Strabismus Surgery Year 2 Update: Redness, Sensitivity, Double Vision and Vision Therapy
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Two years ago I had strabismus surgery. Of course everything has healed, but here is what those side effects feel like 2 years later.
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Good Luck my friends!
having this surgery nextweek so I'm doing a bit of research. its a nice to see good results after surgery. thank you, hoping mine's will be successful as well
Good luck with the surgery!
how was it? how are ur eyes now
its much better now. not perfect (noticeable when looking sideways) but I'm satisfied since its looking good when I'm conversing to people face to face or in pictures. no side effects a week after the surgery. all good now
Thank you, thank you! I was just referred to Dr. Peterson for a consultation and I have been so nervous but to hear you recommend him and seeing your experience, it is making me feel so much better. So happy I found your channel 🙏
I'm getting mine done in Ogden in April. Thank you for your updates. This helps me feel a lot better.
Ogden, Utah?!? We are basically neighbors! Who is your surgeon. Mine was Dr. Peterson in Murray.
Great info in this video. I've had a lazy eye (outward) all my life and I am 45 now. It's been heavy on my mind these last couple years to have corrective surgery but am worried about the results causing other issues such as headaches, vision issues etc as well as, if there is even someone in my area that could perform the surgery and a place that offers therapy afterwards.
Surgery is definitely a risk. It can make a huge difference, but can also make things more difficult. I'd be happy to do more research in your area and check on surgeons and therapy options and help you decide what is best. you can sign up at strabismussolutions.com/consult/
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Had mine June 2nd still getting used to it. I do get double vision and where I work it’s very bright. Other than that I just wish there were programs here to help pay the bill lol.
Yes! Wouldn't that be great. I definitely have adjusted the brightness on my phone and computer to help with the light sensitivity and it helps quite a bit.
I got mine done in late August and still have a bit of double vision. How are you now?
Great to hear your success!!! It’s been 2 months and I still have a great deal of redness on both eyes. Doctor suggested Pataday and Lumify. Both seem to cause more redness. Any suggestions?
I've heard of many adults having great success using Arnica pills. They are homeopathic and seem to be miraculous with strabismus surgery recovery!
I’m having mine on Tuesday and I’m very nervous
I hope your surgery went well!
Hi, thank you so much for this video! I'm two weeks after my second surgery and just wanted to ask, you said you had 3 surgeries as a kid. were they strabismus surgeries as well?
Thanks again!
Yep. I have now had 4 strabismus surgeries. Each one was an operation on both eyes.
I hope you got the results you were hoping for!
Hi,
I've been following your channel for a while and I really love it, thank you very much for all the information you have given us!
May I ask you something, please?
Like you (before you have undergone the surgery), I have consecutive intermittent exotropia on both eyes (20DP angle deviation). I had my first surgery for esotropia when i was 23, and the second one when i was 25 -- but the doc overcorrected in the last one. Since I'm experiencing some double vision and debilitaing eye pain/migraines, i decided to go for another surgery now at 28.
I'm considering doing VT before and after surgery. But i have the surgery scheduled for March 2024.
My question is: do you think that going through VT for only three months before surgery is worth? And did you have VT after your fourth surgery right after the surgery, or did you wait for a few months? My fear is thar VT right after surgery would cause muscle slippage but i'm not sure. My ophtamologist doesn't recommend VT at all, so i didn't ask him about the risks.
(I'm sorry if this has already been answered in any of your videos).
Thanks in advance 😊
I think that any VT you can do before surgery is going to help. Even locking in that peripheral vision will help with eye alignment. I waited for a few weeks to start up VT again because I wanted to be healed first. My friend started up the very next week and had great success.
hey im sorry this video is pretty old but i really dont know who to ask, i have double sight (my left eye lools inwards) thought when people look at me my eyes are totally fine. they look normal, its just the sight. which is really weird cause how would my sight not line up with my literal eyeball… anyways they said i ahould get the same surgery as you but im scared that they will have to make my eye look outwards so that i can actually see straight ahead but i really dont want that :(
We could talk about your different options over zoom at app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=24182829 You can also learn a lot through some of the free resources I have at learn.strabismussolutions.com
Hi.. thank you for sharing. My son had his quint surgery last week. What are the exercises please to help the brain coordinate?
You can schedule a call with me at app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=24182829 vision therapy is important! You can find an office at strabismussolutions.com/findvt/
Is surgery effective on strabismus due to premature birth/ cerebral palsy.
Expecting your opinion on this. Please suggest
A few months after surgery you trained to recover completely
I had the same surgery as you. The doctor says I have to train for six months
Will I get better with the training?
after strabismus surgery, within how many days i can expect the results, does eyes allign perfect instantly or ot takes time afte surgery ? please answer 🙏
If you look at the research, they say that your eye position is about 80% of the way there by week 1, 95% by week 6 and then very minor changes after that. But of course there are cases that don't follow that pattern. Strabismus is a moving target and is very unpredictable.
Hello, I have a question: how many times have your eyes been operated on and do you happen to see with both eyes?
I have had two operations for strabismus but suddenly I stopped seeing with my eye. I have strabismus. At first I saw double, but after a year I began to lose the ability to see.
How have you kept your eyes aligned and I would like to ask you with all due respect, can you see with both eyes or are you like me who lost the alignment and my vision became more hindered?
I think I am the opposite. I started out not being able to see with the weaker eye and then it turned. Afterwards, I did vision therapy to align the eyes and be able to use them both.
