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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Dec 1, 2007 10:21 am
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Jean, I am happy your son is receiving care for his problem, however, research has shown that pencil push ups alone is not very effective in solving the...
Jean Not meaning to step on toes but a definite valid alternative to a PedOPh is a Doctor of Optometry specializing in Vision Therapy. Many of them are listed...
Dr. Ken, I hope you didn't think that I was putting down Optometrists. I definitely recommend them to anyone. I was just afraid that not enough was being...
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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Dec 2, 2007 10:52 am
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Hi, I am new to this group. I thought I'd lurk a while, but I have changed my mind So, I will just come out an ask for advice! I have an 18 mo old you has...
Hi Jean, As you are in the process of gathering information, I would like to give you several websites - if by chance you have not come across this info. The...
Kelly, I didn't think that, I just wanted to be sure both options were listed. Ken ... I definitely recommend them to anyone. I was just afraid that not ...
Hi Andrea, I have a 20 month old who had surgery on both eyes at eleven months for Exotropia (eyes turn out). So far everything has gone good and her eyes...
Well, there is definitely a genetic component to it. However, my father-in-;aw is one of 11 and he is the only one of his siblings with it. My husband is one...
My son (3 1/2) was diagnosed last month with Amblyopia. We noticed his eye crossing every now and again so we took him to the Dr. The office visit was...
Hi, I am not a health care professional, however, I have an 18 month old with strabismus and is far sighted. She got glasses at 8 months, had corrective...
Hi Joe, All of your questions are good ones. First, why did the doctor only dilate one eye? That makes NO sense to me..... The patch wearing length of time...
Hi Joe- My daughter was diagnosed with amblyopia a couple weeks after she turned 4. She'll be 6 in March. Her right eye is the weak eye. She is also...
Stacey, What is the prescription of the glasses? Michael ... From: Stacey Widener <swidener@...> To: LazyEye@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 4,...
I will try and keep things simple and organized. There are two separate entities, strabismus (eye turn) and amblyopia (lazy eye). One can often cause the...
Andrea, I am not offended although when you stae that you were looking for the words to express your opinion of Vision Therapy "At a risk of maybe offending...
I stand corrected, my husband still has a slight eye turn, my father-in-law has a lazy eye. His slightly turned eye ( for which he never had any treatment)...
Hi Andrea, It appears you have been getting great care from a Ped. Ophth., however, there are 2 different schools of thought on treatment. POs do not believe...
Thanks for your input. Your information is very interesting to me. It is totally contrary to my research and what I have been told by our ophthalmologist. I...
Andrea, It is disputed whether Babe Ruth had binocular vision, lazy eye, etc. so no one knows for sure. I understand that this goes against everything you have...
I agree whole heartedly. It is great news about your son. Maybe some day I’ll see him when I go to a Red Sox game! Thanks for your input. I hope to learn...
Michael- I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I don't know what her prescription is
on her glasses. She's in the original pair she got when first diagnosed...
Andrea, Here's our story. My daughter's eye turn started just after she turned two. Saw the pediatrician, who referred us to the pediatric ophthalmologist....
Hello everyone.....Just wanted to introduce myself and ask a few questions. It is so wonderful to find a list with whom I may share my concerns. My DH and I...
HI Michelle, Thanks so much for sharing your story. It is quite helpful to me. Could you please let me know what prisms are and what they do? I know what a ...
Oh congratulations. How exciting and what a lucky little girl she will be if you decide to adopt her. My best advice is to show her video to a pediatric...
Hi Trisha, Congratulations on the new addition to your family. From What you relate, it doesn't look like she needs surgery. Sounds like she would profit...
Hey Michael....Thanks for the encouragement and this is the first announcement we have made.....we accepted her referral late this afternoon....so guess that...
