet).
Anymore, that's why I buy online. Zenni is my go-to, because I can buy 2 pairs of prescription glasses for the same price as 1 pair from the doctor's office.
@@AccidentallyOnPurpose Yeah, but it's like $10 if you have to pay. That's all they charge for nosepads at my eye docs. As for adjustments, we just use pliers on wire frames. Plastic is trickier. It's still way cheaper.
I read about this guy who invented extremely cheep glasses. It's a case with a lot of basic glasses and some wire. Then you can make them by hand following the instruction. I was invented for people in very pore countries. So some of them can use the case to make glasses and earn a little bit of money and others have the ability to see properly (sometimes for the first time in there lives). As I said it was invented for rural parts of Africa but maybe we could use it in other parts of the world too. Everybody should have the chance so see.
Seems there is a very rare condition that causes stones in the lacrimal gland. Only nine cases found, according to the study I read. No wonder the ophthalmologist wanted those tears.
The last time I went to an optometrist to get my prescription to purchase glasses online, she told me $400 isn't that much. Just buy from us. Me, a married student in undergrad trying to make ends meet: "I don't speak rich"
There’s a video called Adam ruins everything: The conspiracy behind your glasses. It details the scam behind glasses. 80% of all glasses are controlled by one company. They unfairly inflate the price of glasses and that’s passed along as the options are held hostage. And that folks is why I get my glasses from Zenni!
It's just my experience, but I've never gotten a bad pair of glasses from Zenni. I go through them pretty fast thanks to having a bunch of small kids who don't care about me saving money or being able to see, so finding a reliable website with dirt cheap glasses was a life saver.
I spent a little over $800 on my glasses recently (which is why I only update them once every five years and stick with contacts otherwise), but I've finally decided that even if they can't get my eyes back to perfect vision, the cost savings alone on glasses and contacts will be worth getting eye surgery. Don't think I'm a candidate for Lasik, but I know I can get PRK. And then I'll continue seeing my ophthalmologist yearly to keep an eye out (haha punny) for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa--because they all run in my family. 🙃
I was 10 minutes late to my Walmart eye doctor because I overslept my nap right before. I wanted my stressed out eyes to be fresh because eye exams scare me. Cheers! Funny channel and I'm learning a lot!
How about this for a skit. Patient has a broken and impacted wisdom tooth that requires an oral surgeon. Oral Surgeon makes them go to a family dentist first for a referral. Patient has to remain in pain for over a week to get the referral. Family Dentist doesn't show up the day of the appointment. Patient still in pain but has to reschedule for the next open appointment in 2 weeks.
Glasses are so expensive it’s insane. I didn’t even need them until I was an adult due to some damage on one of my corneas (I think) and some other shit. See, when I was a sprout, I lived in this duplex. There was a family that lived next door and they had a little girl with the same name as me and we would hang out for playdates and shit. Well, one wet day in western Washington, she got mad at me and flung wet sand into my eye. After about 20 or so minutes of me violently grinding the coarse, wet, dirty sand into my eye before I *finally* went and got my mom. She had to get it out by dripping water into my eye with a straw to flush it all out. Good times 👍
Vision is a luxury-sense just like teeth are luxury-bones. Only the rich get to enjoy them for their entire lives. I have poor eyesight, always have. My prescription is pretty middle of the row at -6.25 and -6.5. My glasses, when I buy the cheapest frame possible are routinely over $500. I did not replace my frames this year, used my vision insurance, and still had to pay upwards of $400 for lenses. No bells and whistles, just featherweight lenses with anti-glare. It’s ridiculous! Plus my vision is still changing every year, so that is an annual expense! Not including my daughter’s glasses plus the vision insurance fees. I also have a visual aberration that has taken me years to get identified. For years optometrists looked at me in confusion when I described my vision. A couple years ago, I had one actually understood what I was describing and told me I have “visual snow.” Literally my vision is made up of static-like spots that become more dense in low light situations making it difficult and sometimes impossible to make out what I’m seeing. There’s no fix.
I heard there's a genetical condition in my family with eye pressure that the glaucoma test doesn't work on. Apparently it's something I shouldn't forget.
