Stressed About Lazy-eye In Illinois!!!! Posted: 11-17-05 00:45am
Hello all,
i am a 36 year old female from illinois
and I am happy that I found this sight.
My lazy eye situation is causing great
discomfort in my life. My right eye is
the lazy eye and it is significantly
smaller than my left eye. For this
reason I do not make eye contact when I
talk to people. I am moderately
successful having finished at the top of
my class in graduate school and earning a
near six figure salary. But none of this
matters because I lack the confidence to
socialize. Additionally the vision in my
lazy eye is merely a blur. I cannot make
anything out unless it is almost touching
my eye. I am looking for cosmetic and/or
visual improvement. Any
suggestions??????????????
Looking forward to a response.
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chadk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Indiana
Lazy Eye Posted: 11-27-05 03:49am
Hi there! I am a 19 year old male. I
also have lazy eye. I had many surgeries
as a child to correct the problem with
both of my eyes. They turned out fairly
well. My vision is 25/155 -- obviously
one eye is far worse than the other, so it
causes some eye strain on the good eye
from time-to-time. I am also very
self-conscious when talking to people and
have a hard time keeping eye contact
because I am thinking the whole time that
they are staring at my somewhat droopy
eye. I just recently went to an
opthamologist and was told that the
doctors actually had done a great job when
I was younger. However, he did recommend
a surgeon who strictly works on eyelid
surgery. I believe he said he was from
south bend (indiana). I am sure that
there are many good surgeons in illinois
that could make your eyes look more
symmetric. I am probably going to get
some surgery done next year to just make
my one eye look a little more like the
other. Unfortunately, there is no way to
correct my vision (at least from what the
doctors have told me) but at least i'll be
able to feel good about how I look. I am
told that the surgery would probably cost
below $5,000 -- most likely around $4k
altogether. I'd suggest talking to
several surgeons before making a
decision.
