Hi all, First, thanks Ira for this blog--it's been an eye-opener.
Now on to the good stuff. Okay, I've got a fairly high prescription; -11.75 in one eye and -9.75 in the other. I've primarily worn contacts and had an out-of-prescription pair of glasses for probably four years at least now. Getting glasses for this type of prescription is difficult online; I only found 39dollar and Zenni had prescriptions that would go that high. I got all the measurements and prescriptions I needed, including my PD, from Wal-Mart. For those interested, they didn't give me any trouble. They even have some glasses with comparable prices (well, comparable to $40, not $10), but they're low on the fashion. Anyway, I ordered a pair from Zenni, and they came relatively quickly, no fuss. The problem is that I didn't pay enough attention to the height of the glasses. I have a big head, and while I shopped for temple length, I thought 26mm height would be fine. Turns out, not so much. Also, the bridge wasn't long enough, either. So now I'm stuck with these eyeglasses, and I might try to get a refund but I'll only get half back even if they approve it. I might keep them for a fashion pair. They were $70 after the added cost of a high prescription ($9) plus getting the thinnest lenses possible ($40). Anyway though so now I'm looking for another pair, and I think I've found them, but they're round glasses--think John Lennon. I have some questions: does the thinnest lense--1.67 versus the standard 1.57 lense, make that much difference at my prescription? I have the thin 1.67 lenses with the pair I bought from Zenni and they still do that thing with my eyes and face where they shrink my head and eyes pretty bad when you're looking into the lenses. The middle of the lenses isn't terrible but they bow and the edges are sorta coke-bottle. But then again, they're short in height and that means that edges have to bow closer to my eyes than if I had bigger lenses. Right? I'm not sure what effect round lenses have on that aspect--how they shrink the eyes and where they shrink them. If they shrink them all around then maybe I still want the thinnest lenses, but if, because of my prescription, it doesn't make much difference (and it didn't between my previous lenses, which were boxy like my current ones but taller in height and yet only 1.61 thin), then I can save like $40 by just getting the regular thickness. Of course, my prescription is higher from my last set, significantly, so maybe they weren't that different because I was looking at thinner lenses but with a higher prescription. I'm just wary of spending another $70 on another pair only to be disappointed again--or obviously more weary of adding $40 for thin lenses when it won't matter anyway. My eyes are a very attractive feature on me but contacts are starting to get more uncomfortable and my eyes are more easily irritated by them than they used to be, so I'd like to wear these to work every day. I'm sorry, I gave a lot of details there and if I confused anyone I can clarify. I'm just feeling a bit stupid because I bought a lemon pair (I was getting a bit of a headache because every time I looked down I was looking through my natural eyes and not my lenses and the switching was bothering me), and anyway it was my fault for not considering the height of the lenses. Still, though, even if I buy a new pair for $70 I'll be right around what I'd spend in the store, and much less $$ for a fashionable pair of glasses. Thanks, David PS--In addition, I was told by a clerk in the Wal-Mart Vision Center that if I wanted to lessen that bowing effect for lenses, I can't get rimless or half-rim because they bow more, and even that plastic frames are better than metal frames. Of course I wonder how much better, if it's even true. I really don't want plastic frames but the round glasses I'm considering do have pretty thin metal rings to hold the lenses. Here's a link to what I'm considering: http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=764&cat=22&page=2 and here's a link to what I bought from Zenni: http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=1078&cat=22&page=2 and I like these below but the half-rim worries me and the bridge is kind of small--although does anyone know if it matters whether the bridge is just a plastic rim around the nose of the glasses or if they're those attached pieces of plastic for the nose that most glasses have? http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=832&cat=21&page=2 Sorry again for appearing so demanding in my questions; feel free to tell me to mess off in the face of asking so much advice for free. :) If it helps, I've taken a pay cut in life to work for a nonprofit the benefits the mentally and physically handicapped. So helping me helps them. :) Okay, not really. 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