Archive for 2006
Saturday, October 14th, 2006
Forest Whitaker suffers from strabismus. Yet he is currently receiving wide-spread applause for his performance as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."
Here are some quotes about Forest Whitaker:
"With his jug ears, hulking physique and lazy eye, Forest Whitaker always has been an unlikely movie star.... In ...
Posted in Hall of Fame, Inspirations, Strabismus | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 6th, 2006
[From Luanne by way of Lois(Admin):]
I have strabismus in BOTH eyes. It's more bothersome and noticeable the older I get. I am farsighted in one eye and near sighted in the other eye. Which ever eye I'm looking out of, which goes straight, the other eye goes off to the ...
Posted in Social trauma, Treatment | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
[From Grace by way of Lois(Admin):]
Hi my name is Grace I am 21 years old and have had vision problems since birth. I have recently heard of a procedure called an adjusable suture. I have been reaserching it but have not found to much info on it. If you have ...
Posted in Strabismus surgery | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Sometimes people who have a cold or allergy symptoms say they feel like they are in a fog. But for me, it's been more like a fuzz, and I've felt it even without even being sick. For many years, I teased myself that I must have peach fuzz ...
Posted in Eye connections, Lois' story, Strabismus surgery, The way we see | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
[See photo credit at end of article]
Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart led the USC Trojans to a national Championship in 2004 before signing on as an NFL Quarterback with the Arizona Cardinals earlier this year. Yet Matt Leinart has strabismus just like us.
Matt had strabismus surgery when he was ...
Posted in Children's vision, Hall of Fame, Inspirations, Social trauma | No Comments »
