I used to live in a village where getting my pair of RGP lenses every year from my optometrist was no big deal. I moved to Toronto and went to see one of the top optometrists in town and supposedly a contacts specialist (he got outstanding reviews on ratemydoctor too).At first, I was impressed by how knowledgeable he was until, despite my severe astigmatism and the fact that I told him my previous optometrists never recommended soft contacts, he wanted to put me on softs anyways.It didn't work out- the lenses were so big it took him and his assistant 15 minutes to put them on my eyes; my vision was 100% blurry, eyes were dry; and it took him all his fingers and another 5 minutes to take them out. He them asked for my previous RGP contacts information. He got the records from my old optometrist, and after sitting on it for three weeks, he told me he wasn't able to order RGP's and would refer me to a colleague.Is it possible that softs are big business and some business oriented optometrists just want to put their clients on softs for a profit? Also, is it normal for an optometrist not to know how to order RGP's? Is it possible that an optometrist becomes a soft contacts specialist and still doesn't have the knowledge it takes to order RGP's? I mean, there are websites that sell RGP's so how is it possible. Please help me understand.
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