Re: Bad perscription / glasses or should I get used to a world that slopes???

Thanks - but won't this give me a problem when I take the glasses off (with
things sloping/distorting the opposite way),
if  my eyes become accustomed to the slope/distortion created by the
glasses?

I'm not really sure I could cope with the world being out of shape when I
take the glasses off....

I

"Dr Judy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Apologies if this isn't the place to ask this but...
> >
> > I have just received my first glasses - having just been told that I was
a
> > bit short sighted in my left eye.
> >
> > After getting over the shock that I no longer had perfect vision - I
> decided
> > a pair if glasses might be a good idea - even though I was told they
were
> > not essential yet, but might make driving and using a computer a little
> more
> > comfortable.
> >
> > My problem is that after getting the glasses and being pleasantly
> surprised
> > (or completely shocked) at the difference they made to my focus,
> > I noticed that things around me had changed shape a bit..books, pictures
> on
> > the wall, walls and door frames..
> > Everything that was square before (and still is if I take the glasses
off)
> > is now larger, and a bit further away on the left side than it is on the
> > right,
> > and looking down at the floor makes it look like I'm standing on a
> slope...
> >
> > To give an idea of the scale of the distortion a picture about 3 feet
wide
> > viewed from a couple of feet away appears to be about 3 inches larger at
> the
> > left edge compared to the right....
> >
> > So my question is - is this normal and just something I will get used
to,
> > (bearing in mind that the glasses are not supposed to be essential yet
and
> I
> > expected to be able to use them only some of the time - so I will be
> > switching between back and forth between a flat and slopped world fairly
> > regularly)
> > or should I be suspicious of the prescription or the glasses I have been
> > supplied?
> >
> > The prescription I was given was ..
> > Right :
> >     sphere : -0.75
> >     cyl. : +0.25
> >     axis : 120
> >
> > Left :
> >     sphere : -1.25
> >     cyl. : +1.50
> >     axis : 90
> >
> > Any suggestions or advise would be appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
>
> This is normal and due to magnification effects when the two eyes do not
> have exactly the same prescription.  Return your glasses supplier to make
> sure the frame is adjusted properly, improper placement of the lenses
> enhances the effect.
>
> You should get used to it, you can speed adaptation by wearing your
glasses
> full time for about two weeks.
>
>  Dr Judy
>
>