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| - I wish I had the opportunity to give them 4 1/2 stars. They are 'almost perfect.'
One of my minor complaints, and I repeat minor, is that although I paid extra for the 'contact lens exam,' I guess because I said I couldn't afford to buy the contact lenses at this time, the doc didn't give me a trial pair and when I was given my prescription there was no info included about my contact lens prescription.
It was a bit irritating that when I contacted the secretary she had to 'check with the doc' to see if she could release that. I wasn't in a rush for that info - so it didn't matter that I had to wait until the doc was in again.
But where I DO have to give the optometrist extra points is he was VERY patient with my many, many extra questions (I've got Aspergers - and wanted to make sure I had ALL the info I needed to buy glasses online - because although the optician attached to this clinic is probably typical in terms of prices for frames and lenses here in Canada - it is many, many, many times more expensive than you will pay at an online glasses website like Zenni Optical.)
So Dr Solo was very patient with me and took the extra time to give me the EXACT prescription I wanted - which was distance glasses that were focuses specifically to a distance of 11 feet (which is precisely how far away from me where my TV sits), and he also calculated for me the power of glasses I would need for 'computer glasses' - ie, glasses focuses at about 3 feet in front of me.
But what was really nice of him was that he measured my PD for me - and this info is required for you to buy lenses and glasses online. My understanding is that many, maybe even most optometrists (and opticians) are hesitant to give you that info - probably because they want to push you into buying glasses at the opticians that is associated closely with the optometrist (and I think they want to hobble the cheap online glasses companies.
So after I got my prescription, I got impatient and checked how much more I would pay for frames and lenses at one of the 'make the glasses while you wait places' - and after I found out the price - and after I picked myself up off the floor - I went straight back to Zenni Opticals website and paid less for 4 pairs of glasses (including two pairs with polycarbonate lenses - and one of the prescriptions being progressive.)
So I ordered glasses online, but they'll take a week, so when I realized that my old prescription (for my old glasses that I'm currently wearing - well when I realized how far off it is from what I need now - and I realized that I wasn't seeing anywhere near as close to clearly the expensive big TV I bought a while ago - well I went back to University Eye Clinic and bought a box of 90 contact lenses - because they had them in stock so I could see clearly all weekend. (Did I mention that I've got NO patience at all.)
Oh - and the only other minor quibble is the eye testing involved getting drops in your eyes that expand your iris - so you will see blurry for 2 to 4 hours after the exam - and when the doc shone the light in my eye to check the back of my eye for various diseases - the light was so bright it was rather torturous. But I think this allows this optometrist to do a better job and more complete examination than some of my previous exams. I did get the impression that the exam was more complete. Which was definitely what I wanted - and what you will probably appreciate too.
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