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Post by kim on Sept 22, 2008 19:42:59 GMT -5
Anyone ever have or know anyone who has had surgery for strabismus? My eye doctor has suggested that I have it, but I don't know if I want anyone to cut into my eye!
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Post by Clipper on Sept 22, 2008 20:05:20 GMT -5
One of my boys had "lazy eye" when he was a kid. It eventually corrected itself, but when we looked into surgery, we decided against it, because they told us that it might only help for a while, and it might recur. His particular case didn't affect his vision, so we let it go and it corrected itself as he got older and I guess the muscle developed. I haven't read about it in years, but there are many different causes, types, symptons, (crossed eyes, lazy eye, squint with one eye or the other, and so on)
My son had a lazy eye, that would not always track with the other eye. Sometimes it would "catch up" with the other eye and focus, and sometimes, especially when he was over tired, it would not move as much as the other eye and seemed to look slightly out to the side when he was focusing straight ahead.
It is just the term jumped out at me, because I hadn't heard it in years. I would do some serious research and get lots of opinions before I went forward. They don't actually cut on the eye. They pop the eye out of the socket and actually work on the muscles behind the eye. Like I said, I haven't read about it in years, and I didn't have a computer back then, but I am sure there is a lot of information available on line for you to read.
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Post by dgriffin on Sept 22, 2008 22:23:13 GMT -5
Our son had surgery for strabismus in 1969, when he was 3 years old. It worked. He's fine. It's like having the cords in venetian blinds tightened and evened up.
But surgery always has risks, and unless people often look behind themselves when listening to you, like you're looking over their shoulder, I can't think of why you would want to do it. In fact, if your eye is just slightly off, it probably evokes mystery and is sexy.
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Post by kim on Sept 23, 2008 6:58:03 GMT -5
I think I've decided I don't want it, and I haven't even talked to the surgeon yet! My only real symptom is that, even while stone cold sober, I tend to have slightly double vision, but that's mostly when I'm very tired, and with a bit of squinting I can straighten it out anyway. I don't think it'd be worth the risk to correct what isn't really a problem yet.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 23, 2008 7:02:25 GMT -5
Does a bottle of good Merlot make it better or worse? Sometimes a home remedy can save a lot of medical intervention, hahaha!
Seriously, I don't blame you for not wanting the surgery. If you have lived with it this long and it doesn't really present a quality of life issue, you are most likely quite wise to defer.
I hope when we finally meet in person, you are not tired though. One of me is enough punishment for one's eyes, LOLOL.
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Post by kim on Sept 23, 2008 7:34:01 GMT -5
:-)
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