LazyEye is an email list for parents of children with amblyopia and related conditions such as strabismus. Adult amblyopes are also welcome. We are not...
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Here are a few items that will hopefully make this list more manageable and a fun place to hang out. 1. HELPFUL ADDRESSES (POSTING AND UNSUBBING) Post message:...
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Hi Alisa, I agree. Once we hit 20/35 our PO wanted to reduce patching to 1 hour a day. I wasn't satisfied, and fought for continuing. He agreed, and Jake...
Hi, Yesterday my 6 year, 3 month old son was diagnosed with "Lazy Eye". I am assuming it is Amblyopia as his eyes are straight, don't wander, and move...
buffalogal6286 Buffalogal62@... 10 1/2 year old vision improvement... Sure. I can ask my PO for documentation. She is in a practice outside of D.C. and...
Dear Crystal, LensCrafters will provide you with glasses in an hour with Bifocals its overnight. The glasses are a little more expensive but if you want them...
Hi Dan, I remember that feeling so well. Jake was diagnosed at 8 years old. Our first PO told us not to bother patching. Thank God I found this site and a...
Hi Sitara, We have been patching our now 2.5 year old son since June 2003 until his strabismus surgery 2 weeks ago. During those first days when he would pull...
Joann, Thank you for your comments, they are encouraging. I was a little off in stating the patching/vision therapy was 2 hours a day, the OP actually...
Hi Dan, In September of last year my son who had just turned 6, was diagnosed with amblyopia. He had 20/20 in his right eye and 20/400 in the left. I ...
Teri, Thank you for your comments, they are comforting. I am glad to hear about the positive developments you are experiencing. I look forward to hearing...
Hi Dan, I know exactly how you feel.I found out of my daughter's amblyopia on the 4 th Oct 2003.She was 9 and a half then.i got the shock of my life.I had no...
Hi Dan, I know exactly how you're feeling. My 7 1/2 year old daughter was diagnosed in Sept with amblyopia. Her right eye was 20/200 and her left eye was...
Joann, I really see your point on the importance of maintenance patching. At the point your son reached 20/35, and reduced to 2 hours of patching, how long...
Dan, Welcome to the group. I know you are going through a difficult time, but do believe your son's vision will improve. Our son was diagnosed in August and ...
Dan, my son was age 7 with 20/400 in his weak eye. Now 1 year, 1 month later he is seeing 20/40 cv and starting to read some of the 20/30 line as well. After...
Hi Dan, We aren't doing any vision therapy at this time. Our P.O. wanted to start with the patching at 6 1/2 hours a day to see how he would progress in the...
Hi Terry, I have not heard of there having to be a 2 diopter difference. I am trying to research it, but so far, everything I have found has been in extremely...
Hi Dan, Welcome to the group. My son was diagnosed at 5yrs. 11months. last June. He was 20/20 & 20/400. We started patching all his waking hours. & he went...
my daughter is 6, and is patching 6-8 hrs a day for the last 5mths with little improvment, the doctor is giving up on her, is there any suggestions to more we...
I say a visit to a pediatric ophthalmologist (PO) certainly wouldn't hurt, and they get a lot more experience dealing with this kind of thing. Nobody can say...
In a message dated 2/2/2004 12:07:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, loven2laugh@... writes: my daughter is 6, and is patching 6-8 hrs a day for the last 5mths...
My daughter has amblyopia primarily fron a difference in refraction between the two eyes. Her vision has been corrected for over a year ., with glasses and...
Most Opthalmologists will tell you that Vision Therapy is a waste of time. Ours did. Their training is in how to treat eyes with medications and surguries. ...
I would find a new Doctor. If your Dr. is ready to give up, then why not find one that will try everything possible to help your child who is still very...
Have you sought out other opinions? Maybe her prescription needs correction. Also, I might ask the P.O. if your daughter could safely patch for longer hours....
Terry, Thank you so much for your response. I would love to have any documentation you could get from your doctor. I'm really at odds. with mine. Good luck...
Because our 8 year old son's vision problems are not muscular in nature, his P.O. also doesn't believe that Vision Therapy will be helpful in treating his ...
I became acquainted with a famous sound creator. Her name is Makiko Hirohasi. The sound is healing music. Healing is called IYASI in Japanese. Soul will be...
Hi! My daughter, Kara, is 10 1/2 and just improved her vision from 20/50 to 20/20 in five weeks. I know how the waiting and uncertainty of it all feels. We...