So fun story, I've worn glasses since I was about 9 or 10 years old. Because CHIP I always had relatively nice glasses that had rather nice glare and transitions lenses. Anyway after my mom died I didn't go to the eye doctor for about 10 years. And couldn't get new glasses. So I kept using JB weld to fix my glasses when they broke. Anyway I finally decided it was time. So I go to the eye doctor and while looking at the frame realize I couldn't afford both frames and lenses (I'm a cash patient now). Sooo that's the story of how I got contacts because a year supply of contacts was $100 while getting glasses with coatings was like $400. Sub note I once had glasses without coatings, in particular the anti glare coating and it caused all kinds of issues with headaches from reflections. Also also I found out never go to the eye doctor when you've s headache. What happens is that your only thoughts are reducing your headache and you end up with fuzzy lenses because seeing clearly makes your headache worse.
@@darthbumblebee7310 it hadn't occurred to me that was a possibility at the time. I also didn't really have money for that either at that time (this was a time when I had to seriously consider having enough gas to get to work). The first set of Contacts came free with the exam. And that bought me a month to save up to buy more. I wear the day/night contacts. So I basically get to forget I'm nearsighted for a week at a time.
Oh, and lenses need special rider coverage too, which generally costs extra since "not everyone needs it"... but those who need glasses to drive, NEED to see clearly to drive and generally need to drive for things like JOBS or CHILD/HOME CARE!
Doc : next time you cry, bring it to me Patient : "next time I cry, I will not be thinking about you" Doc : oh ok, we can take care of that, Jonathan... make him cry. Jonathan : Nods
That sounds like an optometrist to me. Where I am, they’re allied health providers. Never been to an ophthalmologist. Have had to see optometrists since the year I turned 8. Pretty myopic over here, with a dash of astigmatism. I pay my own private health insurance for a reason. I’ve sent people to ophthalmologists plenty though. One guy was describing having issues seeing to drive, seeing rainbows or something after an injury incident, scared me, I rang around and got him an urgent assessment and he had very high intraocular pressure, from memory it was traumatic glaucoma and the ophthalmologist who did the medicolegal assessment thought it was urgent enough to start treatment immediately, without sending him off to someone else. Normally that wouldn’t be done. We were just happy to get it fixed and avoid a worse problem.
Vogue optical has a buy 1 get 1 free, frames, policy. its very much worth it. They also have a warrenty on those frames. Never cost me more then 300$ for 2 frames and i used the warrenty at least once a year. Best damn purchase ive ever made.
I'd be happy if my glasses cost the UK equivalent to $300! The price I pay for high index, high density lenses. And people wonder why I treat my glasses so carefully - they're the most expensive things that I wear, and if they break I may not even find my way home!!
LOVE the air-puff tonometer!!! Your manual-puffing might be just as accurate... Personally, I insist on a Goldman......The "Queen Square" of ophthalmology!
I spent 7 years with the same pair of glasses that I had to super glue together in the middle. The trick for my fellow poors is glue together then put a little on either side of the break and then wrap thread around over the break to add support when the glue dries.
That's pretty much how I have to deal with my eyeglasses. Every year it's a "is it worth it to get the new prescription?" Followed by "will my insurance cost me more than some cheap thing online?" And I have to play this game with 4 people because we all wear glasses. Two are children so their prescription changes often whereas us aging adults are anticipating the day of bifocals. The cost of glasses has gone up astronomically in the last several years, and my insurance doesn't match the actual cost of things anymore. Don't get me started on contacts because I have given up on being able to afford those. And no thank you lasiks eye surgery. I like driving at night. 😭
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The tiny stones are probably conjunctival concretions. Pretty common finding, especially if you have dry eye. Anyway…check out her tiktok if you have tiktok, she’s funny!
I was just about to ask this! Med student
Could it be drusen?
@vettechhippie9373 drusen are a buildup of material behind the retina (inside of the eye). A concretion is typically in the palpebral conjunctiva of your eyelids (on the inner side of eyelid)
Are they more likely to happen when you use Visine? #warmcompresscult
What is it when they're diamonds? Like that one lady?
Patient: "The next time I'm crying super hard, I'm not going to be thinking about you."
Optometrist: "Challenge accepted."
