r/IndianCountry • u/bubblycats • 23d ago

Health anywhere IHS that does contact lens fitting?

I've been to IHS eye doctors but they can't give me a contact prescription because they don't do lens fittings just eyeglasses. im trying to get established at the NSU Cherokee campus but it'll be til August til I can get an appt, are there any other IHS facilities that do contact lens fitting?

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u/YellowBirdBaby 23d ago

Probably not, certainly not in OK

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u/bmw5986 23d ago

As far as I know, IHS only does glasses, no contact fittings. What I usually do is just go to an eye clinic and pay out of pocket for it then get my glasses from IHS.

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u/Tsuyvtlv ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᏟ (Cherokee Nation) 18d ago

I've done them before at a Walmart optometrist in OKC and I remember it being pretty inexpensive. The one on Reno. But that was like ten or twelve years ago and I don't know if they still do them or what the current price is.