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Converting a Glasses Prescription into a Contact Lens Prescription
Is there some way you can take a prescription for eye glasses and convert it into a prescription for contact lenses? I hope it's nothing too complicated. I'm just curious to know if it can be done. I've heard about the possibility, but I've never seen the formula. Any mathematicians on this board?
There is a formula, it is normally only an issue if you have a prescription greater than =/-4.00
Fcl = Fsp * (1 - (d/Fsp)
Fcl = 1/contact lens power in diopters ie -6.00= -0.167
Fsp = 1/spectacle lens power in diopters ie -6.50= -0.154
d = distance from the eye to the spectacle lens in meters usually 12mm = 0.012
So an example would be, using the numbers above
A spherical eyeglass prescription of -6.50 so
Fcl = -0.154 * (1 - (0.012/-0.154))
-6.02 = -0.154 * 1.078
= -6.00
You round to the nearest 0.25, there are charts that are much easier.
If you have astigmatism you have to figure that in as well. If the direction of your astigmatism is say 145 there are very few contact lenses that would come in that direction so you would have to go to a 140 or a 150 even then some do not come in those directions. If you have say -1.50 of astigmatism you will usually not find any contacts that come in that power either, usually -1.25 or -1.75.
And none of this takes into account the fit of the contact lens.
I found the formula on Wikipedia if anyone wants to do a little recreational math, then used the charts I mentioned to work out how to get it to work.
Thank you very much, Sir Robin. That is a very complete answer and I thank you for taking the time to look that up and post it here.
Just one more question. There are some mention of rounding of numbers, such as direction of astigmatism. Is there any guideline that you know of as to whether it's best to round up or down?
The last numbers in a prescription are the axis or direction of astigmatism (ie -4.00 - 1.25 x 145) the 145 is just a direction so as far as a prescription goes, it will not change how much correction there is so there is no consistent rule as to whether you round up or down, it is something that is determined during a contact lens exam which way to "round" a direction that is not available. This is part of what is happening when given the 1 or 2 option, so when 1 and 2 look a whole lot alike it could be you are sitting on the right axis, say a 145 but only a 140 or 150 is available so that is why they are hard to tell apart. As far as rounding other numbers, I was only referring to rounding to the nearest quarter diopter, any other rounding of a prescription is determined during an exam, if necessary.
Converting a Glasses Prescription into a Contact Lens Prescription
converting spectacle rx to contact lens rx
I didn't quite understand how to convert the rx to contact lens rx. I had a cust. who has a OD: -4.25 sph OS: -4.25 +.50 x 145 Add: +1.75 She wanted a multi-focal contact lens. How do you figure I can accomodate her. I estimated at -3.75 OS: - 3.25 OD: with hi add but I would like a formula I can consistently follow.
Coverting from a Glasses prescription to a Contact prescription
Please someone help me figure this out. Just got home from the eye doctor, my new glasses prescription is O.D. -650, and O.S. -550 What would that be converted to a contact prescription?? They always done it for free at the doctors before...now they want an additional $75.00 to do it. I wear Cooper Vision 43 contacts. He said, my left eye did not change any, and my right eye went from -600 up to -650. My old contact prescription is O.S. -5.75 and O.D. -6.25..... would that bump my right eye O.D. up to -7.00 Thanks for any help. r/s Dave
Last edited by getthenet; 11-03-2009 at 05:43 PM..
Using Sir Robin's recreational maths formula to calculate the contact lens power, a spectacle prescription of -8.0 D would be equivalent to a contact lens prescription of -7.3 Dioptres (rounding down to -7.25 D)
(Note: This is spherical correction only, no attempt made to correct for astigmatism)
In my case I wear spectacle prescription of -4.25 D. The calculated contact lens prescription is with Sir Robin's formula -4.04 (-4.0 D rounded). This is what I actually use at present.
In fact my contact lens prescription has always been -0.25 D less strong than my spectacles, so this formula seems to work OK at my prescription values.
I am looking at your lens data and it doesn't make complete sense to me - so are you sure you have the correct prescription data here?
Your old prescription data is:
Left eye (OS), Spectacles -5.50 D, Contact Lens -5.75 D. Normally in my experience the contact lens prescription is about 0.25D less than for the glasses. Sir Robin's formula for spectacles at -5.5 D would calculate a contact lens prescription of -5.16, say -5.25 D. i.e.less strong than the spectacles.
Similarly for your right lenses:
Right eye (OD), Spectacles -6.0 D, Contact lens -6.25 D.
Sir Robin's formula for spectacles at -6.0 D would calculate a contact lens prescription of -5.6, say -5.5 D. i.e. again less strong than the spectacles.
My contact lenses are normally -0.25 D less strong than my spectacles (at a prescription of around -3.5 to -4.0)
Doctor's Reference Page
Actually most contacts manufacturers have a free calculator on their site. Your doctors just enter it online and charge you $100 for it!
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"Please enter a valid sphere value
Please enter a valid cylinder value
Please enter a valid rotation value
Please enter a valid axis value
Please enter parameters for calculation."
It seems like it didn't like anything I did!
Click on "Convential Replacement" since they have high cylinder toric lens. Then click on calculate it'll give a list of contacts and prescriptions that fits you.
For the second link, click on "Click here to restart Toriweb." on the bottom. Although the calculated RX doesn't match the RX my doctor gave me and I have coopervision contacts...
Not Good With Numbers, Huh?
Maybe we should play some cards someday.
I Couldn't Work It Either
For the second site, the toriweb one, I restarted it, and put in my numbers, but there wasn't one set of spaces for the left eye and another set for the right, just one. I plugged in my numbers for the right eye and got a recommendation of plano lenses.
Either those sites aren't very user-friendly, or I'm just dumb as a bag of hammers.
These are made for doctors so I guess you need to know the terminologies to use it.
Also these are for TORIC lens, if you don't have astigmatism then select 'Sphere' and leave the cylinder and axis part 0 or plano.
PS: Vertex Distance is the distance between your glasses lens and your eye ball. The average is 12mm but you can use your own if you can measure it without poking out your eyeball.
What Happened?
Sign... anybody want me to enter the RX for them? Somehow no one know how to operate this. Maybe that's why docs charge $100 to do it for you...
