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Medical Forum / General / Vision / October 2005adult strabismus
My name is Susan, I am 41. I have had strabismus since I was 3. My eyeglasses and contacts always straightened my lazy eye until I turned 33! I had muscle surgery in 1997. I was happy for awhile, but over time I began having trouble making eye contact with people again. The degree to which my left eye crosses is subtle but it was completly straight for 30 years with my prescription. My prescription by the way is +5.50 in both eyes with an add on for reading of +1.50. I also have a strong family history of glaucoma and my pressures are up. I am in the process of making an appointment with my regular doctor to do a full work up for the glaucoma. I know I have to consider the glaucoma problem first, but I don't know what to do about another muscle surgery. I just recently went back to work after raising my family and I don't know if the risks of surgery are worth it. I have never had double vision. Is it likely that I may have double vision after surgery? What are some of the other side affects related to muscle surgery? I would love to have my old self confidence back but is it worth the risk? Somebody Help!!! If glasses and contacts always straightened your eyes up until age 33, I can't think of a reason they still couldn't, and I also can't think of a reason for you to have gone thru muscle surgery! What happened? Who convinced you to have EOM surgery when glasses/contacts had always corrected it? And yes, you can get double vision from EOM surgery. But, oh well, you had it, so now what? The surgery makes it all very difficult to figure out, but you can start by telling us what your acuities are (best corrected), and what is your most recent CYCLOPLEGIC refraction result (or manifest, if they didn't do a cyclo)? Also, did any of your glasses have prism? And what were those Rxs (glasses AND contacts) that kept you straight? Surely you have them or can obtain the numbers from wherever you got those glasses and contacts... Also, what is your "regular doctor"? Is he/she a glaucoma specialist, or what? Obviously you need to attend to the glaucoma problem or non-problem right away. No emergency, but it does need attention... If I were you, I'd request copies of the entire files from all your previous eye docs. Do not take no for an answer. They belong to YOU. w.stacy, o.d. p.s. when requesting files, be a little cagey. Ask if they have any records on you first, verify what years they have. Then request the copies in writing, referencing the dates you know they have, so they can't easily wiggle out of it. > My name is Susan, I am 41. I have had strabismus since I was 3. My > eyeglasses and contacts always straightened my lazy eye until I turned [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > surgery? I would love to have my old self confidence back but is it > worth the risk? Somebody Help!!! |
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