correction to earlier post

[Marilyn Kesterke]

 

Rx info on earlier post came thru totally distorted.  I'll try again.

 

Is my Rx too complicated to have filled online?

I've had a real challenge getting my Rx filled with 39dollarglasses.
My order was placed in early June.  I finally received it July 22.
The order was for "single vision reading" correction.  It took me a
few weeks to determine and verify locally that I received a single
vision distance correction.  I returned the glasses in August.  I have
now received the "corrected" order but still am not able to use them.
I have a couple of questions.

Prescription and Questions:
                         SPH     CYL    AXIS    PRISM  BASE
    O.D.            +2.00   -.50       85
    O.S.             -.75      -.50       90           1          BU

ADD         O.D.  +2.00
                  O.S.  +2.00

The right lens is quite thick,,,Would that seem accurate?   My
previous reading glasses still work better for me.  I realize that one
eye is farsighted and the other nearsighted and that there is a prism
correction included.  Could my correction be  more complicated than I
imagined?
I already have $1000+ in out of pocket medical expenses each month and
it would be a big help to meet vision needs for less than the $500 or
so that my optometrists office charges for glasses.

Thanx,
gigi

[Chalo]

Marilyn Kesterke wrote:
>
> Is my Rx too complicated to have filled online?
>

>                          SPH     CYL    AXIS    PRISM  BASE
>     O.D.            +2.00   -.50       85
>     O.S.             -.75      -.50       90           1          BU
>
> ADD         O.D.  +2.00
>                   O.S.  +2.00

No, that's pretty straightforward. There are an unusual number of
different corrections, but none of them are very strong.

> The right lens is quite thick,,,Would that seem accurate?  

Superimposing a +2 ADD on a +2 lens with a cylinder correction might
mean that there are geometrical or technical reasons for the lens to
be thick. A plain +4 single vision lens would not be particularly
thick (but not very thin either).

Chalo

[Paul]

Try your new glasses vs the old ones with one eye closed at a time, to
see how it works for each eye. (My guess is that it's the prism that's
the suspect, but that's a guess.)

I think the way to make sure you get just a reading prescription is to
not submit the entire prescription, but to use instead a single vision
version of the prescription that is meant for reading.

That would mean removing the ADD and changing the +2.00 and -0.75 to
+4.00 and +1.25. The PD would be the lesser of the two bifocal values.
I think everything else would remain the same, thought it's a good
idea to check that with your eye doctor.

I don't think it's surprising that a +4.00 lens would be pretty thick
in the middle.