**Rings up patient**
Most underrated comment on here
He could have called her and told her that her appointment she already went to wasn't actually covered by her insurance so she now owes [enter ridiculous amount that's sadly realistic in the U.S.]. Because nothing like medical debt ruining your life to make you cry.
🤣😂 😭 ouch the stones
Too real though...
I was thinking it would have been that much better if she brought the story around full circle lol.
The only unrealistic part of this video is Jonathan not being there
Actually, the patient saw the optometrist. Jonathan works for the ophthalmologist.
Signed,
The ophthalmic scribe
*nods*
who do you think filmed it?
@@AznJsn82091 Jonathan is omnipresent and immediately available for all eye related problems worldwide
@@shrirammahabal8900 😂
Jonathan would have found a way to get a 90% discount for her and saved the day
90% discount on $300 frames would still be over her $7 budget. The day would not have been saved, even with Jonathan's rescue discount. :'[
@@Kainbunny 98% then... a dollar to spare.
And don't forget a 10 minute ocular calcium extraction surgery. On the house. For general eye safety.
Actually, 97.7% discount?
I need Jonathan to save my day then, glasses are expensive :'(
Hilarious portrayal of a slightly heartbreaking story
Universal healthcare would give the story a happier ending.
@@Technodreamer Universal Healthcare doesn't cover glasses. See: Canada.
@@garrettkajmowicz i could easily afford my 400$ glasses if my other health costs were covered :/
In Australia you get free eye tests and if you buy generic frames from the optometrist they're $39 each. Not free but affordable.
@@Technodreamer How long before you can see the doc?
I mean, I hope I have a gnarly calcium buildup behind my eyes if the buildup in question is a skull.
Nice
Remember: Opthalmologists and Optometrists in the USA are legally required to give you a copy of your prescription after an eye exam. They cannot withhold it because you want to buy glasses elsewhere. Always research your vendors thoroughly, read reviews, and do not buy from the dirt-cheap poorly-translated websites. Listen carefully to your eye-care provider if you have any concerns, and please remember to take care of your eyes!
BTW, This rule does not apply to Optometrists and Opthalmologists employed by the government
Mine charged me an extra $15 to get my pupil distance added on.
Americans buy their glasses at the eye-doctor? Makes sense I guess, but I have never seen that before. You can get your prescription at "glasses stores" in my country tho, which tbh, is probably not as good for your eyes.
Edit: with glasses stores I meant optometrist
Totally fine if you want to buy glasses elsewhere but you have to pay for the exam/refraction to get your rx. Same thing with contacts
I would never buy glasses online. What a terrible idea. You wouldn’t know if they fit, how they look, how they feel, quality, etc
I only buy glasses from optometrists, immediately after my eye exam.
My last optometrist appointment was also my first since the 80s and it involved words like "juvenile cataract" and "senile cataract" and "did you actually.. Drive yourself here?" In a horrified tone.
😂
I have to have 6 monthly eye checkups and I made an urgent extra one because something was wrong with my vision. I had the same response that you did, except mine was punctate inner choroidopathy and macular odema in my left eye. I just shrugged and went 'yeah, like I live an hour away, what else was I supposed to do? Besides my right eye is fine, you can drive with one eye, right' The poor doctor looked so shook
@@carolyncopeland2722 You CAN drive with one eye! Due to an accident in school my brother is blind in one eye and he was still able to get a driver's license. I think his other eye had to be good enough. (He is nearsighted by the way.)
@@carolyncopeland2722 you could, but why would you
Hey Mark, if it helps, I was misdiagnosed with a juvenile cataract at birth; instead I have a pigment loss in one of my eyes. I'm totally ok though, I can still function normally.
This is EXTREMELY ACCURATE! That price doesn’t include anti-glare, scratch resistant, turns dark in the sun, bifocal if you need them, looking fly af in your new glasses (they secretly add on a cost for that). I could go on and on and on….
Go to Costco
@@dianeridley9804 I did
pretty sure picking stylish frames isnt a secret cost
@@R.N.LosAngeles Zenni
Yep, last pair of glasses I bought were allegedly 200AUD. Also the lenses for the glasses were 200AUD each
Shout out to that optometrist seeing them 90 minutes late. You know that had to be over their lunch or something
Or they are not fully booked
In Seattle, that would never happen.