But the weird thing is that I have coopervision contacts (freq. 55 toric RX) and my RX doesn't match up with the calculator. It might because my doctor gave me a generic RX. But I got near 20/20 so I'm not complaining.
contact calculator
regarding the http://virtualconsultant.cibavision.com/toric_lens.jsp calculator, i note several things (in fact joined here to relate those thing).
1. it is of course imperative to remember to accurately note whether a prescription dimension is positive or negative. be certain to add a dash to the prescription if one is noted on your doctor provided prescription card.
2. the calculator seems to function better in internet explorer (i am using IE 8 for that purpose.) it didn't seem to do so hot in chrome (the browser i normally use).
3. while the 'Choose the type of lens' dropdown box did not initially have anything in it, after entering details and clicking the calculate button, there were items available in said dropdown.
hope this helps! i just went to an optometrist to get my glasses lenses updated. having recently been laid off, every penny counts as i try to use my vision benefits before they are stripped from me. i am choosing to mail my frames in to have lenses fitted in them because this is much less expensive and there is no reason to not reuse the old frames. i can repair any frame damages that may occur as a result of age.
besides that, the staff member at the optometry clinic tried telling me that the doctor would have to convert my script for me (at an $80 charge, of course) and that it was required to do some extra special tests to make sure the contacts would be ok. i smell a rat.
Contact Rx
I went to the doctor yesterday for my exam and my eyes had gotten a little worse this past year, so when I got ready to leave I saw that they had forgotten to give me my trial pair to wear for a week just to try out and see how they work. I went back to the counter to tell the girl they had forgotten to give them to me, and she opened my chart and said well the doctor left to get a coke but I will look at what he wrote and give them to you, so when I get home I see they are a weaker prescription than I had last year. My prescription for my glasses are stronger, and when I put my contacts in my vision is blurry and I'm wondering if they gave me the wrong thing. My Rx for my glasses is: (R) +125/-050/086, (L) +100/-050/108 and the contacts they gave me were (R) +100 (L) +0.75. Could anyone help of give and suggestions?
Welcome to the forum.
You quote an Rx for your spectacles of +125/-050/086 (Right Lens) and +100/-050/108 (Left Lens). I guess what you really mean is:
Right Lens: +1.25D/-0.5D/080 Deg
Left Lens: +1.00D/-0.5D/108 Deg
(D is Dioptres = the Power of the Lens)
The first figure is the Spherical Correction
The second figure is the Astigmatism Cylinder Power
The Third figure is the Axis or Cylinder Angle
Your Contact lenses are:
Right lens: +1.00D
Left Lens (I assume): +0.75D
(i.e. no correction for astigmatism)
The spectacles will usually be slightly different in power to the contacts, especially as your correction power increases, due to the distance between your cornea and the correction lens, zero for contact lenses and usually 12mm approximately for spectacles.
Sir Robin, on this forum, previously posted a formula to convert spectacle prescription to Contact Lens prescription (Refractive Correction) and the values for your Contact lens prescription would be (assuming a distance between your cornea and the spectacle lens of 0.012m, i.e. 12mm):
Right Lens: +1.27D (say 1.25D)
for Left Lens: +1.01D (say +1.0D)
When there is an astigmatism correction not corrected by the contact lenses, the doctor may add (or effectively subtract in your case since you have positive spherical correction) half of it's value from the contact spherical correction. In your case half of -0.50D astigmatism equals -0.25D.
So in this case, it looks like the relationship between the spectacles and the contact lenses is correct. My optician normally checks the contact lenses for fit and vision accuracy after one week or so. It may be you just need to give the contacts more time to settle to your eye or maybe a bit of fine tuning is required to the strength of the contact lenses.
I am assuming that you did not wear your contacts for say 24hours immediately before your eye examination, unless the optician requested otherwise.
Contacts and Eyeglass prescription difference.
Hey everyone,
Wondering if someone could help me out. I'm thoroughly confused about something.
Contact lens prescription:
Right eye: -3.25
Left eye: -5.50
Eyeglass prescription:
Right eye: -3.50
Left eye: -6.25
I'm wondering why there seems to be such a large difference between the contact and eyeglass prescription for my LEFT eye, whereas the right eye difference seems to make more sense to me.
A little history: (I'll try to make it as brief as I can )
I'd been in for a VERY thorough eye check-up a year ago - actually went in for a contact lens fitting, and doc wrote out the eyeglass prescription too.
We moved shortly after, I broke my old frames and now need new ones. I got my prescription faxed to me and used it to order new glasses online (had previously ordered contacts from the same website and was very happy with the quality of service and price).
My glasses arrived today and I'm worried that the left lens might be too powerful? It feels a little 'magnified', if that makes sense. Then again, I'm not sure if my eyes need time to get used to it?
When I checked the eyeglass prescription against the contacts prescription, I was surprised to see the difference for the left eye. I've heard it should typically be a difference of about .25 to .50.
Should I can send these glasses back for a new pair, with the left lens at maybe 6.00 or 5.75? I know the formula posted here is for eyeglass to contact conversion, and I'm a little too mathematically challenged to reverse the formula
Either way, when I did the conversion based on my 6.25 left eye glasses prescription, my contact prescr. comes to -5.81. Doesn't that imply my left eye contact lens should be -5.75 and not -5.50?
(FYI - I can see perfectly with my -5.50 contact lens)
Any help would be HUGELY appreciated. THANK YOU!
Contacts and Eyeglass Prescription Difference
I'm afraid I can do little more than greet you and make you feel comfortable. I can tell you that contact lens prescriptions are different from eyeglasses prescriptions because the contact lens sits directly on your cornea while glasses are an inch or two in front of it.
I don't know why in your case one side is more different than the other side. You may want to get a second opinion from another eye doctor. While you're there explaining why you'd like to be fitted for contacts again, the doctor may be able to explain the discrepancy.
I know that wasn't much help, but I'm just a Regular Guy trying to help where I can. I'm sure some of my colleagues here on Lens 101 can give you a more satisfactory answer.
Last edited by Orionebula; 04-05-2010 at 08:56 AM..
Using Sir Robin's formula (2nd post in this thread) I calculate that with a Spectacle prescription of -3.50, your contact lens prescription would be -3.36D. So you optician has rounded down to -3.25D.
