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Is there any way to tell what your prescription is from the contacts you are wearing?
I went back yesterday for my final fitting and I ordered contacts and asked the technician for a paper copy of my prescription. I also received another trial pair since the pair that I am wearing is irritating. Problem is, the paper says one thing, the box says yet another and I don't know which is which... Or maybe I don't know what exactly I'm reading. Seems like pluses and negatives would be integral to this process right? I attempted to create an on line order based on the paper but I wonder if I've done something wrong. The doctor didn't write the script or hand me the trial boxes...all of this was done with employees in the facility so I can't go by what the doctor handed me. Almost scared to go back at this point as the doctor isn't present every day at this location. What would you do in my situation? Is there a test that can be done to the contacts I am wearing to determine what they are? I know they are the right ones... |
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I say the only way you can tell if you have the proper prescription without talking to the doctor is to put one of the new lenses in your eye while keeping the old one in the other--you say you know for sure that the old ones are correct so any difference should clue you in that those new trial contacts are the wrong prescription for you. But since the prescription is so low it's hard to tell for sure
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) If there is no plus or minus sign then it's understood to be plus. Left eye is 1.25 for the Sphere and the Cylinder is also "low." That's a fairly mild prescription. I don't know about any others, but when you order from Lens.com, before they send your contact lenses to you someone will call your doctor and conform the prescription, so if you make a mistake on your order, it will be corrected at that time. Sometimes doctors don't want their patients to buy contact lenses on line so they might try something sneaky to prevent this. I hope it's not true in the case of your doctor, but it does happen. As far as testing your lenses to make sure they're the right ones, about the only thing I can think of is to try them on. |
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Well I can read the form, but the boxes of contacts don't match the form, so it seems the only way to know whether the form is right or the box of lenses are right is to try them on. The doctor it seems, won't be back in the office this week...grrrrr.... |
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How is what's written on the box different from what's on the form? Are the two completely different and there's no way that you can see that the two sets of numbers can mean the same thing? It's possible that you may have been given the wrong contacts. Show your doctor the two sets of numbers and see what they say. |
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I will certainly show him when I can, but meanwhile I'm back in glasses ![]() |
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Sure enough. When I saw that picture I didn't realize that those purple things on top were the boxes. I thought it was a clipboard. Now that I've caught up with the rest of the class, it does indeed look like the written prescription is for a positive prescription and the boxes say negative. That won't work. I think someone in the office needs their eyes examined.
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I swear this is just too much for me. So here is my new question. How easy is it for me to change eye doctors? Since I just started this process on November 10th, is it as simple as taking what I have to a new doctor? Or do I have to go through an exam again, trial lenses again etc?
The place still can't determine which is right, the boxes which say one thing, and the script which is written to say exactly opposite. Then today they charge me for expired lens solution. (Which I have a picture of, but don't know how to attach) I tell you, I hate to even go back in the establishment. Just want a relationship with another business but don't want to have to repay for the exam and fitting fee. |
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![]() So where does an ECP such as yourself find an ECP for yourself? |
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Good question. Who get's to be the doctor's doctor?
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Its like dentistry.....we ecp are also at the mercy of other ecp;s. Fit is paramount in the final success of any contact lens. moreso with rgp's because they require alot of know how....the rgp lens materials are vast so an ecp needs to be familiar with the biochemistry of these new materials. theres lots to know. |
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That's good to know, luvbostonxo2's. Do you have any suggestions for akaivyleaf to find a new eye doctor that haven't already been given?
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