No shout out. She should have been turned away.
@@jessieqk12 Completely agree. Our policy is 15 minutes late and we reschedule because otherwise it puts the entire rest of my day behind, and that’s not fair to the patients who showed up on time or myself who wants to eat lunch and pick up my kid from daycare without a late fine at the end of the day. But I’m still giving the optometrist credit because they weren’t the one in the wrong here
The next time this person cries really hard, Jonathan will be there with a vial to collect their tears because he has been tracking their movements and activities with his superior vision since the visit.
Am I the only one who likes the video before it even starts?
Just consistently sure of the quality
That is one of the most realistic eye doctor stories I have heard. The eye doctor is expensive, when in my mind I want all the frames to go with all my outfits.
That is what I've never understood. By making them "designer" and $300+, the frames company sell one pair to the customer every few years. If they made them the same prices as the online stores, people might just impulse buy cute pairs every few months, or several in one trip. I order 3 or 4 pairs in one go online, in case I dislike a style when I see them in person. But I have a weird habit of having things smack me in the face, and I frequently need back-up glasses, and back-ups for my backups.
If only lenses could have interchangeable frames, like how you can swap the band on your fitness watch.
@@ladygrndr9424:
The mark up is worth it to the eyeglass monopoly to sell few glasses.
I just hope the online stores can be disruptive enough.
@@Joy21090 try pair eyewear they have magnetic clip on frames, there are a few places that sell them.
@@kendiholloway2378 thanks
My family has used one of those online stores for buying glasses for a few years now, huge upgrade in terms of price. I can't believe we used to pay like triple digits for FRAMES MADE OF PLASTIC
It's also the lenses made to fit the frames, unless you want round nerd glasses.
@@alyssa7867 No, these were prices for just the frames. Lenses were separate
EyeBuy Direct & Zenni 👍👍
@@emilypresleysee and 39dollarglasses
@@emilypresleysee o
The monopoly on glasses is real. It's not my fault my eyes are terrible. I shouldn't have to pay a ridiculous amount to be able to see 😂
even if it was your fault, they are not that expensive to make, they shouldn't cost that much.
@@HisameArtwork So true
Luxotica is evil
its not my fault my family is fucked i shouldn't be homeless at 22 but alas It iS WhAt iT iS
Nationalize healthcare, including dentistry and ophthalmology. Actually come to think of it nationalize all industries and produce on the basis of needs rather than 1 trillion "competing" brands all owned by the same or a handful of corporations.
I was talking with the person I buy glasses from and apparently after asking to many questions - I learned that one of the lens sellers was running a protection racket against the other sellers. Apparently if you didn't pay some people would come to your store smash the windows - steal all the frames. They got arrested eventually.
😳
You should make more of these! Your expressions are priceless😂
Why can't hollywood get writers this good? The story was a rollercoaster of emotion: Trepidation, discovery, joy, and finally tragedy.
Man that last bit was so relatable. Only have $7 in my bank account, that struggle is real!
I used to pay that much, and it hurt every time. Then in the last 2 years I just said "f*#$ it" and then got my prescription from them and then went online and got glasses there instead. Still expensive, but $60 is much better than $300.
The calcium buildup behind the eye sent me 💀 Peak comedy, thank you Dr
My grandmother got actually prescription reading glasses, and she says it's been a game changer. It cost her around $60 each.
My glasses rang up to $720 with my blind ass ruining my glasses only a few months after buying new ones, meaning i didn't have any insurance to cover it.
I certainly felt like i wanted to cry. That is almost a full month's rent. Im just glad that that, my bike repairs, and my concussion were the only costs that i had to pay.
#Lasik
I just go to Walmart. They dont size up your ears and eyes. I suspect thats where the cost is cut. 65- 120 bucks each and all of them have some special coating on them.
I am sorry about your bike accident. I hope you heal quickly and completely.
@@rachellebasset4671 Not everyone is eligible for lasik. I went for my consultation and was told that I was not a candidate due to having a thin cornea and prescription being too high.
