Archive for the ‘Strabismus surgery’ Category

Coats Disease can cause strabismus and blindness

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

See About the Photo for copyright information. Jamie's Warning: "Request dilation at regular intervals and definitely before any strabismus surgery." The following story was originally posted by Jamie Schmidt in our Strabismus Hope email support group. Jamie and I have edited that original post together to provide additional ...

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 ...

Adjustable suture surgery for strabismus

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

[From Grace by way of Lois(Admin):] Hi my name is Grace I am 21 years old and have had vision problems since birth. I have recently heard of a procedure called an adjusable suture. I have been reaserching it but have not found to much info on it. If you have ...

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 ...

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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