Reading glasses are nothing more than your regular prescription with a
stronger SPHERE value.
You would order your regular prescription, including cylinder and axis, but
ADD a certain value to your normal sphere, and then have them made. Your PD
would be the near PD.
Did you talk to your doctor about reading glasses? He may just recommend
some +1 readers, or something similar... The fact that he didn't actually
prescribe anything, bothers me...but only slightly, since you did discuss
them.
An alternate approach would be to go to WalMart, wearing your regular
glasses. Try on (in front of your regular ones) the reading glasses, and
see what strength you are most comfortable with. Call that value, your
ADD...and order from that point.
-- Chuck Knight
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I just got some new eyeglasses from my brick & mortar eyeglass store.
> Fortunately, most of the bill was covered by my insurance.
> Unfortunately, I can only get one pair per year. My prescription
> changed, so I need new sunglasses and the optometrist suggested that I
> consider reading glasses (presbyopia is finally catching up with me).
> I'm going to order sunglasses using the prescription that the DO gave
> me (without any hassle at all!), but I'm not sure if it has sufficient
> information for me to order reading glasses.
>
> I should probably explain that I'm nearsighted and I don't wear my
> glasses all the time. I don't need them for most things like
> conversations, watching TV (if I'm not too far from the set) and even
> for most reading, except for really small print. I wear a pair of
> straight prescription lenses for driving, watching movies, being
> outside, etc.
>
> So how do I order reading glasses that I intend to only use when I
> need to read small print and not wear all the time? I don't need to
> pay for bifocals or progressives, because the upper focus would be
> useless. All that the prescription card has on it are SPH, CYL, AXIS
> and PD for each eye. No separate number for near or far. I do have
> the separate PD numbers for near and distance. Is that enough to get
> glasses that will only be used as readers?
>
> >
>
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