Re: Questions about my sons eye doctors appointment today

[Guest guest]

Hi, my daughter who is 4 has been seen by opthamologists since she was 3

months old. I would seek a 2nd opinion and specifically look for a pediatric

opthamologist (not sure if this one was). We had really good experiences

with the ones we have seen. They have always been superpatient with her and

explained things to us. About the eyes not being aligned, we were worried

about that with our daughter and the doc said that you can easily check for

example on pictures with a flash or by shining at penlight at them and

asking them to look at it, the light reflection in their iris should be

symmetrical in both eyes or be in the same place on each side. Hope this

makes sense the way I explained it The rest of your questions I really

have not experience about, sorry. Here is a website explaining the test and

showing pictures of what to look for.

Anja

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Jeanne <jamie199866@...>wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

>

> I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

> dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

>

> The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he

> asked him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head

> back and forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform

> some other simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc

> did not give any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT

> at school. OT is working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a

> lot trouble with the visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his

> whole head not just his eyes. All through the rest of the exam he kept

> telling my son you need to listen. Due to the fact that my son was having

> major problems with doing the parts of the exam that required my son to hold

> still for one and follow lights with just his eyes. The guy even mentioned

> to mys on maybe he should have his hearing checked while we were doing the

> vision test since he was not listening to his directions. The

> mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

> test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He

> will need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with

> his visual tracking issues.

>

> I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes

> turn in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a

> prevoius eye exam?

> The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The

> eye doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers

> backwards. I asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye

> doctor told me no.

>

> Now for my questions for you all.

>

> I wear glasses myself.

>

> Now my first question is this:

>

> My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

>

> Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

> Should I have known this before now?

> My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It

> seems to me one of them would of noticed this.

> I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at

> my son.

>

> I am very upset about this.

>

> Question number 2 is:

>

> Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

>

> Question 3 is:

>

> Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for

> school day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for

> school work,reading,using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he

> doe snot need them.

> Does this make much sense to you all?

> To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my

> son should wear his glasses full time.

>

> Question 4 is:

>

> Does this sound right to you all.

>

> Question 5 is this:

> Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters

> and numbers backward or not?

> Should he even be answering that question?

>

> My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both

> think he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the

> right way the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

>

>

> I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

> glasses.

> This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the

> least impredded with this guy at all.

>

> Thanks for anyones help in advance.

>

> Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

> mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

> other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye

> doctor I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to

> try this new one today.

>

> Jeanne and

> NH

>

>

[Guest guest]

I would get a second opinion for sure. Does your son do vision therapy? Google

that and see if there is a specialist in your area who does this and maybe they

can give you a second opinion

-------------- Original message from Jeanne <jamie199866@...>:

--------------

Hi,

I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he asked

him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head back and

forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform some other

simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc did not give

any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT at school. OT is

working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a lot trouble with the

visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his whole head not just his eyes.

All through the rest of the exam he kept telling my son you need to listen. Due

to the fact that my son was having major problems with doing the parts of the

exam that required my son to hold still for one and follow lights with just his

eyes. The guy even mentioned to mys on maybe he should have his hearing checked

while we were doing the vision test since he was not listening to his

directions. The

mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He will

need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with his visual

tracking issues.

I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes turn

in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a prevoius

eye exam?

The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The eye

doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers backwards. I

asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye doctor told me no.

Now for my questions for you all.

I wear glasses myself.

Now my first question is this:

My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

Should I have known this before now?

My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It seems to

me one of them would of noticed this.

I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at my

son.

I am very upset about this.

Question number 2 is:

Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

Question 3 is:

Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for school

day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for school

work,reading,using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he doe snot

need them.

Does this make much sense to you all?

To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my son

should wear his glasses full time.

Question 4 is:

Does this sound right to you all.

Question 5 is this:

Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters and

numbers backward or not?

Should he even be answering that question?

My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both think

he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the right way

the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

glasses.

