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Kali

(56,845 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 09:51 PM Jan 2013

anybody have any idea how to read an optical prescription? (arrgh stereotypical Dr. bad handwriting) [View all]

FINALLY got my eyes examined and got a scrip for glasses (and contacts! not that I can afford those right now) and I am going to try ordering some cheap glasses on line.

Problem is I can't read one measurement number and have no idea what to guess for it. it is the Axis number for one eye and it LOOKS like it might be .03 or a 103, which seems like a strange number from what I gather from the google. the other eye is clearly 075.

any guesses as to whether that is a .03, a 103 or something entirely different? I suppose I could scan the scrip and post it if you really want.

thanks in advance (crossing fingers)

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anybody have any idea how to read an optical prescription? (arrgh stereotypical Dr. bad handwriting) [View all] Kali Jan 2013 OP

You may find the following web page useful... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1

that was much more helpful than what I found! Kali Jan 2013 #3

I would guess 103 too, but considering that your money and eyes are involved I'd stop in... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #5

heh, that was about a 3 hour, 200 mile drive - no "stopping in" possible Kali Jan 2013 #6

I don't think there's that much difference between 103 and 105. You could put up a picture and let PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #9

scan, and now I am paranoid about another number Kali Jan 2013 #10

Get your hands on a magnifying glass before you order anything. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #8

he gave me a pair of contacts and then I had to go buy reading glasses to see the prescription LOL Kali Jan 2013 #11

I wear reading glasses Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #13

so far I don't need readers when my eyes are bare Kali Jan 2013 #14

I used to wear tinted contacts... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #16

103 greymattermom Jan 2013 #2

cool so it would be a 103 rather than me trying to make that 3 into a 5? Kali Jan 2013 #4

Since it is an angle between 0 and 180 degrees if there are 3 digits the first should be a 1... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #7

Left sphere 2.50nt shanine Jan 2013 #12

you think? Kali Jan 2013 #15