tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post115706733292267976..comments2024-03-24T02:20:57.798-07:00Comments on jennifer's uncreatively-titled weblog.: Eye examsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-1159506666637465252006-09-28T22:11:00.000-07:002006-09-28T22:11:00.000-07:00Yeah...its kinda mean. But unfortunately since hi...Yeah...its kinda mean. But unfortunately since high prescriptions are uncommon, the demand doesn't call for a high supply of hi-index lenses, so the cost shoots up so we can turn a buck.<BR/><BR/>And this concludes this week's optometry lesson for sociologists! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-1159322836074370782006-09-26T19:07:00.000-07:002006-09-26T19:07:00.000-07:00Ahh... good to know! I was sure that I was the su...Ahh... good to know! I was sure that I was the subject of some experiment.<BR/><BR/>And, I do actually think the high prescription fee was on the glasses. And, yeah, I don't want super-thick lenses, but I also don't want to pay a bunch of money for it. *sigh* Oh well.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-1159320618208186732006-09-26T18:30:00.000-07:002006-09-26T18:30:00.000-07:00You're funny =)We wipe the back of the phoropter (...You're funny =)<BR/><BR/>We wipe the back of the phoropter (the thing w/ the lenses) with alcohol to clean/disinfect.<BR/><BR/>The thing where you pick 1 or 2 is refining your prescription for those patients with astigmatism. It's actually a cylindrical lens when flipped one way adds .25 to the power and when flipped to the other side subtracts .25 When we get close to your actual cylindrical correction, both axis and power, both choices will look essentially the same. <BR/><BR/>Its not a psychological experiment, except to analytical folks like you =)<BR/><BR/>And high prescription fee? On the glasses or the exam itself? For contact lenses this is a common occurance b/c of the difficulty of fitting toric lenses, but for glasses? That seems fishy. Unless that was on the ordering of your actually glasses and perhaps they used high index materials to grind your glasses, instead of having very unattractive thick lenses<BR/>=-) <BR/>-AmandaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com