Re: question concerning contact lenses and lenticular astigmatism

jan,
thanks so much for your response.
i appreciate your concern about not commenting any further on the 
specifics.

i do not assume this doctor is a contact lense specialist.
i don't know how to go about finding a contact lense specialist.
i had gone  to this doctor concerning my issues with my spectacles.
i've been wearning high index progressives for years, and had always
complained that i cant see well enough. previous doctors just
treated me like i was nuts.
i told this doctor that i wanted single focus CR39s to get best
visual acuity at distance, and that if i needed to i'd wear my
old progressives for close-up work.
she DID NOT treat me like i was nuts.
said it sounded like a good idea.
she also suggested i could try contact lenses
(which no other doctor had suggested)
so i decided to use her for the contact lenses.
somehow in my layperson mind, i figure that a lense
that is directly on my eye has a better chance
at visual acutiy than spectacles.

the real bottom line of my question was this:
given that i accept her diagnosis that most of my
right eye's astigmatism is lenticular, but also given
that "OD -7.00  -0.75" i believe implies i should be
able to get by without correction for the astigmatism,
but also given the fact that the eye has amplyopia ...
what are my hopes of getting a satisfactory contact lense ?
i know that was a mouthful !

thanks
max



"Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > jan,
> > thanks so much for your reply.
> > my answers are mixed in below.
> > max
> >
> > "Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > my Rx:
> > > > OD -7.00  -0.75x15
> > > > OS -6.50  -1.50x175
> > >
> > > If this was measured at a distance from cornea top too the glasses in
>  the
> > > trialframe of about 12 mm, your prescription on zero distance (where
>  your
> > > contactlenses are placed) is as follows
> > >
> > > OD S-6.50 = C-0.50 x 15
> > > OS S-6.00 = C-1.25 x 175
> >
> > the Rx i gave in my post was for my spectacles
> > the initial trial contact lenses were:
> > for the left eye:
> > Soflens 66 Toric
> > (1) sphere -7.00 cyl -1.75 * 170
> > (2) sphere -6.50 cyl -1.75 * 170
> 
> Seems to strong in every part and the ax of the right lens could be wrong
> but rember, I (and others) can not fit lenses at internet!!!!!!
> 
> >
> > for the right eye (which has Amblyopia and is correctable to about
>  20-30ish)
> > SofLens 59 contact
> > (1) -7.5
> > (2) i cant remember if it was -8 or -7
> >
> > in both cases i "preferred" the lense with less correction
> 
> This is not clear to me and I am not surtain I should comment any futher by
> not having the excact data.
> Are you sure you visiting a contactlensspecialist or is it possible that you
> give information that is not right?
> 
> major snip...
> 
> > > BTW, did she perform an overrefraction when wearing the contactlenses
>  and
> > > what was the spherical/cylinder outcome? (or do you have an appointment
> > > later for the check-up)
> >
> > during this followup she did keep popping lenses in front of my eyes
> > to see if things were better or worse. i dont think she performed and
> > overrefraction. that involves shining a light at me, no ?
> 
> She performed an overrefraction.
> 
> >
> >
> > but i pointed out to her that my drug store reading glasses
> > not only helped my reading but took away the halo effect of the right eye
> > on her eye chart. so she had me put them on, and popped more
> > lenses in front of me. the eye chart reading got a lot better
> > and she said she was ordering another set of trial lenses with a weaker
> > perscription.
> 
> Read my first alinea Max, I wish you luck with the other pair of trial
> lenses.
> 
> 
> Jan (normally Dutch spoken)