This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the least

impredded with this guy at all.

Thanks for anyones help in advance.

Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye doctor

I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to try this

new one today.

Jeanne and

NH

[Guest guest]

No my son does not do vision therapy.

From: taranowakowski@... <taranowakowski@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Questions about my sons eye doctors

appointment today

Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 9:33 PM

I would get a second opinion for sure. Does your son do vision therapy? Google

that and see if there is a specialist in your area who does this and maybe they

can give you a second opinion

------------ -- Original message from Jeanne <jamie199866>:

------------ --

Hi,

I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he asked

him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head back and

forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform some other

simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc did not give

any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT at school. OT is

working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a lot trouble with the

visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his whole head not just his eyes.

All through the rest of the exam he kept telling my son you need to listen. Due

to the fact that my son was having major problems with doing the parts of the

exam that required my son to hold still for one and follow lights with just his

eyes. The guy even mentioned to mys on maybe he should have his hearing checked

while we were doing the vision test since he was not listening to his

directions. The

mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He will

need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with his visual

tracking issues.

I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes turn

in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a prevoius

eye exam?

The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The eye

doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers backwards. I

asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye doctor told me no.

Now for my questions for you all.

I wear glasses myself.

Now my first question is this:

My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

Should I have known this before now?

My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It seems to

me one of them would of noticed this.

I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at my

son.

I am very upset about this.

Question number 2 is:

Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

Question 3 is:

Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for school

day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for school

work,reading, using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he doe snot

need them.

Does this make much sense to you all?

To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my son

should wear his glasses full time.

Question 4 is:

Does this sound right to you all.

Question 5 is this:

Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters and

numbers backward or not?

Should he even be answering that question?

My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both think

he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the right way

the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

glasses.

This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the least

impredded with this guy at all.

Thanks for anyones help in advance.

Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye doctor

I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to try this

new one today.

Jeanne and

NH

[Guest guest]

No this eye doctor was not a pediatric one. However I did ask people who have

taken their kids to see him questions. They claimed he was good with children. I

did not think so at all. But then again our experience might of the exception to

the norm with him. Since my son was having an extremely difficult time with just

sitting still. When he gets nervous which he was very nervous. My son gets very

antsy and can not hold still for long.

 

I talked with my mom who went tot he appointment with me today. She did not go

in with us though.

 

I do rember now that the first eye doc I took him to did mention to me that

eventually my son would require glasses in a  few years. Well that was about 2

yrs ago. He mentioned then that my son a stigmatism then my mom reminded me

today.

 

This test you described did sound like the ones he did yesterday though. The ye

doctor spent a good deal of time shining the pen light into my sons eyes at

different angles and with varying brightness of light.

 

Thank you for your help. This information helped me to figure out that maybe

this eye doctor is right . I am goint o get my son the glasses anyway and

folliow the directions for use of them. I am going to wait afew weeks to

determine if they will help. Then I will make a decision to geta second opinion

or not then. If get a second opinion I will have to pay the total cost out of

pocket though.

> Hi,

>

> I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

>

> I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

> dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

>

> The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he

> asked him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head

> back and forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform

> some other simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc

> did not give any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT

> at school. OT is working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a

> lot trouble with the visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his

> whole head not just his eyes. All through the rest of the exam he kept

> telling my son you need to listen. Due to the fact that my son was having

> major problems with doing the parts of the exam that required my son to hold

> still for one and follow lights with just his eyes. The guy even mentioned

> to mys on maybe he should have his hearing checked while we were doing the

> vision test since he was not listening to his directions. The

> mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

> test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He

> will need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with

> his visual tracking issues.

>

> I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes

> turn in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a

> prevoius eye exam?

> The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The

> eye doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers

> backwards. I asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye

> doctor told me no.

>

> Now for my questions for you all.

>

> I wear glasses myself.

>

> Now my first question is this:

>

> My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

>

> Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

> Should I have known this before now?

