eyeDOCS Westboro

My eyes were in bad shape. Really bad shape.
I’ve been a glasses and contacts wearer for about 12 years — which means that I’ve been a contacts wearer for most of the hours in those 12 years. I try to take care of my eyes, but I had just moved from Boston and I hadn’t tried to find a new optometrist during all the transition, and i was wearing old contacts for far too long. My eyes were sore and basically rejected my contacts. I was dropping all the eye drops I could find and my eyes were blurry all the time.
All of this is to say that Wesboro Optometic was the best place I could have gone.
I should note that I went to Laurier Optical in the Rideau Center first because it was cheaper and I’m still an American resident technically. After they made me cry because they were mean, hard to understand, told me there was something seriously wrong with my eyes and I’d need to see a specialist, and gave me the worst prescription ever, I vowed to find someone else and get a second opinion.
Westboro Optometric isn’t far from my house, and it looked really nice and clean when I was heading by, so I made an appointment. Plus, it’s one of the only places with a good website, which is helpful to get an impression of them. They charge more for an appointment ($ 160 vs $ 75), but it could not have been more worth it. The staff is very friendly and thorough, and I’m incredibly thankful for my doctor, Jason Bussey. Dr. Bussey made me feel comfortable from start to finish, and has really walked me through the process of getting my eyes better.
After a very comprehensive exam, he gave me some contacts to try for a couple weeks, then I came back free of charge to test my vision with those contacts. When my eyes started to heal, he sent me off with another prescription and I came back in three more weeks to try again. My eyes were getting so much better, but I told him they were still sore, so the gave me medicated drops and a new precription. Now I’m back to a much lower strength prescription because my eyes have healed — which is the opposite of what the Laurier Optical said would happen. They basically told me my eyes were never going to get better because I treated them bad and I might need surgery.
Dr. Bussey is very kind and softspoken and you can really tell he cares about his patients. He remembered that I am from Boston, and this morning he expressed his condolences for the attacks my home witnessed last week. He just goes above and beyond and I’m really lucky to have found this clinic. Would recommend to anyone!