Re: double vision--Re: Curious - optic neuritis, lazy eye, etc.. etc., etc.

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> O.K., as one with one lazy eye--oddly the one with

> the better vision--here goes--this applies with or without

> MS. We have two eyes to give us depth perception.

>

> Our brains have to choose which eye to focus from the

> position of. My brain chooses to focus with the left eye,

> so that all that I see is seen from the location of the left

> eye and its visual apparatus. One can test this by pointing

> to something, say a corner of the room up near the ceiling,

> then covering each eye in turn. If you cover the dominant

> eye, everything will change; when you cover the non-dominant

> eye, everything will stay the same, that is, not move left to right

> nor right to left.

>

> As it happens, my dominant, focusing eye is the more near-

> sighted one, no problem as they can correct my vision just

> fine with my fancy trifocals. So, with my glasses on, my left

> eye rules, and my right eye gives me depth perception.

>

> However, as my vision is very, very much better in my right

> eye (barely near-sighted at all), there are times in the day

> when I can watch television just fine with my right eye, sans

> glasses, but I am uncomfortable walking around without my

> glasses as my brain cannot adjust to the dominance of the

> the right eye. (This has almost nothing to do with which hand

> one uses for writing, or cutting or slicing, etc.).

>

> So, I am sure that you can guess which eye was first struck

> when i was 19, by MS-caused optic neuritis. You got it;

> the left one: and to think that I drove to the Ophthalmologist,

> and up to OHSU in Portland where I was hospitalized and

> diagnosed by Roy Swank, M.D. (who lived to 96).

>

> My husband had a parasite infection in his left eye, and

> ultimately died as the parasite caused cancer and that

> spread to the liver. He probably had lost the sight of

> his left and non-dominant eye for about a year, when

> one night at dinner, this extremely left-handed, left-footed

> man finally said, having rubbed his eyes, " n, why is

> it that I can see just fine out of my right eye, but I can only

> see the ceiling and the floor out of my left eye? " We called

> our doctors, took him to the ER and he was admitted and

> was examined for 9 hours the next day. The parasite was

> Toxoplasmosis. Do not eat raw beef or handle cat feces!

>

> My point? Periodically check to make sure that you can

> still see as well or as badly as you normally do out of each

> eye. Had optic neuritis hit my right eye, I might not have

> figured out that something serious was wrong for weeks!

>

> Love to you all, and to your eyes,

> n

> P.S. Every ophthalmologist or neurologist whom I have

> ever been a patient of has said that IF one is near-sighted,

> usually the more near-sighted eye is the dominant one.

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> *From:* Connie Buran

> *To:* MSersLife

> *Sent:* Tue, February 2, 2010 2:25:50 PM

> *Subject:* RE: double vision--Re: Curious - optic neuritis

>

> Sharon,

>

> I was cross-eyed as a child. I also had lazy eye and wore an eye patch

> for a couple of years. Now every once in a while, I will see double.

> It is usually when I am very tired. Now I am wondering if it is MS not

> childhood eye issues.

>

>

> Connie

>

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> *From:* MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.com <http://ps.com> [mailto:

> MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.com ] *On Behalf Of * Sharon

> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:30 PM

> *To:* MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.com

> *Subject:* double vision--Re: Curious - optic neuritis

>

> I also have double vision, especially when I am having the most

> trouble with ms-fatigue. With mine, my eyes feel like they are

> crossing. I never knew it was double vision because I didn't see

> double either. But the opthamologist asked me questions and when he

> found out my eyes were crossing he told me that was double vision. I

> told him when that happened I would shake my head to try to straighten

> out my eyes and he laughed. He said that's not going to work. rofl

>

> Sharon

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> *From:* |)onna <donnaisalwayz@ comcast.net <http://comcast.net>>

> *To:* MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.com

> *Sent:* Tue, February 2, 2010 9:56:00 AM

> *Subject:* Re: Curious - optic neuritis

>

> ,

>

> I can't tell you how to tell the difference.. . Turns out what I always

> thought was eyestrain.. was actually optic neuritis in my case.. I guess

> I've had the double vision, only didn't realize it was double vision (I

> don't actually see two of things, which is what I always thought double

> vision would be like).. I do suffer from.. I guess it would be blurred

> vision.. but for the longest time thought that I just needed to have a

> prescription change in my glasses.. until I realized that today it would

> be my left eye, and tomorrow maybe my right eye.. and sometimes it

> happens within hours.. I rarely don't have to turn my head to one side

> or the other to read stuff on the internet, or email and such...

>

> But the pain I was having.. is what I've always thought of as

> eyestrain.. moving my eye right or left or up or down would cause what I

> would think of as the eye muscles hurting.. and it turned out to be

> optic neuritis.. (I've had that type of thing happen nearly all my

> life.. but when I was a child.. I was told to take my nose out of the

> books.. because that's what was causing the " eye strain " .. hmmm.. got to

> wonder now though)..

>

> Hope this helps

>

> HUGS

> |)onna

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> Thallas wrote:

> > How can you tell the difference between optic neuritis and just

> plain old

> > everyday eyestrain? My eyesight is very bad, and I do a lot of small

> > handwork and computer work that tires out my poor little eyeballs...

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