As for the axis. Yes, it *can* vary greatly from one eye to the other.
Mine is 45 right, and 133 left. I have a greater astigmatism is the
left eye.

As for the *** or ---, I'd have to agree with Chuck on this one. Ask
your optometrist to decipher his/her chicken scratching for you. It's
the *only* way to know for *sure*.

  -=# Firewalker #=-

On Feb 27, 10:48 am, "J. Webber" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the <Add +2.25> is probably for both eyes. Note the decimal point.
>
> JW
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:53 AM, mk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm thrilled to have found this site!
>
> > My doc's office is kinda snotty about handing out prescriptions for
> > glasses, especially when they know I plan to try to buy some glasses
> > online...  I called today to get them to translate my husband's
> > prescription to something I could order on Zenni (or is there a better
> > site?) with.
>
> > Here's how it's written (those things I can READ, anyway):
>
> > pl + 125 x 006
> >                                *** + 225
> > -100 + 200 x 180
>
> > The optician did let me know that the first line is right, the 2nd
> > line is left, and the numbers are in the order
> > spherical, cylinder, axis.
>
> > So, is this right?
> >                               RIGHT              LEFT
> > SPHERICAL             0                      -1.00
> > CYLINDER               +1.25                +2.00
> > AXIS                        6                       180
> > ADD                        +2.25
>
> > Is that right?
>
> > Is the difference between the left and right axis right?
>
> > I appreciate anyone's assistance!
>
> > We did get the pupillary distance, too: 62/59
>
> > Thank you!
> > MK- Hide quoted text -
>
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