Seriously, what the fuck is this?
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Thank you for looking and trying your best. I'm still confused though.
Last they told me was my left eye was -4.5, and my right eye was -4.25, both with a 15⁰ astigmatism.
But what's up with that 134? Do you really think that's meant to read 134?
I dunno, serious legit questions, regarding the handwriting, not asking any medical opinion, just handwriting..
134 indicates that this is a prescription for glasses and not lenses. Lenses are typically only available in increments of 10.
If that's the case, you should get a new prescription specifically for lenses, because the spherical correction (-4.5) will also be different between glasses and lenses, because of the distance to the eye.
What's the difference between glasses and lenses?
I need to understand this before Labor Day, I have to renew my driver's license, and that's a restriction on my license.
Class R - Regular Operator's License
Restrictions 1 - Corrective Lenses
The correction is typically slightly lower than for glasses, but besides the corrections (sphere, cylinder and axis), lenses also have curve (BC) and diameter (DIA) to fit your eye.
If you have an old box of lenses you can usually find all the numbers printed on the side.
I only use lenses occasionally, so when I recently ordered lenses online using the info from an old box and correcting for the change in my glasses since I had the old lenses, I could sort of figure it out, but they are probably still off by 0.5 or so.
I think you're better off seeing an optometrist than guessing.
I think I'm better at asking my neighbor for his old glasses which I can see crystal clear through than trying to piss $300 through a $30 bladder.
Optometrist for a new prescription. Not for new glasses. Get your glasses through any of the various cheap online retailers Zenni, lensdirect, etc. Contacts are harder to find for cheap and most will ask for a more up to date prescription to fill.
Costco does exams for $60.
My preferred optometrist has a 3 month waiting list. And the nearest Costco is 42 miles away from me.