My colleague is afflicted with a swollen eyelid - especially a little
bump the size of a pea inside the eyelid above and between the nose and
eye.  She had a an MRI which showed nothing.  She had a cat scan which
showed the little bump.  The doctor wants to do a biopsy by cutting ...

My son is 6 1/2 years old.  He has seen a pediatric ophthalmology for over 4
years.  We were first told that the bridge of his nose is very wide which
makes it look like he has strabismus.  About one year later we were told he
does have strabismus not hte bridge issue.  The dr has ...

I am going in a couple days for measurements for lens replacement due to, as
my opthamologist says, "substantial" cataracts.  I am 49 years old and am
nearsighted with corrective lenses at about -3.
My job requires me to spend a lot of time working on a computer and I am

In May of 2003 I had a cataract operation involving a vitrectomy. In
September of that year I developed CME and it resolved about a year later,
during the course of which I used Voltaren for most of that time.
I had a simliar operation in the other eye last August, and guess what?

I just found out that Oasys is now available in plus powers. My
optometrist said that when he gets his trial lenses in, he will call me
and I can then stop in and try on a pair (+.50 OS and -.75 OD).  I am
currently in Acuvue 2, which are the most comfortable lens I've ever

My wife has been suffering through the use of Acuvue Advance lenses for
the past year. Mostly the brand new Advance lenses were scratchy out of
the pkg. I told her about the fairly new Oasys lenses and she just went
into the eye doctor. He had her fitted with the trial Oasys lenses ...

I recently put a post requesting information regarding an upcoming lens
replacement.
Thank you all for your responses.
I had a couple suggestions of requesting between -1.25 and -1.5 setting to

I am interested in the hybrid contact lens coming out this spring. It
has a rigid (RGP) center and a soft (hydrogel) outer skirt. I believe
that the brand name is SynergEyes. Have any of the docs here heard
anything about the level of patient satisfaction in vision and comfort