Dont believe what the surgeons say - they're trained to cut and not trained holistically - My Lauren had accomodative Esotropia -started at ~3.5 yrs - she's...
Thank you, Cherish. And Canby. And Lewis. For your sharing and advice. I'm still confused about this 'gross' and 'fine' stereopsis bit. From all that I have...
Hi! We went to an OD for the first time today. He screened her and found some "depth perception" issues.... Should I assume that this is 3D? If so, he feels...
Canby Marini
marinic@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:04 pm
12384
Thanks to all who responded with support and information. I'll post after our appt tomorrow to let you know how things go. Christine ...
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...
LazyEye@yahoogroups.com
Mar 1, 2005 11:30 pm
12386
We went for our first appointment with an OD to prepare to do vision therapy. He indicates that my daughter is a good candidate for vision therapy. he also...
Canby Marini
marinic@...
Mar 2, 2005 3:40 am
12387
Hello, My name is Jennifer. I am the mother of two beautiful children. One boy and one girl. My son is almost nine years old. We have struggled with him...
Hi Canby, I once took Jake's Rx to a optometrist to be "filled". They totally changed the numbers around. I wish I could remember the formula, but basically...
Welcome to the group Jen, I am running out of the house, so I have to be quick, but it sounds like a lot of the therapies you mentioned could be provided by...
Hi I just got back with new glasses for my 2.5 yr old Nik (high farsighted +9.0 both eyes). I was sooooooo disappointed on being told that they stopped making...
Here's my experience with my daughter's Rx in her glasses. When my daughter first got her glasses, they dilated her eyes and measured her eyes. Her eyes...
Hello! I am the mom of three girls, ages 11, 19 months and 8 weeks. Our 19 month old was diagnosed with a lazy eye about 2 months ago, and has been wearing her...
Usha, We are in the same boat. They did stop making aspheric lenses, over a certain + prescription, not just for kids, but for everyone. Our son is in +13.75...
Dear Deanna, Wonderful that you got an early diagnosis. My son was diagnosed at about 30 months, and took to his glasses and to the patching very naturally....
Dear All, We live in Dubai. My daughter Aashna was diagnosed with lazy eye at the age of 5 years, a few days back. Her vision is 20/200 (or 6/60) and 20/40 (or...
Debbie, What are aspheric lenses? Regards, Canby C. Marini "Lewis" <lapinoly@...> 03/02/2005 10:50 PM Please respond to LazyEye To ...
Canby Marini
marinic@...
Mar 3, 2005 2:06 pm
12397
Debbie I am glad contacts are working for your son. That is definitely a possibility for Nikhil as he grows older. In the meantime it is back to poly glasses...
Thank you so much for the tip. I will definitely try to find the Nexcare product you have suggested. Best, Deanna onesridhar <onesridhar@...> wrote: Dear...
Hi Deanna- This must be so hard for you, and with a new baby too. We found an informal family meeting where we all agreed to take on getting the patch and...
At that thickness, a High-Index Plastic may be a safe solution? I would suggest this to your doc and get his/her opinion. I know there is some warnings about...
hi- my 5 yr old son has lazy eye and is wearing the patch to correct it and glasses- his skin around the patch is getting irritated and he just got an...
I have not had much luck finding a good band. My little girl (2 or 3 years old) has a little head. It is very hard to even find glasses that fit. The first...
Hi Deanna, I have a 22 month old who was diagnosed with strabismus at 12 months. We've been patching for 10 months and recently had to switch to atropine...
Thanks Nittany_Lion I had just finished talking to the technical help person at HOYA opticals when I read your messg. Basically found out from them that...
My son Conner was just "diagnosised" by our pedi with amblyopia. Conner just turned 9 months and I guess my question is this-what kind of treatment do they...
Kodi- The Dr explained it this way to me. She said that for some unknown reason my little girl's one eye became very far sighted, the other eye was OK. When...
Hello, Hope you are well... I still have many unanswered questions from my last post. Ethan is patching for 3 hours a day - the is 20/40 in his bad eye and ...
Holly, What are aspheric lens? Regards, Canby C. Marini [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Canby Marini
marinic@...
Mar 3, 2005 11:09 pm
12409
Hi Pauline, It is certainly possible that Ethan needs an Rx change. As children grow their vision can change. As far as your question about how long to patch,...
Welcome to the Group Mahesh, I think we all felt terrible about putting our children through patching, but please try not to look at it as though you are...
