Strabismus support
Written on July 14, 2005 – | by Lois (admin)
Need some support?
Yahoo offers a number of support groups for strabismus, including our own
Eyes Apart Strabismus Support.
Eyes Apart Strabismus Support is “A place for adults, teens, and parents of children with Strabismus (squint, crossed eyes, lazy eye), to discuss knowledge, experiences, problems, and ideas related to Strabismus.”
Strabismus Hope is another of our groups for those interested in support from a Christian perspective. If there is not a discussion going on when you join, feel free to introduce yourself and your needs related to Strabismus. It is not necessary to be a Christian to join. All are welcome.
Doing a search for “strabismus” at Yahoo! Groups brings up a number of groups. Try the search here.
If that link doesn’t work, click:
Yahoo! Groups
and type ’strabismus’ (without the quotation marks) into the ‘Find a Group’ box.
[This page updated 10/23/06]
4 Responses to “Strabismus support”
By Rao on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply
Dear all,
Iam suffering from lazy eye and squint. My age is 31yrs. I was already operated once when i was 18. but with in 6 months squint came again. I am looking for botox injection or neurovision treatment in singapore.
I will be grateful to you if anybody mention some information regarding this
By Lois (admin) on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply
Rao,
Someone may see your post here and respond. But you can talk with people by email in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group for lazy eye and squint also. To join this email group, just click the link below or paste it into your browser to find out more:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EyesApart/
Lois
By Amy on Jun 10, 2007 | Reply
Hello, I am a 33 y/o that has struggled with Strabismus my entire life. I have exotropia with my left eye which wanders out. I have had a total of three surgeries my last one being in 2000 (7 yrs ago) which was successful. However, over time I am back at the same place as I was seven years ago. I just went to the specialist and I was given prisms to start with..again. My muscles are fighting during the day to stay straight and by the end of the day the eye is staying “out” resulting in double vision and severe headaches. I am in a total of 6 prism. The Dr. wants to leave surgery..again.. as a last option b/c the risk of overcorrection is greater and my eyes turn in a bit when I look up close so I would most likely need bifocals to correct that deviation. The Dr. asked me to give the prisms a few weeks adjustment period. I have had the prisms for a few days and I am still experiencing a bit of double vision and headaches. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that has experienced this (getting prisms and adjusting to them.)
By Danie on Jun 30, 2008 | Reply
Was just wondering around cyberspace and I found this!
In reply to Amy, I’m a 21-year-old who has been wearing a prism for my right eye since 2 years back and it’s been hovering between the 3-2prism.
Initially it’s hard to get used to; you think your vision is obscured, and sometimes you get headaches as well. But I find that it helps to train my eye to focus, even if the treating process is awfully slow.
What I find hard to get used to is feeling self-conscious whenever I head out wearing my prism, anyone has that problem?