> On Jan 8, 2:26 pm, mandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Am new to this group and entire online eyeglass-buying quest. Do folks > in this group have enough experience/expertise to advise on this: > > I have worn progressives for years but now am able to see from zero to > two feet best totally without glasses. I do suspect this is due to > aging eyes. Am wondering about ordering single vision glasses for > distance vision (am currently -3 in one eye and -6 in the other (which > was operated many years ago for detached retina and put back together > longer, yikes). The bad eye has cyl +1.50 with 015 axis. The girl who > did the refraction added 200 in each eye for reading. I have an > appointment for another refraction with an optometrist because I was > somehow not thrilled with the semi-skilled work, which I did not > understand was included in my "full eye exam" done supposedly by my > ophthomologist (who signed the RX done by this assistant without any > recheck of the refraction). Hmm. > > I am storing up questions to ask this optometrist but don't know quite > what to expect in terms of answers when he may suspect that I am not > going to afford the ordering of glasses at his prices. Thus my query > on this forum.
I think your question is: Do I need progressive lenses? If you can read a book while holding it at a comfortable distance, then I'd say you don't need progressive lenses. You could test the +2.00 addition for progressives done by the opthomologist's assistant by going into a store that sells 'reader' glasses and try on a set with +2.00 correction and try reading something. It seems to me if you are -3.00 and -6.00 OD and OS that you would have a hard time seeing things close up. You said you can see clearly without glasses from zero to two feet. If you hold your thumb four or six inches away from your eyes can you see it clearly?
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