I have a set of glasses tuned to computer use and a few pairs of regular ol' progressives -- the difference is subtle but pretty amazing in terms of making my days better. And hell no to corrective surgery for me -- the benefit of godawful-but-correctable vision is that I can take off my glasses and instantly, the rest of the world is at a remove. And some days that is exactly the break one needs from other humans.
I love how the "calcium build-up" is just a skull xD
I'm so early that only available quality is 240p and video has no miniature
I buy my glasses on line and have for the last roughly 17 years since I found out it was a thing. Before that I had to pay over $450 for a pair of glasses because of the strength of my prescription and because I needed progressives. My last pair cost $80.00 online. Been a game changer. I now have two pairs of regular glasses - one for driving that has a pair of clip on sunglasses that fit them perfectly, one for computer stuff, two pairs of prescription sunglasses (single vision ones - not progressives) and a pair of prescription progressive safety glasses for doing woodworking and tile work. ALL of those glasses cost me less than the $450 I paid for my last pair of glasses at the local optical shop back in 2005.
Whats the website and are you in the US? I despise having to pay $500+ USD to see clearly thanks to being legally blind due to being born to 3 months premature.
@Gespenter I've had good luck with Zenni's. Even if you go with their most expensive titanium frames and more expensive lenses, it still comes out to ~$80. Pro tip: If you find some frames you like, buy a second pair without prescription (especially if you're rough on glasses), then when the first pair eventually wears out or breaks you can just switch out the frames!
Hi, would you be so kind as to tell the name of the online store you go too? Thank you!
@@MParentWetmore and @Gespenter
I have tried to put in the name of the website but my comment never takes. I think it's because I'm not allowed to mention an actual website. I use the same one as @dillonvandergriff 4124.
@@MParentWetmore eyebuydirect is decent. They usually have discount or bogo on frame
Dr. Glaucomflecken, i just want to say tha I love your channel so much, even with your comedy, you make it a point to clearly state what’s wrong with our healthcare system today, like how burnt out doctors are or how a pair of glasses can cost as much as an x box , you’re so inspiring, and your videos have gotten me thru pre-med, with 5 med school acceptances! Thank you for your comedy and realistic view of Medicine!
I had a young chap in diabetic eye screening yesterday who couldn't afford glasses - here in the UK, where we have the NHS. Made me wonder how many of them there are like him.
I've never, ever gotten a pair of glasses for under $700, and typically over $800. I would be shocked and THRILLED to hear my glasses were $300.... how messed up is that
warby parker did mine for $150, high index and everything
well that's nice and depressing, thanks Doc G
This makes me appreciate that I live in Australia and even though I hadn't been to an optometrist in four years (one of my pairs of glasses broke so that's the only reason I went back) it only took one appointment and I didn't have to pay anything out of pocket for two pairs ^-^
Also Australian, am curious why, was it through work? I've always had to pay and so does everyone I know unless it's prescription safety glasses for work.
@@Mastealth It might've been covered by my Bupa. I got two pairs.
You should go every 12 months for your free check 😊
You cuz you were taxed for it + no one cares
@@mustang8206 Copium
My optometrist didn't want to give me my prescription because my eyes are so bad that, "if you order from a cheap place, they won't be as good" My contacts and glasses were $1200. I can't do that again, so I haven't been back and I'm overdue
Your optometrist isn't wrong that going to a cheap place to get your glasses won't give you as good of glasses. But they should have still given you the prescription. Like yeah the glasses are gonna suck compared to if you got ones that were made right but the reality is not everyone can afford good quality glasses and crappy glasses with the correct prescription is better than no glasses.
@@ameliarose47 glasses in optometrist offices are also marked up. You still need to do research and only select from reputable companies when you buy online, but unless you are buying junk the difference is negligible compared to wearing an outdated prescription or deteriorating frames. Your optometrist is legally required to give you a copy of your prescription to prevent situations like this, but many patients don't know.
warby parker. $150.
@@ameliarose47 she inferred that the prescription wouldn't be right if I didn't use the more expensive option.
Very nice
Edit: Mmm, when you can use your tears to season your steak.
I feel quite concerned being asked to collect and bring my tears.
