I made an appointment today to get my eye checked out. Due to booking issues at my primary physician i ended up going to my eye doctor. The cost to go to the eye doctor is greater than the cost for the physician visit. However, i would of had to wait two days longer to save a nominal amount of money (approx. 5 dollars out of pocket difference in cost).
After the doctors visit i was extremely grateful that i had decided to go to the eye doctor instead. What i though to be a simple case of pink eye turned out to be something slightly more serious. I have a stye inside my eye lid that has been causing pain and swelling. It should go away by this weekend, however if it does not with simple heat compresses and eye drops, a more invasive tactic and surely more expensive route will be needed. had i waited the two days to see the doctor it could of gotten to large to treat with drops before i even found out what the diagnosis was.
For me it takes a little bit of a switch in how i think of my finances. I am just starting to take over control of my medical bills, so the thinking of spending a little now to save a lot later is new to me. So i pose this question to you, do you have the mind set of spend some now to save more later? if so how were you able to get yourself in that mind set.
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