For your left eye, your spectacle prescription is -6.25D, I calculate the contact lens prescription should be -5.81D, so your optician would normally round down to say -5.75D. In your case, you have been prescribed a contact lens power of -5.50D. Now you don't say what brand of contact lenses you are wearing, but perhaps they are not available in a prescription of -5.75D ??
Using the formula, you will see that at low powers (say -1.5D) there is precious little difference between a spectacle prescription and a contact lens prescription. But as your prescription power increases, the difference between the spectacle and contact lens prescription increases, so explaining why your left eye contact lens prescription is more different than your right eye, versus the spectacle correction.
I think normally the eye care specialist will measure your spectacle prescription first and then apply the correction to get the contact lens prescription power. There are more complications associated with fitting contact lenses than for spectacles.
Maybe you should check on line to see if your prescription for your left contact lens is available in -5.75D and if so, you can query why your optician specified -5.50D. However, you say that your eyesight is fine with the -5.50D contact lens, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
I would give the glasses a bit more time to settle down. If you don't get any headaches, they will probably be OK.
Thanks for the replies!! I'm going to wear my glasses for a while and see if it gets better.
I read somewhere that the 'fishbowl' vision that comes with new eyeglasses is generally due to lack of proper centering? Any truth to that?
Told You
Hi Everyone! I'm so glad i found this website! I have a question about my Eyeglass prescription,i do have astigmatism and when i got my prescription, i didn't get it for my contacts,can someone please,please help!I am definitely not good with numbers,probably worse than others Well here is my prescription R -1.50 -3.00(cylinder) 180(axis)
L -1.25 -2.50(cylinder) 173(axis)
Thanks Everyone!
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Here is Sir Robin's Magic Formula from the top of this post. Unfortunately it only works to calculate the sphere. Let me see if I can plug in the numbers for you. Please understand that I typically rely on my good looks to cover my mathematical shortcomings. (If you could see me, you might be tempted to buy me a calculator.) Here we go.
Fcl = Fsp * (1 - (d/Fsp)
Fcl = 1/contact lens power in diopters ie -6.00= -0.167
Fsp = 1/spectacle lens power in diopters ie -6.50= -0.154
d = distance from the eye to the spectacle lens in meters usually 12mm = 0.012
Right eye:
Fsp = 1/-1.50=-0.5
Fcl = -0.5 *(1-.012/-0.5)
1-.012= .998
Fcl = -0.5 *.998 = .488
Bah! That's not right. Try this formula:
Call your eye doctor + ask what your contact lens prescription would be = contact lens prescription.
I have this formula on a spreadsheet, so:
Right spectacle lens is -1.5D
equates to Right Contact lens value (spherical correction only) -1.47
(i.e. very little difference at these low spherical corrections)
Left Spectacle Contact Lens -1.25
equates to Left Contact lens value of -1.23
(again very little difference due to Vertex correction)
But this case is complicated by the astigmatism of -3.0D and -2.5D for right and left lenses respectively. As I understand it, the optician will normally add half the astigmatism value to the spherical correction value (where the contact lens has no astigmatism correction). So your lenses could be -1.5D -1.5D = -3.0D for the right lens. This 'artificial' astigmatism correction is not going to work.
The -3.0D astigmatism is quite severe and you may need specialist order or Extended Range Toric Contact lenses to correct the serious astigmatism.
So, in short, you need to see your optician and allow them to specify a suitable toric contact lens for your eyes. You cannot guess or calculate your contact lens prescription very easily in this case, if you want to have the best eye sight prescription for your own case.
Knotlob to the Rescue -- Again
hey i`m just wondering if you could help me convert my glasses prescriptions to contact lenses prescription ?
ive been getting different answers and im confused
HAHAHAHA likeeee ,
my friend says they both have to be the same degree or something
my right eye is -350/-050x95
my left eye is -275
This formula of Sir Robin's is for Spherical correction only and not for astigmatism. However, in your case: Right Eye:
Contact lens: -3.36D (for a spectacle of -3.5D). You have astigmatism in the right eye of -0.50, so assuming that your optician did not opt for toric lenses which are more troublesome and expensive, he/she may add half of the astigmatism correction to your spherical correction. So the lens would be (-3.36) - (-0.25) = -3.61 D. They would have to round this correction up or down to the nearest available contact lens and usually they go the slightly weaker correction initially. So -3.50D, or alternatively rounding up, -3.75D (all for a non toric lens).
Left eye -2.75D (Spectacles) and no astigmatism. Contact lens prescription -2.66D. Rounding down to nearest contact lens would give a prescription of -2.50D or rounding up -2.75D.
These are indicative values only. The optician would use such a calculation to select a lens to try as a first pass and then check your eye sight with these in your eyes. More importantly, they would have to examine your eyes to see that they are healthy and suitable for contact lenses. They would also have to select and check a contact lens base curve for a good fit - i.e. one that allows the lens to float properly on your cornea to ensure a proper tear film, etc.
This is not something you can do yourself at home.
Now don't get lost at that other site everybody. Leave a trail of bread crumbs so you can come back to Lens 101.
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That's a very good illustration of how it feels sometimes. You look around and go "How did I get here?"
This is my first post here and i was wondering if you guys can help.
I have my glasses prescription but have absoultly no idea how to get the POW needed to order my contacts. I'm guessing you need only one number/POW for each eye, and i have this bunch of numbers. I tried 'googleing' and didn't help much either except figuring out what all the abbreviations mean....
that is until I saw this post and it looked like alot of help, but... too bad my understanding of all this is not too good. SO i was wondering if somebody could help. So, this is pretty much what my pres' says:
.................................................. ....
*these numberes are in degrees
.................................................. .....
so, could somebody (more experienced than i am ) find the POW of my current lenses and a reccomendation for my contact strength
thank you.
Welcome to the forum.
I will explain what these numbers mean to you, but you cannot just go and buy a pair of contact lenses on-line. There is much more to it than that. You must have your eyes checked specifically for contact lenses and when you try a pair, the eye care professional (ECP) will see how the lens floats on your eye. It should move off slightly and then recentre as you blink.
The ECP will also teach you how to put the lenses in, how to take them out and how to clean them and generally look after them and the case if you are not wearing daily disposable lenses. They will also advise you how long you should wear the lenses for and also that you should come back for a check annually to see if your eyes are still OK with the lenses.
