plus cylinder is like pounds
minus cylinder is like kilograms.
They look different but they are both satisfactory.
Your left eye in plus cylinder is
-0.75 + 1.00 axis 5 degrees
and there isn't much difference between the two.
JCH III MD
I recall reading about problems with against-the-rule astigmatism when laser vision correction (e.g., LASIK) goes wrong. I believe the symptoms include halos, starbursts and glare. There is sometimes improvement over time.
Ophthalmologists use a + sign for astigmatism. Optometrists use a minus sign. Although your scripts look very different, they are nearly identical.
It sounds like you've found some good doctors. Hope you see improvement in your vision.
Forgot to mention that my astigmatism before the Toric implant was .80. It's now 1.00 and the axis was rotated 90 degrees. I have the SN60T3 with lowest power of 1.50.
I haven't haven't filled the 2nd prescription
Laura4
Thank you, Dr. Hagan - the football analogy helps. And what would vision be like for someone with one of each?
I have had 2 very different prescriptions - both opthamologists - neither was the original surgeon. I've never had a prescription for glasses so all of this is new to me. I did not think it was possible to have such different approaches.
This first has helped me with the wet unreal look and distance vision is great - like perfect in left Toric eye. Other eye has not had surgery. The goal of this opthamologist was to bring my Toric eye back to match my right eye. In other words, what it was before I had the Toric implanted. He said this was a beginning step.
OD Plano
OS -0.75 +1.00 165
Add 2.25
Here's the other - I think it's a different attempt to improve distance vision in right eye and left and to match both eyes. How could one is the OS be a +1.00 and the other prescription be a -1.00???
OD +0.50 -0.75 x 155
OS +0,25 -1.00 x 95
Add 2.50
Laura4
Astigmatism means not spherical ie not round. In against the rule astigmatism the eye has a steeper curveatur horizontally while in with the rule the steepest radius of curvature is verytical.'
With the rule football laying on its sides
Agains the rule football standing up (like for kickoff)
JCH III MD