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/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/2006/03/07/strabismus-boat/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/03/07/strabismus-boat/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:02:49 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/03/07/strabismus-boat/ [I received the following letter from a reader named Celia, and she gave me permission to share it here. The boat? I put us on the "Grandeur of the Seas." We may as well enjoy the trip!] Dear Lois, My … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/03/07/strabismus-boat/feed/ 3 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/01/19/coping-senior-citizens/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/01/19/coping-senior-citizens/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:12:58 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=83 The things I've always enjoyed and planned to take into retirement with me some day are mostly things that involve detailed work with my eyes. I am now coming to grips with the fact that there will likely be limits to this. There are probably some things your mother can still see and enjoy though. Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/01/19/coping-senior-citizens/feed/ 2 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/10/snowshine/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/10/snowshine/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:05:35 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=71 As I write this, there is snow on the ground. It’s two weeks before Christmas, with frigid temperatures outside. Yet I think it must be springtime! At least that is the way the world looks to me. I’ve not been … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/10/snowshine/feed/ 5 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/11/02/my-strabismus-surgery/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/11/02/my-strabismus-surgery/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:24:19 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/11/02/my-strabismus-surgery/ I had eye muscle surgery in May...lateral rectus resession. My eyes had been drifting a lot more prior to the surgery, and had become increasingly unstable and uncomfortable. It was difficult to hold a focus to read. My eyes are much more comfortable since the surgery, less tension, and I get a lot less headaches now. My eyes don't drift as spastically as before surgery. They still drift though, especially at close range. I still can't focus to read very long. My eyes look straight, but one eye sees things rotated slightly clockwise, the other slightly counter-clockwise since the surgery, and things appear higher with one eye than the other.... Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/11/02/my-strabismus-surgery/feed/ 508 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/10/24/unplugged/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/10/24/unplugged/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:33:20 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=59 I’ve seen an icon similar to this a lot lately, yet no cable was unplugged. My computer seemed to be continuously trying to connect to the net. If I managed to get connected it was only a short time before I was disconnected again. After switching cables around to confirm it was not a bad cable, I purchased a new router. My connection is better than ever now. The little flashing icon reminded me of my eyes... My Behavioral Optometrist has told me that our brain-eye connection is like a circuit that can sometimes loose connection. One of the goals of vision therapy is to repair the circuit. Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/10/24/unplugged/feed/ 4 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/06/20/2020-vision/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/06/20/2020-vision/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:30:13 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/living/?p=9 "Your vision is 20/20, we can't do any better than that!" So, I surmised, my inability to read very long must not be related to my eyes. After all, my glasses corrected my vision to 20/20. The problem must be my mind. I've got to do better, I thought. I've got to get a handle on this. If I just try harder, I can read longer. I would find myself reading the same page over and over.... Continue reading →

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