Ya, my prescription is the same (other than having lower values). It comes with just those 2 numbers, and the PD. Nothing else.
On Mar 7, 1:15 pm, evixir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I had an eye exam with contact lens fitting on Friday at Kaiser > Permanente and was issued two prescriptions -- one for the contacts > and another for eyeglasses. The eyeglasses prescription only lists > two items: > > OD: -5.50-sph > OS: -5.50-sph > > It includes "wear type" of Full-Time, "lens design" of Single Vision, > and "material/coating" of Plastic and Anti-Reflective. But absolutely > no information about cylinder, axis, PD or other measurements (of > course, the PD not being present was unsurprising). Understandably, > this is a major problem when trying to shop for glasses online. > > I have to go back to get my eyes dilated for a visual field test, at > which time I will most definitely firmly request my full detailed > prescription, but it's troublesome to me that they would issue this > half-a**ed excuse for a prescription. Since my (new) doctor had me > speak with both the contact lens specialist and the optician about > buying goods there, I am suspicious that they are stonewalling and > trying to force me into buying glasses from their stock rather than > other vendors by withholding information. > > Brick-and-mortar vendors have pocketed thousands and thousands of > dollars from my family over the past decades, so I have no compunction > about refusing to line their pockets any further, especially when the > eyeglasses would be for intermittent/nighttime use anyway. If they > want to get pissy about online eyeglass shops stealing all their > business, perhaps they'd also better take a look at the contact lens > industry as I imagine they've delivered a bit of a wallop as well. > > Anyway, I searched the discussions and posts but did not see any other > entries about this issue, so I thought I'd toss it out there as a > potential abuse. Rest assured I will be returning to them with FCC > paperwork in hand if they give me any problems! -- 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
