Category Archives: Strabismus surgery
Prism glasses: I think it must be springtime!
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
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Eyes Apart — how this blog began!
Before my surgery, I had told a group of friends that I wanted to do some sort of advocacy for people experiencing similar problems as mine. I’d hoped to be able to do a website. But as the weeks went by after surgery, I wondered if that dream would ever become real. Making a website is hard work, and my vision still was not good. Blogging is much easier than doing a website. I downloaded Tom Antion’s book, and I was publishing in no time. This audio book by Tom Antion provided all the info I needed to get started…. Continue reading
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
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When good is bad
Most people who developed strabismus in childhood have learned to compensate by alternating the drift from one eye to the other, by repressing one eye, or both. This enables us to see, and that is good. But it is also … Continue reading
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Strabismus help for those who are older
I often hear people say they’ve been told there is no help for them since they have passed a certain age. The October 2004 issue of JAAPOS (Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) reports on a study … Continue reading
