Hi Julie,
I'd like to correspond with you too. I sent you an email with the
group name and my ID in the subject so you can know it is from me
instead of wondering if it is just another piece of spam from
someone you don't know since my email address is different from my
ID in this group.
Robin

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "Julie M. Evans"
<julie@c...> wrote:
> The link did not seem to work.
> It seems there are only 17 people on this listserve, so I hope you
will
> share your story with others.
> I'd like to correspond with you if you will send your e-mail.
> julie@c... (lenses wearer)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hopefordyslexia" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
> To: <glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:11 PM
> Subject: [Glimmer 'Colored Filter Glasses'] See some ways that
light
> sensitivity affects vision
>
>
> > For many years now, I have struggled to explain some of the
ways
> > damage from a head injury has distorted my vision, but I have
always
> > felt that words cannot convey the picture as clearly as I would
> > like, so I have now put together some photos for our photo album
to
> > literally show what the world looks like with some of these
vision
> > problems.
> > Nine years ago, as a result of a head injury, I started having
> > horrible vision and health problems. I was diagnosed with
monocular
> > and binocular diplopia. In everyday terms, that means double
vision
> > in each eye and two eyes that refuse to work together. In
addition
> > to that, I lost the ability to focus my eyes.
> > The best doctors, neurologists, opthamologists and
optometrists
> > all agreed that the damage was permanent and that NOTHING could
be
> > done to help restore my vision, except progressive prescription
> > lenses, and even that would leave 90% of my vision problems
> > uncorrected. Even with glasses, my vision was impossibly messed
> > up. My brain simply couldn't coordinate the vision process
> > anymore. With my eyes wandering off in their own directions, my
> > brain tried to make sense of it all by jumping wildly between the
> > view from both eyes when they were working together to a
distorted
> > blended view from both wandering eyes or it simply relied on the
> > input from my left eye or right eye or nothing at all. What a
> > headache that was--literally it caused a permanent migraine.
> > After about 4 years of "living" with this, the literacy
librarian
> > at our local library suggested that I contact the Irlen
Institute.
> > My doctors were completely against the idea, but I refused to let
> > them keep me from getting the help I needed. Thank God I did
because
> > with Irlen filters, I CAN FINALLY SEE NORMALLY AGAIN!!!
> > With all of the years that I have struggled to explain the
> > vision problems I have had, I have found that words alone fail to
> > adequately convey the nature and scope of the problems I lived
with
> > so I have finally found a way to put together some pictures so
> > people can see what I mean, instead of just having to create a
> > mental picture from my words.
> > I have uploaded the pictures to the group photo album. I am
> > really hoping that they will be helpful to others.
> > They are best viewed in the slide show which sort of animates
> > them so you can see the effect all "in action". The first 7
pictures
> > in the slide show show the effect of double double vision on
print
> > and the 8th picture shows the distortions it can cause even with
> > faces. (Yes, I picked Pablo Picasso as my model because I
couldn't
> > help wondering if some of his "impressionistic" style was the
result
> > of Picasso painting the world just as he REALLY saw it.)
> > I hope my illustrations will inspire some of you to find a
way to
> > visually demonstrate how light sensitivity affects your vision
and
> > share it with us by posting your pictures in the group photo
album.
> >
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/glimmercoloredfilterglasses/slid
> > eshow?&.dir=/&.src=gr&.view=t
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
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