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Dave & Tammy Canfield <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:18:17 -0700
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A while back I sent a message to the list about my impending eye surgery.
The doctor I had an appointment with at first decided he was too afraid to
do the surgery because of my asthma and seizures.  I'm sure this is common
because of people's ignorance about disabilities in general.

Because of this I went for a second opinion and received a very interesting
bit of news.  After doing testnig he determined that BOTH eyes have problems
with drifting.  This is interesting to me, because I had never noticed a
problem on my left(non-affected) side.  He said this was most notable when I
looked up in that my eyes would both drift out.  He called this a "V
pattern" and said that this also accounts for my lack of depth perception in
both eyes.

I remembering hearing that a few on this list have had eye surgery in the
past.  Have any of you experienced thsi V pattern resulting in surgery on
both eyes?

Dave, 27 yo Right hemi

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