You can do a lot of damage to your eyes wearing contact lenses improperly (even to the loss of eyesight!).
OK, Right Eye.
Power is the spherical correction needed with glasses to see properly at (normally) long distance. In your case it is -2.00D with spectacles.
The second figure of -0.25D is the Cylinder correction for astigmatism and the Axis is 70 Deg which is how the cylinder correction is to be aligned in your eye. Your astigmatism is tiny so would not normally be corrected with contact lenses.
I don't know what I, O, U are unless they are to do with 'Near' sight - normally called ADD, but since they are zero, you can ignore them.
The left eye has no astigmatism, just a simple spherical correction of -2.00D.
So plugging the numbers into my spreadsheet, the contact lens spherical correction will be:
-1.95D in both cases. i.e. your contact lens power will be -2.00D. There would normally be a slight spherical correction (half of the astigmatism correction) applied to the spherical lens in your right eye, but this is too small to bother about, so it is a standard soft contact lens of -2.00D with no astigmatism correction.
But as I have said, you need to go to your ECP and have them fit the contact lenses, otherwise you may be back here posting that you have damaged your eyes in a few weeks time!
i'v had contacts before, so i i know how to put them in and all the other info, risks ect., just that this time around, i was lost on reading the prescription sheet!
thank you once again
appreciate it!
What Are All These Numbers?
By the way, maybe the IOU numbers on the prescription are your outstanding balance with your eye doctor. If it was all zeros, that would be good news.
ugh my head is spinning!!
Im sorry Im so bad with numbers and calculations!! Can someone please do this one for me?? I have astigmatism in both eyes and need to convert to contacts. Heres my glasses Rx:
OD~ -0.25-1.25x137
OS~ -0.50-1.00x018
I would really appreciate if someone could figure this one out for me
Thanks CousinMuscles:
I hope someone comes along that can help. I also wanted to add that I have had contacts b4. I actually called my pharmacy for the prescription for the contacts but bc they had them as trial pair, she couldnt see the persciption. So I dont exactly want to go back in there bc they WILL charge me for a sitting fee. I know my prescription is still working and I dont need a new one... grr...
I usually used Acuvue Oasis for Astigmatism.
Theres no conversion tables online eh?
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The glasses prescription I have has my right eye at -1.75. According to the site, that translates to a contact lens power of -1.71. Pretty much the same.
The only reservation I have is that I had to guess my values for "type of glasses" and "extra distance."
The drop down menu for "type of glasses" gives you the options of "contact lenses," "glasses 12 mm," "glasses 14mm" and "other." I'm not 100% sure, but that sounds like the distance between your eye and the glasses lens.
Check out the site and see what you think.
The normal distance between your spectacle lenses and your cornea is about 12mm. So putting your spherical spectacle correction into Sir Robin's formula gives a prescription for contact lenses exactly the same as for glasses. Normally for prescriptions of strength less than -4.00D, there is very little difference between glasses and contact lenses. Your spherical correction is extremely minor, hence the prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses are the same.
I am assuming that you will be wearing toric contact lenses to correct your astigmatism.
thank you
Thanks Knotlob
Im trying to order my contacts online tho and it only gives u the option for axis in multiples of 10?
So when i order them...
OD being - 0.25-1.25x137 ~ would that mean i should order -0.25-1.25x140?
OS being -0.50-1.00x018 ~ would that mean i should order -0.50-1.00x020?
also i just checked but the left eye... does not give me the option of -1.00.. the option is -0.75,-1.25,-1.75,or -2.25; so do i make it -0.50-0.75x020?
sorry if that was confusing...
Thanks for coping with my stupidity.. i just really dont want to order wrong
It really is an optician's decision whether to go for a higher or lower power on the astigmatism. However, they would normally try the lower power (-0.75D) cylinder for your left eye first.
The advantage of going to an eye care specialist is that if the lenses are not quite right, they can supply you with a modified prescription which fits better and also sort out any other problems that may arise.
How Close?
I think Im ready to order
Mission Accomplished
Let us know how you like the contacts when you get them.
Can someone help me convert my glasses prescription into contacts?
I want to start wearing prescription circle lenses but I don't know the power of contact lenses. I only have my glasses prescription.
OD CYL: spl
OS CYL: spl
Then in my axis and prism and etc. They're just blank, nothing written in the column. In the ADD column theres nothing written in them either. That's all the information I was given on my glasses prescription. -175 in both eyes.
Can anyone help change it into contacts? I think it should be fairly easy...
Your left and right eye spectacle prescription is -1.75 Dioptres. You don't have any reported astigmatism and you don't have presbyopia (you're probably still young!).
The correct contact lens prescription is -1.71 Dioptres, but as this is not a standard contact lens size, you should select -1.75 Dioptre as this is the nearest value (and the same as your spectacle prescription).
There are some questions over the health of circle lenses (at least in the US), so it would be advisable to have the circle lenses checked for fit on your eye by a qualified eye care practitioner. You don't say if you have worn contact lenses before, but if not, you should have your eyes checked to make sure they are compatible with circle contact lenses.
If you cannot see things far away clearly without glasses/contact lenses, you will need a - value dioptre correction lens (spectacle or contact lens).
(I also have presbyopia and therefore, difficulty focussing over a full range of close to far away - comes with age unfortunately. So if I correct my long distance vision for far away, driving, etc. then I would need a + correction reading spectacles to read small print, etc.)
I hope that is clear.
Be Careful With Those Circle Lenses
I can't help but wonder why you don't just get the prescription from your eye doctor. Sure that wouldn't make for very interesting forum reading, but I just hope you're not scribbling down those numbers and giving them to some illegal contact lens seller who does not require a prescription.
Knotlob is right in that circle lenses can be risky. Be very careful when ordering them. Stay in close contact with your eye doctor in avoid trouble. Good luck.
If you fancy the maths, look at the formula Sir Robin posted on this subject.
Your optician will apply a vertex correction formula to your spectacle prescription to arrive at a starting point for your contact lens strength. It will not necessarily be your optimum contact lens strength and the optician will determine that by trying over refraction lenses in front of your contact lenses and will of course check that the lenses float properly on your eye and that your eyes are healthy enough to wear contact lenses.