> My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It

> seems to me one of them would of noticed this.

> I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at

> my son.

>

> I am very upset about this.

>

> Question number 2 is:

>

> Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

>

> Question 3 is:

>

> Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for

> school day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for

> school work,reading, using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he

> doe snot need them.

> Does this make much sense to you all?

> To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my

> son should wear his glasses full time.

>

> Question 4 is:

>

> Does this sound right to you all.

>

> Question 5 is this:

> Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters

> and numbers backward or not?

> Should he even be answering that question?

>

> My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both

> think he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the

> right way the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

>

>

> I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

> glasses.

> This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the

> least impredded with this guy at all.

>

> Thanks for anyones help in advance.

>

> Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

> mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

> other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye

> doctor I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to

> try this new one today.

>

> Jeanne and

> NH

>

>

[Guest guest]

From what I read, I think the thing that comes across strongest is you were

uncomfortable with the visit. I would recommend you get a 2nd opinion. If you

have the choice of a few doc I would try to find one that specializes in

children. If you could find one that has had experience with children with

needs then that would be a cherry on top. But either way I think you should see

a doc with better bedside manners if nothing else.

If his diagnoses were right maybe the other doc can explain it better to you.

Either way I would excerise my rights and get another opinion. Good Luck!

Crystal

>

> Hi,

>  

> I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

>  

> I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

>  

> The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he asked

him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head back and

forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform some other

simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc did not give

any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT at school. OT is

working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a lot trouble with the

visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his whole head not just his

eyes.  All through the rest of the exam he kept telling my son  you need to

listen. Due to the fact that my son was having major problems with doing the

parts of the exam that required my son to hold still for one and follow lights

with just his eyes.  The guy even mentioned to mys on maybe he should have his

hearing checked while we were doing the vision test since he was not listening

to his directions. The

> mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He will

need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with his visual

tracking issues.

>  

> I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes

turn in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a

prevoius eye exam?

> The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The eye

doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers backwards. I

asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye doctor told me no.

>  

> Now for my questions for you all.

>  

> I wear glasses myself.

>  

> Now my first question is this:

>  

> My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

>  

> Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

> Should I have known this before now?

> My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It seems

to me one of them would of noticed this.

> I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at

my son.

>  

> I am very upset about this.

>  

> Question number 2 is:

>  

> Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

>  

> Question 3 is:

>  

> Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for school

day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for school

work,reading,using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he doe snot

need them.

> Does this make much sense to you all?

> To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my

son should wear his glasses full time.

>  

> Question 4 is:

>  

> Does this sound right to you all.

>  

>  Question 5 is this:

> Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters and

numbers backward or not? 

> Should he even be answering that question?

>  

> My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both

think he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the right

way the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

>  

>  

> I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

glasses.

> This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the

least impredded with this guy at all.

>  

> Thanks for anyones help in advance.

>  

> Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye doctor

I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to try this

new one today.

>  

> Jeanne and

> NH

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I talked with a doctor I went to see for myself this morning. I asked some

questions about my experience with this doctor. The result was she thought he

was wrong 100 percent on my son. She claims it will not help with his visual

tracking issues. If his eyes turn in . Then i should be bale to notice it.

Unless it is soemthing that just came up recently. Anyway she also told me to

geta  second opinion. Thank you for your advice.

 

You are right his bed side manners are soemthing to be desired (putting it

mildly). Unfortunately there is not a pediatric eye doc in my area. However

there is no one that I trust though. He is the one that I saw when I was a child

frequently. He also has been my familys eye doctor for years ( my

mom,step-father,me,and one of my sisters)  (we all wear glasses full time) have

seen him for years.

My plan is to get the glasses for my son. The go see this eye docotr with them,

have him do a complete eye exam on my son. See what he says . The tell him this

is a second opinion. To see if the original doctor my son and I saw is right. If

he is thats good. But he is wrong my son does not need glasses then i am going

to report him to my insurance company and then see what happens. i might even

take legal aaction against him.

