Contact Lens Fitting Help!!!?
September 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under FAQ on advance for astigmatism
If my K reading is:
44.12/46.36
44.12/46.00
and my spectacle prescription is:
PL-2.00 x 5
PL-2.25 x171
(I have astigmatism)
Is it possible for me to know what my base curve and diameter are supposed to be?
I have been wearing contact lenses (plano, blue, I was never fitted for them) for 7 years, and they are 8.5 B.C. and 14.2 D and I wanted to know whether they fit properly, so I went to an O.D. yesterday (who was VERY rude and condescending) to ensure that they fit properly, and she said that because they don’t sell that brand in her office she could not tell me whether they fit properly, she could only tell me my K reading and my eye glasses prescription. So I paid $125.00 for nothing. She looked in my eye with my lenses on (as a favor) and said there was an air bubble inside. What does that mean? Is that a showing that they don’t fit properly? Could my astigmatism have come from the air bubble in my contact lenses and wearing them anyways for 7 years?
Also, can someone please interpret my K reading into a base curve?
Thanks!
i’m sorry they were rude & condescending. i suspect some miscommunication here.
but no, no one here is going to be able to “interpret” that for you and come up with the correct CL Rx. someone (another doc? a second opinion?) is going to have to take those numbers and start trying on contacts and seeing which way they rotate, etc before you can have an Rx you can use.