@@strabismustostereopsis7799 Hello, excuse me, what does the therapy consist of? How many operations have you undergone? That also influences the alignment.
At what age did you start therapy and what results has it given you?
believes that it is possible at all ages to stabilize the eyes and recover vision
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I am from Mexico, there are other methods in the United States to treat strabismus in adults or there is simply not much that can be done, that interests me a lot.
I don’t know where in Mexico you are, but there are actually quite a few amazing offices in Mexico, one of the best optometrist for treating Strabismus is from Spain, so she teaches all the Spanish-speaking optometrist around the entire world. Wayyyy more options than in countries that don’t use English or Spanish! I can help you find an office at strabismussolutions.com/findvt/
If you check out the “my story” videos on this channel you can get all the details about my surgeries and vision therapy and the timing and order.
Hi
My son has gotten under 1st surgery. And 2nd one is due. I was wondering that did your surgeon operated on both eyes simultaneously or with a gap of few days or months? How much gap is recommended , or 2nd one should be immediately after the 1st?
And how long does this light pink eye lasts? It has been 3 months since 1st one.
I had 3 months between my first two surgeries (ages 6 months and 9 months) and we aren't quite sure which muscles were operated on. I don't know about the intricacies of surgery so I don't know what is ideal. I think they like to give it a few months to see how the brain responds to the new position.
My right eye operated in December 2023 but the redness is still there ...do you know any cure treatment
That seems like a long time. Maybe there is an eyedrops that could help? Have you tried Arnica? I don't know about this one, I'd ask the surgeon.
@@strabismustostereopsis7799 please ask i can share my videos or photos if you need but it still red....but i smokes a little bit..may be that could be the reason? But they get red when i woke up or when i take a shower
Your videos are an inspiration. I had my operation on 2 May and I wouldn't say I've had any problems, but the redness is still there and I wonder how long it will take to disappear. It's been almost 3 months now. And my eye is slightly smaller than the other. Will it go back to normal after a while or will one eye stay smaller than the other? I'm a bit worried.
the redness took 6 weeks for me, 2 months seems pretty long. My eyes were never the same size so I can't really speak on that.
How to get rid of double vision after surgery?
Please tell me
I would recommend vision therapy and especially working on improving the fusion in your peripheral vision. Getting your brain used to see one in the peripheral will make seeing one with central much easier. I have a course that might be helpful for you, check it out at learn.strabismussolutions.com/mastering-peripheral-vision
May i ask how is your depth perception? I've had surgery for strabismus when i was 4, and will have another one next year, which was scheduled since back then. I already have about 50% of normal depth perception, did surgery improved yours? Are you able to like see 3D movies and such? I'm hopeful because i'm studying to be a airline pilot, and i need it to pass the medical exam, just curious if it will actually help me. Thank you!
The surgery really helped with alignment, but the depth perception improvements all came from vision therapy.
Can it see clearly like normal after it has been a long time doing the surgery squint eyes?
Yes, the vision in my eyes didn't change, just the alignment
Mam when will the redness of the eye go away. In how many weeks or days
how long totally alignment your eyes?
Hi, would you please tell me the info oh the doctor or clinic where they fixed your eyes!? Thank you!
I went to David Peterson in Salt Lake City, Utah
Medam wich side Squint you have before like left eye or right eyes...?
And surgeon do surgery in both eyes or not
My right eye is the one that wanders and struggles to keep up. The surgeon operated on both eyes.
Hi i had my exotropia surgery last week .....does the alignment of eyes takes time or the alignment seems unusual due to swelling soreness and redness
By the end of the first week you have a basic idea of where the eyes will end up, but small adjustments will keep happening over time.
Hello I just did my exotropia surgery exotropia (both eyes)10 days ago and both of my eyes are straight but when I am tired I have exotropia again😭are my eyes undercorrected?😭what can I do?😭
I am not a English naive speaker sorry if I made any mistake🙏🏻😭
Your English is great. You may be under corrected, or maybe your brain is moving the eye back out to avoid double vision. Working to improve the use of both eyes in your peripheral might help maintain a more straight position. I have a course called "Mastering Peripheral" that I think could really help if you are interested. learn.strabismussolutions.com/mastering-peripheral-vision
what about depth perception ?
My depth perception is MUCH MUCH better, but isn’t perfect…yet
Hi
Did you had Strabismus on one of your eye, but you've got surgery on both of your eyes?
Just because in January I ll have my surgery and my doctor said that she will move the muscles on both of my eyes while I only have problem with 1 of my eye
Thanks in advance
He did operate on both of my eyes. Even though you see the eyeturn in just one of the eyes, the strabismus is a whole brain problem and involves both eyes. If you cover your "good" eye, the "bad" eye will become straight and the good one turns, right? This is because the eyes are yoked, meaning that they work together. Surgeons operate on both eyes so they don't have to make such large adjustments.
@@strabismustostereopsis7799 Yeah if I cover my good eye the bad one becomes straight but I never checked if my good eye turns or not, will check that soon...
I was confused when she said that both my eyes will be involved in the surgery because I was like why... I only have one bad eye and this will be my 3rd surgery and my previous 2 surgery was done only on my bad eye so I didn't really understand it... Basically my good eye stands straight always but my left eye is still turned in a bit and I want to fix it finally forever
@@SoftwareScience It is more common to operate on both eyes than just one. Most of the premier surgeons choose this method. Mine said that with large angles it is much better to operate on both.
@@strabismustostereopsis7799 Thanks for the answer