Seriously, what the fuck is this?
-4.25 0.25 134
-4.50 0.50 70
This prescription is 3 years out of date, if you're ordering new glasses you should just get a new eye exam
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
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How are his zeroes so inconsistent.
Fucker should go back to elementary school or buy a fucking computer.
Thank you for looking and trying your best. I'm still confused though.
Last they told me was my left eye was -4.5, and my right eye was -4.25, both with a 15⁰ astigmatism.
But what's up with that 134? Do you really think that's meant to read 134?
I dunno, serious legit questions, regarding the handwriting, not asking any medical opinion, just handwriting..
It was written as 134. I don't know if that's what they intended.
Looks like 13y and fo to me.
At least I think I can read the rest of it, I guess..
But am I supposed to guess on bullshit like this to order glasses online?
You can call the office and ask them to read you the last prescription to confirm it.
You can take your glasses to a lens store and they can read the values your glasses use.
They can't do that anymore with my latest glasses, because the 'protective' layer is rotting off.
They won't get any valid measurements unless they go to my prior prescription from like 6 years ago.
Which is illegal for them.
Get a new prescription, fucking hell...
Please explain, why can people go to the Dollar Tree and purchase a positive prescription for super cheap, but people with a negative prescription get fucked in the ass?
Because quality doesn't really matter if it's glasses you're wearing on and off to read things close to your eyes but if you read a lot you won't buy cheap dollar tree glasses and if it's to see at a distance you'll wear the glasses at all times.
My vision is better than yours and I still wouldn't do shit without my glasses.
The quality of my prescription is just fine, even if it is outdated. The quality of the lenses and frames is what's messed up. The lenses are scratched to hell and back, and the frames snapped in two over a year ago and are rigged back up with a hairpin.
And of course, Walmart is shutting down all of their health centers..
I'd be ecstatic if I could just get my last prescription remade by a different company in different frames. It's not like the lenses are out of focus, they're just extremely scratched up.
Ok, back to my point and not whatever you understood, it's about the quality of the glasses, not the prescription. Hell, your prescription is clear, both your eyes aren't the same, try to find dollar tree glasses with different prescriptions in each eyes, good luck.
Dollar Tree is not an option for me. They legally cannot sell negative prescriptions for myopia (nearsightedness). They only sell positive prescriptions for farsightedness.
Go ahead, go check. You won't find a negative lens anywhere off of a cheap rack.
That's what I keep telling you, there's a reason for that, your asked why, I explained why.
No, you explained that I have a slight difference between each eye. Obviously. That's beside the point.
If I got generic lenses of -4.5 in both eyes, that would do me plenty well enough. Definitely better than no glasses at all.
But they do not sell any generic negative lenses off the shelf.
It's like the system decided to be prejudice against nearsighted people for the corporate wallet.
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https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13577950
It's a conversation, what was said in previous messages doesn't cease to exist just because I sent another reply.
You speak of quality. Where's the quality when my $200+ lenses already have 4 scratches before I even get to the vehicle to head home?
Sounds like a you issue more than a quality issue to me.
I keep an old prescription lens in my wallet, and everyone told me that would end up scratched to hell and back. But nope, that emergency lens is fine, after years in my wallet. It was the newer Walmart glasses that I wear daily that couldn't even make it to the vehicle brand new before getting 4 scratches.
I don't need a new prescription, I just need new lenses that ain't all scratched up and might actually resist scratches. And I find it extremely unfair that farsighted people can just go get generic glasses for like $10, while nearsighted people have no such option.
Holy shit dude, do you want people driving with glasses with lenses produced without any quality control? Honestly, at this point I would say that you're probably better off losing your license if you care so little about your ability to see.
I'm done with you, you're just hopeless.
That's fully legible, but probably only because my handwriting is just as bad.
What is the y?
What is the backwards f?
What are the preceding symbols?
What the hell is that weird symbol in the Cylinder column?
What TF does any of this even mean?
I mean fuck, everyone tells me to order glasses online, but what the fuck does any of these cryptic symbols mean?
-4.25, 0.25, 134
-4.50, 0.50, 70
This is probably the most helpful comment I've received here. Looks about right, I guess, I think..
Thank you. 👍
It's the same info provided in this comment and you started arguing...
Just go to Zennie and put in the numbers it gives you. You will need to figure out your own pupillary distance (PD) to finish the order, but that's pretty easy to do with a friend of you can't read a ruler without your glasses.
Put in the numbers it gives you? What's that supposed to mean?
My original question is how the hell do you read this shit?
Another commenter managed to interpret the doctor's hieroglyphics for me, long after the prescription expired though.
some online shops let you upload a scan of it, do that and let them decipher the code.
If you saw the part I censored, you'd really see how bad their handwriting was. Of course I'm not gonna share that here, but I'm staring at the paper right now, wondering what the fuck?!
You've got a bunch of people who told you what's written on it so no it's not as bad as you think it is.
-4.25. 0.25. 134.
-4.50. 0.50. 70.
But this prescription expired 2 years ago. Get a new one.
I didn't ask a medical opinion. I only asked a handwriting interpretation. Thank you though, for whatever it's worth.
Would have been nice to know how to read this garbage before the prescription expired though..
You didn't get medical opinion. You got the written number. And if you wanted to know three years ago, you probably should have either posted or called your doctor three years ago lol
Ah, yes, during lockdown no less..
What's the doctor's name again? Let's read the paper together...
Dw R
Edit: I have no clue what her name was. Plus Walmart is shutting down all it's health centers..
Dude. You went to the doctor. You have their number. You don't need to read it off the paper. You need to just call the place you went to when you got this prescription. Word of advice: don't be a dick to those who are trying to help, for a day will come when willing help will cease.
Walmart done shut down their health centers homie.