Comments on: Seeing beyond strabismus

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:32:34 +0000

I just found out that I need 20 BO prism per eye. Can this be done in glasses?

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:51:13 +0000

HI.

I’m going for my strabismus surgery on the right eye – its looking outwards.
How long will i stay away from work after that?

By: sfnina

sfnina — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:33:57 +0000

I just found this post.

I recently had a failed strabismus surgery. I’d had vertical double vision for about 40 years, progressively worsening.

The surgeon, who is Chief of Ophthalmology. at a highly respected hospital and has a great reputation, was a disaster. She never admitted that it failed. She also demeaned my concern about going back to a very demanding work environment with serious uncorrected double vision shortly after the surgery, implying that I should be able to function, couldn’t write a correct Rx, got annoyed when my responses in the eye exam weren’t what she wanted, etc.

When I went into surgery, I needed 11 diopters of prism in my glasses. When the surgery was done, I needed 8, but had an additional torsion problem. I expected to be out of work for three weeks–thought I’d be done with prism or at least need very little–and I’ve been out for 4 months. I still have problems fusing the two images or getting objects to “stay still” and can’t handle rapid movement, such as driving on the highway. I’m actually writing this with one eye closed.

I’m hoping to go back to work soon, hoping that the eyes continue improving post-op, and then hoping to have a more successful surgery in the future.

I’m not sorry I had the surgery, because I had no choice–life was intolerable with the amount of double vision I had. I only wish I had a better surgeon, one with more compassion at least.

Double vision is a very strange thing. Nobody can see it when they look at you, and you can’t see it when you look in the mirror–but it affects your whole sense of yourself in the world.

By: George Alexanian

George Alexanian — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:14:55 +0000

Lois:
Thanks for the reply back in March. I just found it today. Just to let you know, I had the strabismus surgery done last Otober on my right eye which was out 45 diopters (about as must as it can go). So far, 9 months later, my eyes are perfectly straight as far as I or anyone else can tell. Everyone looks straight into my eyes when they talk to me and I look back. It had been 60 years since I could do that. I will to to you EyesApart.com site.
George

By: zoee

zoee — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:26:10 +0000

Hi Lois,
I’ve divergent squint on both side of my eyes. I’ve been thinking of corrective surgery but fear for the risks. Just would like to find out from you, is’t worth it to do not to do it? I’m 30 years old this year

By: Lois (admin)

Lois (admin) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:45:43 +0000

George, EyesApart.com is the only strabismus blog I have. There are numerous pages here. In the ‘recent comments’ in the right toolbar, it shows you recently posted to the ‘My Strabismus Surgery’ entry. There is a link there you can click to go to that post. You can see other pages by looking in the topic search, also in the right sidebar. My other websites are listed in the right sidebar, if you are looking for one of them. If you have further trouble with it, let me know.
Lois

By: George

George — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:04:40 +0000

Lois:

I posted several blogs on your other site which has numerous comments, but I cannot find it. By accident I found it the other day and posted, but I went to eyes apart:living with strabismus the last two days and could not find it. What is that site so I can google it or go to it directly? Thanks

George

By: Lois (admin)

Lois (admin) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:59:17 +0000

Jenn, you may want to check out our yahoo support group. Due to some chronic health problmes, I’m not updating the web site much now, though I do keep hoping to be able to update again. But our yahoo group is very active:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EyesApart/

Also lots of people continue to comment on the “My Strabismus Surgery post:
http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/11/02/my-strabismus-surgery/

Hope this helps, and do check back, hopefully I’ll eventually be able to post again.
Lois

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:18:14 +0000

Hi Lois,
Thanks so much for putting up this website. I have a lazy left eye which I fear is getting progressively worse. It’s really affecting my studies and taking over my personal life! I am considering getting surgery but fear for the the risks- and am trying to see how others cope on the net. I have been looking for a forum to share my problems with, actually, for a while.
Thanks again, and I hope you keep updating!
Cheers,
Jenn

By: Anand

Anand — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:06:02 +0000

Don Osborne,

Looking at your symptoms, I would suggest that you take an appointment for a neurologist. I remember once reading somewhere about a girl having a continuous nasal drip. After multiple visits to various doctors, she finally met a neurosurgeon and the nasal drip turned out to be CSF leak.

Maybe its best that you check it out with a neurologist / neurosurgeon. I think CT scan would be the first thing that you might need to take. Keep me updated and let me know if you have any questions at anand.satavalekar@gmail.com