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by protomok
3037 days ago
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You mention you had amblyopia, I'm curious how you got rid of it? I've had strabismus (i.e. diplopia / double vision) for as long as I can remember. It's pretty minor and I didn't even wear glasses until my 20s but it's such a PITA having to wear 2 different pairs of glasses. I understand there's a surgery that corrects strabismus where they adjust the eye muscles, just wondering if you or any other HN folks have tried the surgery. The idea of eye surgery is slightly terrifying but would make coding (especially late at night) a lot more comfortable. |
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I had surgery.
In my particular case (large-angle strabismus) this was the only sensible option - no amount of therapy would've helped in my case.
If you'd consider a surgery, I'd suggest to talk to at least two different independent doctors (the best you can find and afford) and ask for their opinions on what your possible options are. I basically got a consistent firm "no, not for your condition" and that was it. However, I've heard that for small angles there are ways to fix things with therapy.
Of course, it's somewhat scary but, thankfully, everything went well. The surgery itself proved to be no big deal - sedatives did magic. I was quite nervous, but a few pills I was given had really fixed that. However, there is always a chance of mistake or something not going well, so, of course, one must be wary.
Actually, I had two surgeries. First one was a little bit off and while it corrected most of the problem, a very small angle was still left. I've went through some therapy but, unfortunately, despite my doctor's expectations the muscle had failed to stretch sufficiently.
However, that therapy had semi-fixed the amblyopia - after some exercises with synoptophore I was able to mentally force myself to see with both eyes (with double vision, of course, since alignment was still off). So, after the second surgely, right after the anesthesia paralysis wore off I got my binocular vision back. And I'd say, in my opinion that was really worth it.