Don't forget the minus signs when entering your prescription on line.. You may not notice any difference when wearing those glasses.
But they will sharpen your far distance vision. On Apr 21, 12:33 am, Firewalker <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, we're all just a bunch of snuggly teddy bears. ;) > > -=# Firewalker #=- > > On Apr 21, 12:04 am, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's what we're here for...community help and support! > > > I'm just glad we're all here, and that we're all so willing to help each > > other out. I've learned *so* much from the members of this forum, and am > > always glad when I have the opportunity to help out someone else. > > > This is a very special place, with a lot of very special people. > > > -- Chuck Knight > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:39 PM, timmeh_d <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ah, sorry about that. I should have done a little more homework > > > before posting, but thanks for the reply. One of the websites said > > > that only 3 or 4% of the population has my prescription, so I was > > > worried I was reading it wrong. There seem to be a lot of "I don't > > > understand my prescription" posts on this forum, maybe they could be > > > compiled into a guide for the first-timers like myself. > > > Thanks again. > > > Tim > > > > On Apr 19, 11:28 pm, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Actually, according to those numbers, you have *only* astigmatism. > > > > > There are 3 columns of numbers. In order, they're SPHere, CYLinder, and > > > > AXIS. > > > > > Your sphere (strength) is plano...that's a 0 value. > > > > Your cylinder (astigmatism) is clear, at -0.5 and -0.75 respectively. > > > > Your axis (twist) is 74 and 175 degrees, respectively. > > > > > Who told you that you have no astigmatism? > > > > > -- Chuck Knight > > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, timmeh_d <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hey everyone, I'm new to the site. I'm buying some glasses for my > > > > > upcoming wedding, but my prescription looks different than any of the > > > > > websites entry forms. All it says is: > > > > > OD plano - 0.50 x 074 > > > > > OS plano - 0.75 x 175 > > > > > > What's the number after the 'x'? How do I enter this on the various > > > > > retail websites? > > > > > My prescription isn't very strong, and I have no astigmatism. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Tim- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
