http://www.eyesapart.com ...crossed eyes, lazy eye, amblyopia, wall eyes, squint, tropia, double vision, turned, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:35:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/03/i-discovered-reading-again/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/03/i-discovered-reading-again/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:02:57 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/?p=231 I’m back after an extended time away due to health problems. After finally getting needed treatment, I’m thankful to be feeling better! I’ll write about that another time, but now I want to share something that helped get me through … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/03/i-discovered-reading-again/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:44 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/ Those of us who have strabismus do not like to be referred to as having a lazy eye. We are not lazy. Because our eyes don’t work right, we often have to work much harder to accomplish a task than … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/feed/ 27 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/07/09/sleep-apnea/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/07/09/sleep-apnea/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:45:18 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/07/09/sleep-apnea/ Sleep apnea makes it much harder to control strabismus. If you feel tired most of the time, if you awaken frequently during the night, or if you don’t wake up refreshed, consider the possibility of sleep apnea. I began to … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/07/09/sleep-apnea/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/06/23/seeing-beyond-strabismus/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/06/23/seeing-beyond-strabismus/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:52:02 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/06/23/seeing-beyond-strabismus/ When I updated my post-surgery status on April 12, things weren’t looking very good, literally. My January 12 strabismus surgery had originally taken me from a torsion to near perfect vision. But my vision had deteriorated over the next few … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/06/23/seeing-beyond-strabismus/feed/ 13 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/04/12/better-or-worse/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/04/12/better-or-worse/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:27:18 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/04/12/better-or-worse/ As I aged, my strabismus took its toll. The time I was able to focus to read or do close-up work became shorter and shorter. My major goal for surgery was to at least partly restore my ability to read … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/04/12/better-or-worse/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:03:16 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/ Most of my life I’ve tried to avoid letting others see me with my eyes drifted, though I’ve often not been successful. It’s never been a major issue for me, as my biggest concern has been the vision disturbances caused … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/feed/ 6 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/11/life-is-level/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/11/life-is-level/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:11:51 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/01/11/life-is-level/ Life is more level now! I had my second strabismus surgery on January 4, one week ago today. The surgery was done on the left eye only, to correct a torsion related to the first surgery in May of 2005. … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/11/life-is-level/feed/ 2 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/06/beautiful-event/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/06/beautiful-event/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:31:09 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/12/06/beautiful-event/ My second strabismus surgery is scheduled for Thursday December 7 (See update below.) I was a little surprised when a friend prayed for me a couple days ago “that the Angel of the Lord guides the surgeon’s hand and mind … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/06/beautiful-event/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/02/springy-eyes/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/02/springy-eyes/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:02:08 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/12/02/springy-eyes/ My torsion strabismus surgery is 5 days away. I thought I’d try to capture here some of the things I see now, because I am hoping I will have better images soon! Rather than attempt to make another simulator of … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/02/springy-eyes/feed/ 1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/10/18/ophthalmologist-torsion-graphics/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/10/18/ophthalmologist-torsion-graphics/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:05:59 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/10/18/ophthalmologist-torsion-graphics/ It is difficult to comprehend what another person sees. I tried to verbally explain to my doctors that one eye was rotated or twisted, but now I’ve found a way to show them. One of the first things I noticed, … Continue reading →

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