So for your Right Eye:
Spectacle prescription: R -6.75D (Spherical), -0.25D (Cylinder), 96 Deg (Axis)
Contact prescription: R -6.24D (Spherical), -0.25D (Cylinder), 96 Deg (Axis). In practice the spherical correction will be rounded off to -6.25D. But assuming you don't have toric lenses, the optician could add half the astigmatism cylinder correction to your spherical figure (-6.24 -.125 = -6.37). So rounding off will probably still be -6.25D.
Similarly for your Left eye:
Spectacle prescript: L -7.25D (Spherical), -0.50D (Cylinder), 176 Deg (Axis)
Contact prescription: L -6.67D (Spherical), -0.50D (Cylinder), 176 Deg (Axis).
Spherical correction -6.67 (-half the astigmatism cylinder if no torics worn) -0.25D = -6.92, rounded off to -7.0D.
Your right and left eye prescriptions for contacts would be :
R -6.25 D (non toric lens)
L -7.00 D (non toric lens)
Vertex conversion and Rx adjustments are all well and good, but they are only part of the process. What are the oxygen requirements for the person ordering the lenses? How do you know what base curve and diameter to order? What are your corneal curvature measurements? What is your tear break-up time? What is your HVID? How do you know the lenses fit? If they are too loose, you'll know by the comfort and vision problems. However, if your lenses are too tight, the comfort and vision may well be quite good, but you'll cause permanent damage to your eyes without noticing any problem with the comfort or vision. For all the numbers and measurements and equations, the ONLY way to know if a lens fits is to have a proper visual inspection with a 'slit lamp" and keratometer.
I have been trying it for the past 1 hr yesterday, maybe i'm poor in maths, thus I can't get the proper calculations. Would appreciate if you can enlighten me on this matter ya thanks a million
I actually put the formula into a spreadsheet some time ago and took some time to make sure it is accurate. But you need to be very careful with brackets, etc. so that you only multiply/divide the bits of the formula that you should be.
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Wow this site is amazing. People are so knowledgable!!
I don't know if I am using the two sites correctly. http://126.96.36.199:8888/EXEC/0/1e4jthr0ph50la13yqvdy0aitimr and http://virtualconsultant.cibavision.com/best_match.jsp
I find the Cibavision website to be WAY easier to figure out. But when I completed both of the forms on each site I got a different contact lense prescription for each website.
On the CIBAvision it came back with: -1.25/-1.75 x 180 for my right eye and -1.75/-1.25 x 10.
The other site it was -1.00/-2.00 x 180 for my right eye and -1.75/-1.50 x 10.
Can anyone help me? My eyeglass prescription is:
OD -1.25/-2.00 x 180
OS -1.75/-1.50 x 012
Right Eye Contact Lens: -1.23D, -2.00D, 180 Deg
Left Eye Contact Lens: -1.71D, -1.50D, 012 Deg
Sir Robin's formula only corrects for spherical prescriptions.
The cylinder axis and astigmatism prescription values (2nd and 3rd figures in your prescription) need to be rounded off to the nearest available in your chosen contact lens.
Similarly the spherical prescriptions would need to be rounded up or down to suit the contact lens availability.
I am assuming you will be wearing toric lenses, so there is no half astigmatism correction applied to the spherical correction in these cases.
As you can see there is not much vertex correction at low spherical prescriptions. The vertex correction becomes more pronounced at greater than -4.00D spherical prescription.
Something where people like me can use the glasses prescription card the they got from their eye doctor's office on their last visit and just plug in the sphere, cylinder and if necessary, the axis numbers from the card, listen to the website chug and watch the lights flash, and have it spit out an equivalent contact lens prescription and possibly even some brand recommendations?
Hi Chelsee,
I had a hard time figuring out how to use the CIBAvision website but when you first pull up the website you need to make sure you go to "Product Match". Then choose disposable or conventional contacts. Vertex distance is usually 12 for most people (vertex distance is the distance from your glasses to the front of your cornea). Then in OD right put in your right eye prescription information. Below that it says add power. That can be 0 if it is not on your prescription. THen choose toric (for astigmatism) or sphere. Do the same for your left eye and hit calculate and it will show your prescription and also recommend you a few brands of contact lenses.
I hope this helps because I had a hard time too until I realized I wasn't on the right page.
Useless Form
I tried that website at virtualconsultant.cibavision.com, and when I plugged in the numbers for my glasses prescription, I didn't get any kind of "try this brand of contact lens" results. Only the "Professional Consultation" message that Eyeofthetiger said he got. Maybe it just doesn't like people who use "tiger" in their screen names on Lens 101?
Just below the soothing aqua-colored form it said:
Contact Name : Professional Consultation
Contact Number : 800-241-7468
Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
That stuff is there even before you start entering numbers, so the form did nothing.
Zis form! It does nothing!
Advice for 11year old son with minor perscription who wants contacts
I am brand new to this site, but have read all the posts on converting a glasses perscription into a contact lens perscription.
Background information: My son, who is 11 years old, and just started playing football, came home yesterday requesting we look into getting contact lens for him since glasses are going to be hard in the football helmet. Unfortunately, our vision insurance only covers once a year eye exams and either contacts or glasses. He had his last eye exam January, 2010. So, I called his eye doc. to see what he would charge us for the contact lens perscrption and exam and it is going to be $150 out of pocket ~ UGH!
So, I am now tempted to just order some online for my son until we can have our insurance pay for the exam which will be in about 5 months from now.
Having read the posts it seems that his correction is pretty minor and therefore wouldn't too big of an issue to convert his eye glass perscription to the contact lens perscription. However, can someone let me know if this is the case? Also, what would his conversion be?
Eye glass perscription:
OD -1.00 -.50 x 090
OS -1.00 -0.25 x 067
I realize it is optimal to take him in to the eye doc. for the contact lens exam, and I PROMISE I will in 5 months from now when our insurance will pay the $150.
Thanks for your help!
I understand what you are saying about the cost of the eye exam, but it is critical that you have your son's eyes examined specifically for contact lenses. It is just not as simple as converting his spectacle prescription to a contact lens prescription. His eyes MUST be examined to ensure that they are healthy and suitable for contact lenses. If you don't do this and buy lenses from some Mail Order company that don't fit properly, you could do permanent damage to your son's eyes.