Though in reality i could just pull up the episode of futurama about frys dog and have tears for the doctor ready right then
hahah, I cry every time about that dumb cartoon dog
My astigmatism diopter is maximum. So when she said 300$ i just nodded like "ah she got a deal" before realizing moat people eyes arent as pear shaped as mine ☹️
I feel seen (with a fuzzy halo).
It's always a good day when doctor glaucomfecken posts! 💟
This is obviously a fake Clinic, I don't see any Jonathans.
My eyes are pretty bad so getting new lenses always costs a lot. Healthcare is such a racket in the US.
Very funny, but the saddest part was needing to have money just to be able to SEE! But at least we have nice shinny military toys.
As an ophthalmic scribe, like the loyal scribe Jonathan, I am laughing my head off at this.
Hahaha "I never went back because I had $7 in my bank account". That would not get u eye glasses anywhere
Maybe 'readers' at CVS when you have a great coupon and CVS buck$.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Jonathan incoming to give this woman a discount so she can see.
@Dr.Glaucomflecken691 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨bot alert 🚨 🚨🚨🚨🚨
This could be the funniest thing on RUclips. Stellar acting. 😂
I felt that...I have chronic uveitis and because maybe this week my lens is being attacked and a month from now it's my iris, it's like an eyeball bingo card of absolute suck. My rx isn't constant so I'd be surrending $400 every few months to try to see like a normal person.
This sounds like a great sitcom. I could have listened to what happened for the remainder of this woman’s day, assuming it had lots to do with optometry or ophthalmologist of course…
I totally thought the ending was going to turn into a promo for Zenni Optical.
Had a code blue call come over the speakers for level 2 recovery from Ophthalmology last week... all the staff looked at one another. Was truly a first for all of us.
LOL, I alternate my glasses and contact orders so I am not paying for both in the same visit. My eye doctor actually provides insurance on their glasses, so that when my son breaks is frames (every 6 months without fail) we can get them replaced for $50. But eye doctor trips are so fun, especially when the eye doctor is impressed with your vision loss (it's not that bad I am not legally blind yet).
Anymore, that's why I buy online. Zenni is my go-to, because I can buy 2 pairs of prescription glasses for the same price as 1 pair from the doctor's office.
I use Eyebuydirect. Still go to get the prescription, but I buy online.
The problem is if you need an adjustment or new nose pads it will cost you. My eyedoctor place does those free if you bought the glasses there.
@@AccidentallyOnPurpose Yeah, but it's like $10 if you have to pay. That's all they charge for nosepads at my eye docs. As for adjustments, we just use pliers on wire frames. Plastic is trickier. It's still way cheaper.
I read about this guy who invented extremely cheep glasses. It's a case with a lot of basic glasses and some wire. Then you can make them by hand following the instruction. I was invented for people in very pore countries. So some of them can use the case to make glasses and earn a little bit of money and others have the ability to see properly (sometimes for the first time in there lives). As I said it was invented for rural parts of Africa but maybe we could use it in other parts of the world too. Everybody should have the chance so see.
Is the tears thing real? Is that possible?
Seems there is a very rare condition that causes stones in the lacrimal gland. Only nine cases found, according to the study I read. No wonder the ophthalmologist wanted those tears.
The only thing I dislike about the online retailers is...I LIKE my frames. I don't want new ones! I just want lenses!
U don't know how much your videos are stress reliever
Man, I wish my glasses were only $300. That would be awesome.
I see that Dr Glaucomflecken being confused as an optometrist doesn't only happen at the family gatherings!
Yep I moved to Progressives about 3 yrs ago.
Sam's Club still $315.
My best friend who literally just started wearing glasses? over $700
The last time I went to an optometrist to get my prescription to purchase glasses online, she told me $400 isn't that much. Just buy from us.
Me, a married student in undergrad trying to make ends meet: "I don't speak rich"
It’s so true. Insurance doesn’t pick up glasses and the cost can be phenomenal. However my eye doctor suggested buying them online. 👍👍👍
There’s a video called Adam ruins everything: The conspiracy behind your glasses. It details the scam behind glasses. 80% of all glasses are controlled by one company. They unfairly inflate the price of glasses and that’s passed along as the options are held hostage. And that folks is why I get my glasses from Zenni!
