doctors office said they do not do pd measurement. any other place to get them measured?
The reason they don't, most likely, is that they know you will take your glasses business somewhere other than their tied optical shop. It is actually the opticians that usually make this measurement. Sometimes it is one number for normal distance vision and a second, smaller number, for close vision. I suppose the two-number system is better but I have never seen any practical difference.
I have been known to plunk myself down in the tied opticians chair and say "The doctor said you could measure my pd for me." That has worked fine for me.
I have been buying outside the Luxottica monopoly for years. Here is a site that, though no longer maintained, is a good portal to buying glasses economically:
GlassyEyes | Find Your Next Affordable Eyeglasses Online I have successfully used goggles4u, jemoptical, lensesrx, and optical4less. Probably others, too.
One of the things I do is to buy single vision reading glasses and mid-distance computer glasses so I have a pair wherever I am sitting. Predominantly black frames for reading and gold/brown for computer so I can easlly tell them apart. Since I don't care about stylish frames, my usual cost is two pair on sale for about $25 plus shipping from China. My last order, six pairs total from goggles4u was $105.34 including shipping.
One thing to watch is that some of these vendors get a bit $ greedy on AR and anti-scratch coatings, neither of which is really necessary IMO.