When your son is fitted for contacts in January, the eye care professional should also explain about the different types of contact lenses, how to look after them, cleaning/disinfection, storing them, not sleeping in them, how long to wear them, etc. Also what to do if things go wrong and he gets an adverse reaction to them or an infection in the eye.
It simply isn't worth the risk. It is now September so I would wait until the eye exam in January before you try the contacts. Your son will be disappointed for sure, but it is for his own good.
As you said, the prescription is very minor and the optician would not correct the astigmatism with contacts as this too is so minor. Your optician will probably start out with a similar prescription as your son's spectacles for the OS (Left lens) with perhaps a -1.25D correction in the OD (right lens). But that has to be fine tuned when the contact lenses are in the eye and the eye sight is checked against the eyesight card.
Another thing to consider is that your son's eyes will be changing very rapidly over the next few years as he goes through a growth spurt, so the fit and strength of the contact lens needs to be checked regularly (annual eye exam). My son got contact lenses at 13 years. These were Rigid Gas Permeable lenses, which the optician believed may slow down the rate of change in my son's eyesight. RGP lenses do however, need very careful fitting and you cannot just pick some lenses out of a Mail Order catalogue.
Soft lenses are easier, possibly Daily Disposables, but I strongly recommend that you let the eye care practitioner fit the contact lenses properly. Once you have a professionally determined prescription, you can buy soft lenses from a Mail order company and potentially save money, but you should ensure that your son has an annual eye exam with the contact lenses.
I got back from the doctor with my new eye glasses. I was wondering how you eould calculate my prescription from my left eye -1.75 and my right eye -1.50. I'm not a math wiz so I can't calculate it on my own. :/
I got back from the doctor with my new eye glasses. I was wondering how you eould calculate my prescription from my left eye -1.75 and my right eye -1.50. I'm not a math wiz so I can't calculate it on my own. :/
Why do you want to calculate the contact lens prescription?
In your case, the spectacle prescription is relatively low, so there is no practical difference between the spectacle and contact lens prescription.
But it is not as simple as buying a pair of contact lenses from an on-line store or a vending machine or WalMart, etc.
You must have your Eye Care Professional examine your eyes specifically for contact lens wear (not spectacle wear) and then if your eyes are OK, then your Eye Care Professional will be able to recommend and possibly trial you with free lenses to see how they fit. They would also explain how long you can wear the lenses, how to put them in, take them out, disinfect them, etc. What to do when something goes wrong, etc. WalMart, etc. don't do that unless they have an Eye Care Specialist on the premises who can examine your eyes.
Once you have got a prescription (which you will need anyway to buy contact lenses in the USA) you can buy from a Mail Order store, probably significantly cheaper than from your Eye Care Specialist. You need to have an eye exam once/year to check that your eyes are still OK with the contact lenses.
Hi I was hoping some on could help me out.My eyeglass prescription is as follows;
Right eye: -2.50sph x -0.75cyl x 135.0 axis
Left eye: -1.50sph x -1.50cyl x 65.0 axis
Now here's the problem I used the calculator and got back;
Right eye: -2.50sph x -0.75cyl x 140.0 axis
Left eye: -1.50sph x -1.25cyl x 70.0 axis
I know I have a astigmatism in one eye,though I don't know which one,but am I suppost to use astigmatism contacts for both? If i choose any other non-astigmatism contact;
Right eye: -2.75
Left eye: -2.25
That just seems like too big of jump to me. Please help! I just got the prescription on 9/8/10 and they want $133.00 fitting fee for contacts. Thank you
Hi I was hoping some on could help me out.My eyeglass prescription is as follows;
Right eye: -2.50sph x -0.75cyl x 135.0 axis
Left eye: -1.50sph x -1.50cyl x 65.0 axis
Now here's the problem I used the calculator and got back;
Right eye: -2.50sph x -0.75cyl x 140.0 axis
Left eye: -1.50sph x -1.25cyl x 70.0 axis
I know I have a astigmatism in one eye,though I don't know which one,but am I suppost to use astigmatism contacts for both? If i choose any other non-astigmatism contact;
Right eye: -2.75
Left eye: -2.25
That just seems like too big of jump to me. Please help! I just got the prescription on 9/8/10 and they want $133.00 fitting fee for contacts. Thank you
A lot of people come onto the forum and ask for a contact lens prescription based on a spectacle prescription. I realise you may be charged extra for a contact lens examination, but surely you can get a reduced price if you have just been fitted with spectacles (or is the $133 a reduced price)?. It is your eyes we are talking about and if you damage them with badly fitting contacts, then I think medical costs to return your eyes to normal (if that is indeed possible) will greatly exceed the cost of the second eye examination for contacts.
I have cut and paste the warning I wrote for the previous poster:
It is not as simple as buying a pair of contact lenses from an on-line store or a vending machine or WalMart, etc.
You must have your Eye Care Professional examine your eyes specifically for contact lens wear (not spectacle wear) and then if your eyes are OK, then your Eye Care Professional will be able to recommend and possibly trial you with free lenses to see how they fit. They would also explain how long you can wear the lenses, how to put them in, take them out, disinfect them, etc. What to do when something goes wrong, etc. WalMart, etc. don't do that unless they have an Eye Care Specialist on the premises who can examine your eyes.
Once you have got a prescription (which you will need anyway to buy contact lenses in the USA) you can buy from a Mail Order store, probably significantly cheaper than from your Eye Care Specialist. You need to have an eye exam once/year to check that your eyes are still OK with the contact lenses.
In your case Sloegin354, you appear to have used some on-line calculator.
eyeglass prescription is as follows;
Right eye: -2.50sph x -0.75cyl x 135.0 axis
Left eye: -1.50sph x -1.50cyl x 65.0 axis
You have astigmatism in BOTH eyes, though your right eye (cylinder) is only -0.75D, so this is not normally corrected by eye care specialists. Your left eye has more astigmatism, so it would normally be corrected using a toric lens.
The on-line calculator is changing some values (e.g. the axis and cylinder) in order to match contact lenses available from whoever provided the on-line calculator.
The figures look correct. The first set of values is correction using toric lenses in both eyes (-0.75D cylinder is the minimum correction normally available, but not in all brands of contact lenses).