 

Thank you,

 

Jeanne

NH

From: cassrob224@... <cassrob224@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Questions about my sons eye doctors

appointment today

Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 3:54 PM

From what I read, I think the thing that comes across strongest is you were

uncomfortable with the visit. I would recommend you get a 2nd opinion. If you

have the choice of a few doc I would try to find one that specializes in

children. If you could find one that has had experience with children with needs

then that would be a cherry on top. But either way I think you should see a doc

with better bedside manners if nothing else.

If his diagnoses were right maybe the other doc can explain it better to you.

Either way I would excerise my rights and get another opinion. Good Luck!

Crystal

>

> Hi,

>  

> I am hoping someone in the group can answer my questuions.

>  

> I took my 10 yr old to the eye doctor today. He has both oral and verbal

dyspraxia and some sensory issues. Just for the background info.

>  

> The eye doc had a very hard time with examining my sons eyes. My when he asked

him to follow the pen light with his. My son was moving his whole head back and

forth instead of just his eyes. After the doc went on to perform some other

simliar tests. He told me that my sons eyes turned in. (This doc did not give

any more info than that,) I explained that my son receives OT at school. OT is

working on visual tracking with my son they claim he has a lot trouble with the

visual tracking when tracking objects he moves his whole head not just his

eyes.  All through the rest of the exam he kept telling my son  you need to

listen. Due to the fact that my son was having major problems with doing the

parts of the exam that required my son to hold still for one and follow lights

with just his eyes.  The guy even mentioned to mys on maybe he should have his

hearing checked while we were doing the vision test since he was not listening

to his directions. The

> mentione dthe fact that my son has perfect eharing according to his hearing

test. The doctor then goes on to tell me that son also has a stigmatism. He will

need glasses to correct it. The glasses are also suppost to help with his visual

tracking issues.

>  

> I asked the eye doctor why has no one picked up the fact that my sons eyes

turn in before? If he has a stigmatism why did they not pick up on this in a

prevoius eye exam?

> The doctors answer was this I can not answer those questions for you. The eye

doctor also mentioned the fact that mys on see letters and numbers backwards. I

asked him if it could be due to his having dyslexia. The eye doctor told me no.

>  

> Now for my questions for you all.

>  

> I wear glasses myself.

>  

> Now my first question is this:

>  

> My sons eyes supposedly turn in.

>  

> Should my sons pediatrician have noticed his eyes turn in?

> Should I have known this before now?

> My son has seen tons of medical specialists in his 10 years of life. It seems

to me one of them would of noticed this.

> I would think if my sons eyes turned in one would notice it by looking at

my son.

>  

> I am very upset about this.

>  

> Question number 2 is:

>  

> Can glasses actually correct my sons visual tracking issues?

>  

> Question 3 is:

>  

> Does this make sense to you. My son only needs to wear the glasses for school

day except recess and playing. He only needs to wear them at home for school

work,reading, using computer, and watching tv. The rest of the time he doe snot

need them.

> Does this make much sense to you all?

> To me it does not those were the exact instructions. It seems like to me my

son should wear his glasses full time.

>  

> Question 4 is:

>  

> Does this sound right to you all.

>  

>  Question 5 is this:

> Can the eye doctor actually tell whether or not my son is seeing letters and

numbers backward or not? 

> Should he even be answering that question?

>  

> My son sees letters and numbers backwards at times ( the school and I both

think he does) he also sometimes writes letters backward one time and the right

way the next. My son goes back and forth with this all the time.

>  

>  

> I am wondering if I should actually get a second opinion before I get his

glasses.

> This eye doctor just seems like a total quack to me. I mean I was not the

least impredded with this guy at all.

>  

> Thanks for anyones help in advance.

>  

> Oh just so you all know ahead of time. No one and I mean no one has ever

mentioned to me anything wrong with my sons eyes before. My son has had one

other full eye exam a few back. Nothing was wrong . I took him to an eye doctor

I had seen as a child for many years and still did until I decided to try this

new one today.

