[Wavytone]

Yup you have SA with a touch of astigmatism, the astigmatic axis runs from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock. Could have told you that from the image, never mind the roddier analysis.

The $64 question is whether the astigmatism is induced by strain in the optic by whatever is holding it (pinching) when the image was taken, or whether you've actually figured it that way. Only you can work this out.

You know what you have to do... though to remove a high zone of 5 microns I'd be practicing the gentle art of hand figuring with pitch and rouge, pressing with petal-shaped card templates to control where the contact zones are... forget fine grinding - far too drastic, and even cerium oxide is too drastic. Rouge is far more gentle when it comes to figuring.

Only downside is rouge is very, very, messy stuff to use, though it does come off in a washing machine. Just hope your wife just doesn't look closely at what goes in.