The second set of figures are based on spherical (non toric) correction lenses only. The reason the strengths are higher (more negative) is that the calculator has taken half the astigmatism (cylinder) value and added it to the spherical correction. This is standard practice if you don't correct the astigmatism with toric lenses.
You would probably get better vision with properly fitted toric lenses, though they tend to be more expensive and can be awkward to fit to ensure that the lenses don't rotate off their specified axis for the astigmatism.
It is better if you let your eye care specialist fit you with the contact lenses, particularly in view of your astigmatism. You will need a prescription anyway in order to buy contact lenses on-line, assuming you are in the USA.
Holy toledo batman*****
This is ALL SO Confusing....
I was wondering, since I can see you like, and are Very capable of converting RX's,, here's one for ya!!
I do have a current RX,, and my eye Dr, is mailing it to me,, I just have NO patience....
And they would not give me my RX over the phone??
But, here is my last eyeglasses exam...
Could you possibly be so kind, and convert it into a contact RX... : )
I know, I have astigmatism,, and I kow, not all colored contacts can fix that problem, but,, I wanna see what colors are out there for me!!
Thanks bunches.
: )
I almost forgot...
O.D SPH+100, CYL-125, axis 179
O.S SPH+025, CYL-100, axis176
OK, I can give you the contacts prescription, but it will not be very different to the spectacle prescription, since your spherical (i.e. non astigmatism) correction is small. The prescription tends to change more, when the spherical prescription is stronger than -4.00D.
So, your Spectacle prescription is:
O.D (Right Eye) +1.00D (Sph), -1.25D (Cyl), 179 Deg (axis)
O.S (Left Eye) +0.25D (Sph), -1.00D (Cyl), 176 Deg (axis)
You are slightly long sighted.
Using the Vertex Correction (spherical) converter for your eyes, Contact Lens prescription is:
O.D (Right Eye) +1.01D (Sph), -1.25D (Cyl), 179 Deg (axis)
O.S (Left Eye) +0.25D (Sph), -1.00D (Cyl), 176 Deg (axis)
i.e. no change here, because of the low spherical correction. These values are what you would use as a starting point for the toric contact lenses. You would round down the Right Eye Spherical correction from +1.01D to +1.00D and you would have to round off the axis values to say 180 Deg, or whatever is nearest available in contact lenses.
The spherical value would change a little if you did not correct for astigmatism, but since you are already wearing non-toric contacts, you know what that prescription is anyway I think.
You can use these values to see what coloured lenses are available and as usual I recommend that you do let the Eye Care Specialist do the toric lens fitting, as it sometimes needs to be adjusted. You have such attractive eyes, I wouldn't like anything to damage them through badly fitted contact lenses .
Adding half the cylinder to the sphere only works in some cases and depends on the thickness and stiffness of the specific lens being used. Power gain due to thickness is an increase in the strength of the Rx along the cylinders axis due to the extra thickness. As a rule, the cylinder increase is aprox. 30%. I have seen patients with a cyl of -4.00 be corrected to 20/20 with a -2.75 cyl correction. When it comes to correcting astigmatism, less is more. Don't forget, if the Rx is -6.50-3.00x180, the power along 180 is -6.50 but the power along 90 is NOT -3.00, it's -9.50 !!! Add to that the 'power gain' and we find out why some people say torics don't give them a good correction. Many people are over-corrected.
I will PM you early next week to see if I can fully understand the correction calculation, but it sounds like it is only an approximation (as I had always believed) and the actual correct/optimum prescription must be found by actual trial and error by the contact lens fitter.
If it was safe and legal to dispense contact lenses by just converting a spectacle RX to a contact lens RX people wouldn't have to post their RX on the web for help. The internet vendors would be doing the conversion for you.
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Wellington city councillor John Morrison and businessman John Dow have just brokered a deal with Australian firm CallActive to bring 300 to 500 call-centre jobs to the city, with that number possibly growing to as many as 2000 in the next few years.
The news comes hot on the heels of ANZ's decision to create an extra 70 jobs at its call centre in Wellington, and the announcement earlier in the year that Contact Call Centres Australia will open a 100-strong office in the city in July.
Cloud software company Xero also said yesterday that it planned to take on 150 more staff at its headquarters in Wellington this year, adding to its existing staff of 210.
Chief executive Rod Drury said Xero's total workforce had already climbed from 382 to more than 400 since March. "Within three years, we will be at 1000 staff, if not more."
The idea of opening a CallActive office in Wellington came about after the city hosted the Australian Football League match between St Kilda and the Sydney Swans at Westpac Stadium on Anzac Day, Mr Morrison said.
The event gave him and Mr Dow, who arranged the event, the chance to show off Wellington's best side to Australian business visitors.
Those features included the city's compact layout, educated workforce, and cost savings over Australia that are estimated at between 30 and 35 per cent.
The event coincided with a market shift by Australian firms to repatriate their call-centre operations, having found that outsourcing as far afield as India was not as cheap as it appeared on the surface.
"We then had to go through an in-depth analysis of the cost structures and labour, but what we discovered was that Wellington is quite an attractive proposition," Mr Morrison said. CallActive had already started setting up shop here, having signed up a handful of New Zealand clients, and the firm expects to be fully operational in five months.
Chief executive Rick Allan said the cultural bond between New Zealand and Australia made it an attractive business proposition, but access to a highly skilled talent pool made Wellington stand out.
"If the person on the other side of the phone understands the life cycle of the customer, they're going to get a better service on the phone, and put the right solution in place on the first call," he said.
The firm had been considering opening in Auckland, but Mr Morrison's charm offensive won him over.
"John's done an incredible job to show off Wellington and give us the peace of mind to do business out of here," he said.
Raewyn Bleakley, head of the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce, said the deal was "fantastic news", and that it bore out the advantages Wellington had to offer.
She said the challenge was not to focus too narrowly on contact centres, but to sell the city's positive aspects to other office-based service sector businesses in the Australasian region.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister John Key told a Takapuna business audience that Wellington was dying and the Government did not know how to turn it around.
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We are looking at 2 weeks before christmas 2014 for a short carribean vacation, look at 7-9 nights. We travel quite a fair bit, but have never done the Carribean before. We will be bringing out 2 kids who are 8 and 6. They are both very good travelers, kids club not necessary though if they have one, i wont mind leaving them there for a few hours so we can go out for a fancy meal or something.
