Archive for the ‘The way we see’ Category

Springy strabismus eyes with xray of pegs and ties

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

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 what my eyes see, I wanted to demonstrate ...

Graphics help Ophthalmologist recognize torsion

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

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, soon after my first surgery, was how funny the shower ...

Peach fuzz

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 ...

Who will love me with my turned eye?

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

[See photo credit at end of article] If you've wondered what it is like to have a turned eye, read this passionate letter by a strabismus sufferer named Anthony. Anthony shared this in a strabismus group recently, and gave me permission to share it here. Once you've read Anthony's letter, determine ...

Ocular Torsion vision simulator

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

I made these images to show my doctors how I've seen things since my surgery (bilateral lateral rectus recession in May of 2005). I'm hoping these illustrations will help them to help me. The images below are not exact of what I see, but best I could do ...

Helping you cope...

Our vision is to get the best we can from what we have to work with, and to do the best we can with what we get! More....

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