>  

> Jeanne and

> NH

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jeanne,

Did the eye doc (optometrist? opthalmologist?) give you the medical names for

the conditions he mentioned? If so, you can google them.

Astigmatism, when the eyes cannot focus, is treatable with glasses.

Strabismus, when the eyes do not align (and the most common type is when they go

inward, or cross-eyed), can be treated with vision therapy and/or prism glasses.

My husband has a mild version of this, when he driving at night and he gets

tired, his eyes will stop aligning. His eye doctor says he can get glasses, but

then the condition will get worse and his recommendation was that we should

switch drivers when he gets tired driving instead. This is a hardship for him

because the person who is not driving gets to deal with the demands of the three

kids in the backseats!

What is the medical name for when you see letters and numbers backwards? I've

never heard of this. When I googled it, I got references to dyslexia but the

links say people with dyslexia actually do not see letters and numbers

backwards.

You were at the exam, and you saw your son tracking objects by moving his whole

head instead of just his eyes? My son (7) has this issue. We still haven't

figured it out, and we've been to three vision therapy specialists. I'll have to

dig up the reports again, but one mentioned a type of strabismus. We've spent

several thousands on specialists (including one in Sleepy Hollow NY), at least

another $1k on prism glasses, all of which he broke because he has sensory

issues about wearing them, and somewhere in the house I have a vision training

program that I got from PBS and haven't opened ... None of these things are

covered by insurance, of course.

Imagine how tiring it must be when you want to look at something, that you have

to move your whole head!

Theresa

VA

>

> Hi,

>  

> I talked with a doctor I went to see for myself this morning. I asked some

questions about my experience with this doctor. The result was she thought he

was wrong 100 percent on my son. She claims it will not help with his visual

tracking issues. If his eyes turn in . Then i should be bale to notice it.

Unless it is soemthing that just came up recently. Anyway she also told me to

geta  second opinion. Thank you for your advice. <<snip>>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

 

Yes the Orthalmologist gave the medical term Astigmatism which i know will be

helped by glasses to a certain point ( I know this due to I have one and I wear

glasses). He did not mention Strabismus at all. In fact he did not even mention

cross eyed to me at all. He only mentione mys ons eyes turn in. No m,ore info

than that un fortunately. I asked a question in regards to this. His exact

answer was " I can not answer that question " . He told me glasses would help with

this.

 

I do not know the medical term for when a person sees letters and numbers

backwards. I had no idea my son even did this. I think my son does have

Dyslexia. He definately has the

criteria for it. The school and I are constantly at battle with this at every

IEP and educational meeting we have. I have asked them to test my son for it.

The answer is always there is no way to test for it. We are in agreement

somewhat that he has Dyslexia to a point. However the school special Ed teacher

and school Phychologist say they no longer use the term Dyslexia they now use

the term Reading Disability.

 

In answer to your question. I have no idea what they call this. Actually to be

truthful I am not even sure if it  is even possible for a person to see letters

and numbers backwards. I am clueless on this one.

 

This is one of the reasons I am not happy with how this appointment went. This

does not make any sense to me. How can soemone see letters and numbers backwards

and no one notice it before now. If my son is actually doing this. Then why has

the school, teachers,Ot,doctors etc not noticed this before now? My son is 10

and in 4th grade. He has been in school receiving school services since age 3,

He went to Headstart at age 3 until 5 when he went to kindergarten 2x 9 (stayed

back due to he went the first year for socialization and ST and OT).  My

original question was somethng about this.

 

Yes I was there for the entire examination. Yes my son was indeed moving his

entire head for the visaul tracking excercises. The doctor infact got very

upseta nd annoyed with my son. I mentione dthis in my original post. I was

expecting my son to do this. He has severe visual tracking issues. Ot at school

has told me this many times and about how much my son struggles with this during

his Ot sessions at school. I agree with this. He has had this issue since a

baby. Not severe then just mild.