Anything under $7000 (flights + hotels+ meals??/ai??) would be great! i was looking at mexico, jamaica and DR, but we want to be able to go out of the resort and feel reasonably safe. Those 3 are the amongst the cheapest and lots with Ai but i want something that isnt ginormous. Right now, we have narrowed it down to grenada, grand cayman and spec atlantis in bahamas. But we are so undecided about which one we want. AI are not really mecessary since we are not big drinkers, we might have a drink once a month or even less. But should i opt for Ai bc of facilities? The man is thinking of doing some diving and all of us want to do some snorkeling. If anyone has any other islands i should look at, that'd be awesome.
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I would not go to Dominican republic. I don't recall being able to leave the resort very comfortably. With kids that age an A/I might work fine and if I were doing that I would lean towards Mexico, playa del Carmen, the Riviera area. Mexico and that area is very safe but commercialized and touristy. Altantis very expensive and I am not sure how warm it would be there in December.
Grenada is very far south and a lovely island very tropical. Cayman island would be great for diving. Not sure about Grenada and diving. Grand Cayman might check off al the boxes.
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I agree that Grand Cayman would be a good choice. The best option with kids is to rent a 2 bedroom condo. Seven Mile Beach would be ideal The beaches are sandy and the water is clear. Plenty of good restaurants. Safe traveling around the island Diving is excellent and you can snorkel in many areas off the beach.
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Thank you! This info really helps
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My family recently returned from St Croix, staying at The Buccaneer. We loved it. They do have a free kids' club, snorkeling, scuba, three beaches, complimentary breakfast buffet, gorgeous grounds. It's relatively small, with great service. Look at their oceanfront rooms and Dubloon suites. Very reasonably priced. Christiansted is close by, for restaurants. It is a very simple and friendly island.
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I have been to each of them (DR 2x, Jamaica 3x, Mexico 20+).
I like Mexico 1st best, Jamaica next, and am not so much a fan of the Dominican Republic. But I don't stay at resorts or know about All-Inclusives specifically. Regardless, I rate them in that order or preference.
As far as costs, where are you coming from?
Diving and snorkeling are not great at any of the 3 you mentioned. Maybe Cozumel for that?
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I will be flying from toronto, canada. Snorkeling trumps diving at this point. @tabernash2, i have been looking at USVI, but it seems a bit of a pain to get there.
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St Croix isn't too bad to get to. It has a relatively large airport.
We flew BOS - San Juan, PR - STX. On JetBlue.
Coming back, we took American, STX - Miami - LAX.
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I would definitely recommend the Bahamas if you like going out and exploring. The people are incredibly friendly and it is probably one of the safest islands for tourists in the Carribean. Just don't go looking for trouble (drugs) and you will be fine. The weather there is usually around 70 - 80 Degrees F in December and since it's past hurricane season you should be fine.
In my opinion if you guys aren't big drinkers then all inclusive is kinda pointless and you won't get your money back unless you eat 6 meals a day. There is a ton of stuff to do on the island so I would recommend finding a nice cheap hotel/condo to stay at because you probably won't be spending a whole lot of time there anyway.
The Atlantis can get very expensive because they do nickle and dime you at every turn so if I were you I would find another resort either on Paradise Island or Nassau that is cheaper and get a few day passes to the water park if that's what you're after. If you need help finding a good hotel I would suggest going to http://www.bahamasfinder.com/bahamas-hotels.html. Just click on the name of one of the resorts and it will give you more information on them.
Many resorts do offer diving/snorkeling excursions (Atlantis is one of them but there are many more) so if the guy wants to snorkel or learn to dive you can check the resort website to see if it is offered.
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Social and environmental factors have become integral to business strategy and profit generation for a growing number of companies. For many financial institutions, however, measuring and incorporating social and environmental factors into overall portfolio performance remains a challenge, Root Capital says.
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Supplementing the issue brief, Root Capital also released its social and environmental due diligence scorecards and an accompanying methodology guide to outline the organization's approach to social and environmental due diligence in more detail. These tools are intended for public use and adaptation by other financial institutions, agri-food companies, impact investors and international development practitioners seeking to integrate social and environmental factors into business decisions.
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|24. Different responses to the attacks on three priests
|32. In Defense of the Church; Prayers may not be performed on non-repentant
|30. The Post-Death Drama Within the Church; The perplexed Dead body and the pending forgiveness
|34. Pope Shenouda votes for the reelection of President Hosni Mubarak
|31. Prayer interdict draws fire: Pope Shenouda's decision to ban prayers over the body of a maverick priest has angered laity and clergy alike
|35. Home News: Clerics, business community extol Mubarak's feats
|32. Again: After the drama of death in the Church
|36. The Pope: We shall only visit Jerusalem when liberated
|34. To clear the water between everybody. His Holiness Pope Shenouda is responsible for the actions of his children the priests
|29. Bishop Bishoi answers: the monks who prayed over Abdel Sayed will be punished
|31. Dr. Maurice Assad, former Secretary-General of the Near East Council of Churches in Cairo, speaks about Dr. William Qilada
|47. The priest's wife asks the Pope to pray the Salat Al-Arbaeen ["fortieth-day prayer"] as a gift
|39. To U.S. Congress: Believe not all that you see, nor half what you hear
|49. Drama of after death between the Church and the Church
|40. Americans are more aware of the affairs of Egypt's Copts than Pope Shenouda is!!
|50. The Holy Council discusses the organization of the church excommunication law
|45. Papal retribution falls upon unrepentant clergyman
|23. Americans Are Better Informed of Egypt's Copts Than Pope Shenouda!!
|27. The monastery did not expel or force any tenant to leave the land rented or owned by him
|46. Dr. Milad Hanna: Judging consciences is left to the Creator
|38. Coptic Concerns. The form of the religious protection 2-3
|52. A split in the church due to the prayer over a priest's body
|39. Islamic thoughts. The imperialistic penetration through religious minorities - 13
|53. The pope decides not to pray over the body of Priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed
|48. The cathedral insist on not praying over the dead body of Father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed
|23. Ask the Mufti and Pope Shenouda ... by the Internet
|49. Is this fatherhood?
|50. A witness... at the tomb of Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed
|26. Lots of Copts will travel to Israel to celebrate the year two thousand
|27. Anything other than malice!


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