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/2011/06/23/new-northern-california-strabismus-support-group/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2011/06/23/new-northern-california-strabismus-support-group/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:24:36 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/?p=392 Yesterday I shared Susanna’s story. Her photo here shows her wearing prism glasses as part of her home vision therapy. Susanna is currently organizing a northern California strabismus support group. You can read more about this in Susanna’s words below. … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2011/06/23/new-northern-california-strabismus-support-group/feed/ 1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:57:19 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/ The following item is edited and used by permission from a letter posted by David Marshall recently in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. David wrote: I often wonder if my strabismus is much like a shadow on the wall. … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/feed/ 6 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:22:49 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/ The following item is edited from a letter posted by shayla last month in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. It’s hard for some people to accept being referred to as having “lazy eyes.” We know that strabismus eyes work … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/feed/ 59 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/08/blogging-again/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/08/blogging-again/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:49:43 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/08/blogging-again/ Our site has been down over a week after an upgrade of the blogging software. Part was due to incompatibilities with some of our older plugins and our theme template as well. So we’ve had a face lift! I hope … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/08/blogging-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/2007/03/31/insurance-and-waiting/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/31/insurance-and-waiting/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:31:26 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/03/31/insurance-and-waiting/ I recently received this note from a woman who is blogging her way through eye muscle surgery: I found your website because I am an adult living with a crossed-eye. I recently started a blog to share and document the … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/31/insurance-and-waiting/feed/ 1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:11:34 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/ I remember being told as a child, “Don’t stare!” when we’d meet someone with a turned eye or scarred face, or a person with an artificial limb. But telling me not to stare just confirmed to me that this person … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/03/get-involved/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/03/get-involved/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:48:17 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/02/03/get-involved/ I’m 60 years old and have lived with strabismus all my life. Help was not offered to me as a child, and consequently my vision has continued to suffer. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Today, eye care … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/03/get-involved/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/2006/12/09/best-gifts/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/12/09/best-gifts/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:59:15 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/12/09/best-gifts/ Someone sent the following story to me. I thought of how those of us with strabismus often need a friend to cover our weakness. Come with me to a third grade classroom… There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his … Continue reading →

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