Amblyopia (often called “lazy eye”) is a condition where one eye has greatly reduced vision compared to the other eye. This can be caused by many things, but it can often be corrected in childhood. Then it is much more difficult to correct. If not taken care of, lazy will in effect become blind.
I was diagnosed with amblyopia at the age of 7. Sometime in first grade, the school tested our vision. Before this I never had an eye exam. I could read the chart down to the last line with one eye. My vision is better than 20/20. But then it was time to try the other eye. I tried to remember what letters I had read recently. I couldn’t see the famous big E. For a while, the school sent my parents a note saying that I needed to see an Eye doctor.
In the doctor’s eye, I can’t really remember what was given to the other two tests. Part of me remembers that I suddenly had to use glasses. But that would not have been a bad thing in itself. Not only did I have to wear glasses, I had to patch”>repair over my good eye! I was already thin https://e-info.vn/tag/kids-clothes”>the kid who picked my clothes with my hands. I don’t want to hate you. Those raw clothes did absolutely nothing for my social life. However, I’m extra free cookies to He took the market from the women’s bakeries.
Fast forward a few years later, and I was no longer in the 3rd grade. This treatment did not work for me. Surgery was not common then, and besides, there was no family health-insurance-benefits”>health insurance. The doctor he gives me glasses. He often told me that he would never wear glasses again. Even as a kid, I knew this was a lie. This was the only eye doctor recommended in our area amblyopia. I never saw why it was so good. I kept getting new glasses all the time. But the thick plastic was bad on my eyes, it just didn’t work on me.
When people ask me what amblyopia is, I often describe it to them like this: If I have both eyes open, the bad eye is closed. If I close my good eye, I can see everything by turns, but I can’t make out anything but colors and big things. There was a time when things just changed and I couldn’t read words, but my eye wasn’t nearly as bad as it is now. Yes, it was always fair. And because my good eye doesn’t turn at the same time, I really couldn’t use it. And I guess it’s like what they say, if you don’t use it, you lose it.
I stopped wearing glasses in high school. I gave it to my evil eye. I certainly didn’t need glasses because I still had 20/30 vision in my good eye in high school. I was using reading glasses but other than that, I was fine. The good thing about not wearing glasses was that the frames didn’t block part of my vision. I could now see about 135 steps to my right; This was a huge improvement. But sports never helped me. I had a terrible depth of perception, which I had already received to receive physical-education”>physical-education”> in previous years (i.e. and because when you are large and use the evil eye, they run into everything).
I had really learned to cope well through high school. Even now in college, I sometimes run into things. But I never stumble upon furniture in my house. I tend to remember where things are so that I don’t look at my feet to see if I’m going to hit something. I didn’t know where everything was until the rolling blackouts, when everyone else in my family was standing around looking for a flashlight as I just calmly walked.
My biggest challenge was knowing how to drive. Since I rode my bicycle everywhere, I was also able to use many other senses. I could hear how close the cars were getting to me. I could feel the way. But when I got into the car, everything changed. Of course, part of the challenge is not just learning to drive, but Department of Motor Vehicles That I could drive. One of my friends actually lost an eye because of eye cancer. She can drive away. If you have two eyes though (one eye and one glass eye rather than one), the DMV expects good vision in both. . I had to test my eye several times, I went to a few different teachers, and then I finally got a learner’s permit<. /a>. After two behind the wheel tests I passed. I’m still a very cautious driver, especially when I’m doing something that requires me to judge distances. I always leave myself much more space than I even need.
Although I would obviously love to have perfect eyes, I do not consider amblyopia to be a major handicap. I have one small thing to do. I only used one working eye. My eye hasn’t been used too long or the consequences of eye strain sustaining headaches. My good eye is getting worse because I rely on it alone, but I don’t even like reading glasses anymore. I’d rather try to find a nice pair of reading glasses anyway. People without conditioning might think it all sounds really horrible, but it’s not for me. One of my friends asked me if I should blame my parents for not trying to correct my problem early enough. I really do. I’m so used to really living like this that if there is a cure for adults who actually suffer, I don’t know if I’ll even try it. I might not be able to cope with binocular vision. Another friend of mine who wears very thick glasses and can’t see without them, even asked me before if I would like to have glasses because at least he can see through the glasses. And I honestly think I’m happy not to care at all that if I broke my glasses, I’d be totally blind. As things stand, I am only semi-semitic.
