davis_square | Parelli Optical/ General eye question (Reply)

I browsed the eye care recommendations here when I had an eye emergency last night and ended up at Parelli today thanks to the recs. (I'm going to buy my glasses elsewhere because theirs were pretty spendy, imo, but everybody there was nice.)

I've been wearing glasses since 3rd grade and contacts for 11 years. I've never heard that I have an astigmatism, but they told me today that I do and gave me a trial pair of special astigmatism contacts. (Unfortunately, those are the only vision aid I have until I go glasses shopping tomorrow.) I've never had any trouble seeing with the regular contacts, and these new ones are annoying the hell out of me, though it could just be that they're new.

Anyway, I don't know if it's possible or likely to misdiagnose an astigmatism, but I wanted to see if anyone's had something similar happen there (or anywhere). I told both the dr. and the contact lens tech that I'd never been told that before and saw fine, but they both laughed and said they hoped I hadn't been driving all these years, which, in hindsight, seems like kind of a bad response.

Also also, I'm planning to get glasses at For Eyes, but if anybody knows of a place that's having a free exam w/ glasses special, I'll go there instead and also get a second opinion (I have a car so transport's no problem). I'll probably call Parelli back on Monday, but I don't want to wear these bastards until I can get back there.