 

I have not spent any money on any type of vision therapy I admit. The reason for

this is due to the fact that no one has ever told me about vision therapy or

even suggested it before to me. I live in a city that is called a city but is

more like a town. I live in New Hampshire the northern part which is actually

located in a rural area . People in my stste refer to us as the boonies, the

sticks  etc. Anyway we are not located near any huge hospitals, or childrens

ones. We do have a childrens hospital that is super but is hours away from me.

We go there  to specialists but not regularly for visits. I thought the tracking

issues were being addressed at school through his Ot program. They are working

on it with excercises of soem type. My son sometimes will carry it over while

playing. It looks like he might be trying to practice them on his own. However I

ask questions about it. I do not go over board though just casuallly . I want my

son not be self

conscious and I also want him to practice at home so I try not to make him

aware he is doing it. 

 

I can not imagine how hard it must be to move the entire head to see things. I

just now that for my son he finds it extremely tiring at times. Some days at

night my son has a hard time holding his head up in the evenings he is so tired.

He snores in pure exhaustion at times. Maybe this is the reason he on the

weekends when at home sitting in front of the computer or watching tv my son

seems wiped out. His head is so tired from having to move it constantly to see.

 

The plan  is for my son to get his glasses when they come in. I sure hope he

does not have any sensory issues with them. I will be in for a huge battle if he

does. However maybe the fact that he loves to wear his sunglasses and does not

seem to have a problem wearing them. Plus hopefully the fact that my son when he

plays he likes to wear either his sun glasses or a pair of play ones or even my

moms magnifying ones ( we actually had to hide them from my son) he liked them

so much. Hopefully he wants to wear them and will without a fight. Right now he

is very excited about getting glasses. He keeps asking me every day if he is

getting his glasses. I hope he keeps his excitement when he gets them.

 

Thank you for the great advice.

 

Jeanne and

NH

From: waddelltc <theresa@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Questions about my sons eye doctors

appointment today

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:36 AM

Jeanne,

Did the eye doc (optometrist? opthalmologist? ) give you the medical names for

the conditions he mentioned? If so, you can google them.

Astigmatism, when the eyes cannot focus, is treatable with glasses.

Strabismus, when the eyes do not align (and the most common type is when they go

inward, or cross-eyed), can be treated with vision therapy and/or prism glasses.

My husband has a mild version of this, when he driving at night and he gets

tired, his eyes will stop aligning. His eye doctor says he can get glasses, but

then the condition will get worse and his recommendation was that we should

switch drivers when he gets tired driving instead. This is a hardship for him

because the person who is not driving gets to deal with the demands of the three

kids in the backseats!

What is the medical name for when you see letters and numbers backwards? I've

never heard of this. When I googled it, I got references to dyslexia but the

links say people with dyslexia actually do not see letters and numbers

backwards.

You were at the exam, and you saw your son tracking objects by moving his whole

head instead of just his eyes? My son (7) has this issue. We still haven't

figured it out, and we've been to three vision therapy specialists. I'll have to

dig up the reports again, but one mentioned a type of strabismus. We've spent

several thousands on specialists (including one in Sleepy Hollow NY), at least

another $1k on prism glasses, all of which he broke because he has sensory

issues about wearing them, and somewhere in the house I have a vision training

program that I got from PBS and haven't opened ... None of these things are

covered by insurance, of course.

Imagine how tiring it must be when you want to look at something, that you have

to move your whole head!

Theresa

VA

>

> Hi,

>  

> I talked with a doctor I went to see for myself this morning. I asked some

questions about my experience with this doctor. The result was she thought he

was wrong 100 percent on my son. She claims it will not help with his visual

tracking issues. If his eyes turn in . Then i should be bale to notice it.

Unless it is soemthing that just came up recently. Anyway she also told me to

geta  second opinion. Thank you for your advice. <<snip>>