It's just my experience, but I've never gotten a bad pair of glasses from Zenni. I go through them pretty fast thanks to having a bunch of small kids who don't care about me saving money or being able to see, so finding a reliable website with dirt cheap glasses was a life saver.
The person crying in the lobby moments prior -
"The next time I'm crying super hard, I'm not going to be thinking about you."
calcium buildup behind the eye...shows a picture of a skull. That made me lol.
ouch. sometimes true is painful but you never shy away about problems with the system
I spent a little over $800 on my glasses recently (which is why I only update them once every five years and stick with contacts otherwise), but I've finally decided that even if they can't get my eyes back to perfect vision, the cost savings alone on glasses and contacts will be worth getting eye surgery. Don't think I'm a candidate for Lasik, but I know I can get PRK. And then I'll continue seeing my ophthalmologist yearly to keep an eye out (haha punny) for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa--because they all run in my family. 🙃
Glasses are expensive because there are like 5 companies and they all agreed on an average price for frames.
I was 10 minutes late to my Walmart eye doctor because I overslept my nap right before. I wanted my stressed out eyes to be fresh because eye exams scare me. Cheers! Funny channel and I'm learning a lot!
The “puh” had me 🤣
WE NEED MORE COLLABS LIKE THIS ONE 🥺🥺🥺
$300 is cheap. I just got my first pair of progressives at my neighborhood optometrist and they were nearly $1300. Next time I'm going to Costco.
Holy cat he referenced the funny person doing the voice over. Legend
Im so happy glass animals pops up when someone puts in glass in google
Heat Waves! 🎼🎵🎶
How about this for a skit. Patient has a broken and impacted wisdom tooth that requires an oral surgeon. Oral Surgeon makes them go to a family dentist first for a referral. Patient has to remain in pain for over a week to get the referral. Family Dentist doesn't show up the day of the appointment. Patient still in pain but has to reschedule for the next open appointment in 2 weeks.
Glasses are so expensive it’s insane. I didn’t even need them until I was an adult due to some damage on one of my corneas (I think) and some other shit. See, when I was a sprout, I lived in this duplex. There was a family that lived next door and they had a little girl with the same name as me and we would hang out for playdates and shit. Well, one wet day in western Washington, she got mad at me and flung wet sand into my eye. After about 20 or so minutes of me violently grinding the coarse, wet, dirty sand into my eye before I *finally* went and got my mom. She had to get it out by dripping water into my eye with a straw to flush it all out. Good times 👍
Vision is a luxury-sense just like teeth are luxury-bones. Only the rich get to enjoy them for their entire lives.
I have poor eyesight, always have. My prescription is pretty middle of the row at -6.25 and -6.5. My glasses, when I buy the cheapest frame possible are routinely over $500. I did not replace my frames this year, used my vision insurance, and still had to pay upwards of $400 for lenses. No bells and whistles, just featherweight lenses with anti-glare. It’s ridiculous! Plus my vision is still changing every year, so that is an annual expense! Not including my daughter’s glasses plus the vision insurance fees.
I also have a visual aberration that has taken me years to get identified. For years optometrists looked at me in confusion when I described my vision. A couple years ago, I had one actually understood what I was describing and told me I have “visual snow.” Literally my vision is made up of static-like spots that become more dense in low light situations making it difficult and sometimes impossible to make out what I’m seeing. There’s no fix.
I heard there's a genetical condition in my family with eye pressure that the glaucoma test doesn't work on. Apparently it's something I shouldn't forget.
So fun story, I've worn glasses since I was about 9 or 10 years old. Because CHIP I always had relatively nice glasses that had rather nice glare and transitions lenses.
Anyway after my mom died I didn't go to the eye doctor for about 10 years. And couldn't get new glasses. So I kept using JB weld to fix my glasses when they broke.
Anyway I finally decided it was time. So I go to the eye doctor and while looking at the frame realize I couldn't afford both frames and lenses (I'm a cash patient now). Sooo that's the story of how I got contacts because a year supply of contacts was $100 while getting glasses with coatings was like $400.
Sub note I once had glasses without coatings, in particular the anti glare coating and it caused all kinds of issues with headaches from reflections.
