I am housebound and thus unable to go out and get a new eye exam without great difficulty. I need a new pair of glasses because, while I used to be able to read up close with no strain wearing my usual glasses (-3.0 in both eyes), I now find that I need to push them further and further down my nose in order to be comfortable when reading. I'm running out of nose length! My near vision is still very good, and I don't need the typical sort of reading glasses. I would just like to have a slightly weaker pair of glasses for when I read or use the computer.
Here are my questions: Approximately how much weaker would the prescription have to be to satisfy this need? Would I need to slightly reduce the pupillary distance to make this work better? By moving my current glasses down my nose when I read, aren't I in effect reducing the PD? If that were the case, how much would I have to reduce it by? According to my records at the store where I last bought a pair of glasses over five years ago, my PD is OD 30.5 mm, OS 31.5 mm. I did a fair bit of looking and "trying on" at Zenni and was hoping to buy a pair of glasses, but when placing my order I found that they don't allow for two numbers for PD. How much difference will it make if PD is off in each eye by 0.5 mm? I'm pretty sensitive and prone to eyestrain. Would going with a higher index lens and having a weaker rx mitigate the PD issues to some extent? Thanks, Ellen -- 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