Also also
I found out never go to the eye doctor when you've s headache. What happens is that your only thoughts are reducing your headache and you end up with fuzzy lenses because seeing clearly makes your headache worse.
Even with all those coatings you could probably get prescription glasses online for less than $100
@@darthbumblebee7310 it hadn't occurred to me that was a possibility at the time.
I also didn't really have money for that either at that time (this was a time when I had to seriously consider having enough gas to get to work).
The first set of Contacts came free with the exam. And that bought me a month to save up to buy more. I wear the day/night contacts. So I basically get to forget I'm nearsighted for a week at a time.
*gnarly calcium buildup
I see you, Dr. G
But the Eye Doctor has your name and number. He knows where you live.
He will have your TEARS...
Truth on the $300 glasses. I don’t even know what the point for going to an optometrist is, but I’ll keep seeing my ophthalmologist.
This video was hilarious and left me feeling deeply disturbed & horrified by your healthcare system
That was super funny 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, and lenses need special rider coverage too, which generally costs extra since "not everyone needs it"... but those who need glasses to drive, NEED to see clearly to drive and generally need to drive for things like JOBS or CHILD/HOME CARE!
the gnarly calcium buildup lol
Doc : next time you cry, bring it to me
Patient : "next time I cry, I will not be thinking about you"
Doc : oh ok, we can take care of that, Jonathan... make him cry.
Jonathan : Nods
As a COA & OSC (read: Johnathan), the patient positioning in the Humphrey visual field made me physically ill
I just love her voice!!!
Sounds like an all American story
That sounds like an optometrist to me. Where I am, they’re allied health providers. Never been to an ophthalmologist. Have had to see optometrists since the year I turned 8. Pretty myopic over here, with a dash of astigmatism. I pay my own private health insurance for a reason. I’ve sent people to ophthalmologists plenty though. One guy was describing having issues seeing to drive, seeing rainbows or something after an injury incident, scared me, I rang around and got him an urgent assessment and he had very high intraocular pressure, from memory it was traumatic glaucoma and the ophthalmologist who did the medicolegal assessment thought it was urgent enough to start treatment immediately, without sending him off to someone else. Normally that wouldn’t be done. We were just happy to get it fixed and avoid a worse problem.
Jonathan, follow this woman around until she cries and then collect her tears.
Nearly thought this was legit til I saw the optometrist using the ophthalmoscope!
Nearly got me there Doc Glauc, nearly got me
Vision insurance!!! Once my insurance kicks in, I end up paying $50. Instead of $800.
Vogue optical has a buy 1 get 1 free, frames, policy. its very much worth it. They also have a warrenty on those frames. Never cost me more then 300$ for 2 frames and i used the warrenty at least once a year. Best damn purchase ive ever made.
I'd be happy if my glasses cost the UK equivalent to $300! The price I pay for high index, high density lenses. And people wonder why I treat my glasses so carefully - they're the most expensive things that I wear, and if they break I may not even find my way home!!
LOVE the air-puff tonometer!!! Your manual-puffing might be just as accurate... Personally, I insist on a Goldman......The "Queen Square" of ophthalmology!
I spent 7 years with the same pair of glasses that I had to super glue together in the middle. The trick for my fellow poors is glue together then put a little on either side of the break and then wrap thread around over the break to add support when the glue dries.
Patient didn't see Dr Glaucomfecken & left empty handed = Jonathan would have set everything right with a reassuring nod.
That's pretty much how I have to deal with my eyeglasses. Every year it's a "is it worth it to get the new prescription?" Followed by "will my insurance cost me more than some cheap thing online?" And I have to play this game with 4 people because we all wear glasses. Two are children so their prescription changes often whereas us aging adults are anticipating the day of bifocals. The cost of glasses has gone up astronomically in the last several years, and my insurance doesn't match the actual cost of things anymore. Don't get me started on contacts because I have given up on being able to afford those. And no thank you lasiks eye surgery. I like driving at night. 😭
That was hilarious ❤😂
At least with the heavy crying about the $300 she was able to give the optometrist the sample he wanted.
I guess she didn't cry very hard about being 90 minutes late or she would have had some of the stones handy already for the doctor.
Right? Talk about a gaping hole in the story
Damn what a trip