Squint eyes

[OnNaturesCourse]

Anyone have any experience with this?

My LO has two squints. One eye has a squint when looking up and to the side, one eye is just when looking up occasionally.

Awaiting further communication from hospital about way forward.

@dementedpixie yeah that's the thing the squint goes with glasses on and after a while it went completely but after stopping glasses it came back a year later so now we are trying glasses again.

@PickleNeedsAFriendInReading I think my decision is reasonable and balanced and the things you are saying do cross my mind however the risks outweigh the benefits in my opinion

We were never offered surgery. But Ds was patched for a while.

His most recent eye test said that you could see how well patching had worked well and making sure his prescription is correct is what works well.

OP- even though as a child my squint was corrected with glasses I do not have binocular vision and I can't watch films in 3D. I dont think surgery at a young age would have changed this for me as i just have rubbish eye muscles.

But it doesn't affect anything about me, I'm a confident driver too. I guess I just don't know any different so just live with what I have.

I've had a total of 8 squint surgeries -5 on 1 eye, 3 on the other age range on 9months-32 years and I've never worn glasses

I am grateful for the decisions my parents made about surgery as people mainly adults can be cruel and my self-esteem was shot as an adult with a squint

I have no memory of the surgeries I had before 11, although I do remember being in hospital, but was generally back at school after a few days -having it done again at 32 led to 3 weeks off work and it wasn't fun

I actually think I'd prefer the surgery if it was needed / offered.

I had glasses as a young child and refused point blank to wear them. I was a nightmare for my parents with them, and I hated them.

DD2 has a squint. Her lazy eye has been corrected in terms of its vision by a course of patching and we're waiting for a consultant appointment to come round again to discuss scheduling in surgery. We've had the initial discussion and it's been agreed it's a one that's likely to respond well to surgery - it's just a case of when we do it now.

Yes part of me is screaming inwardly that I don't want to put my baby through surgery for essentially cosmetic reasons - but the world isn't kind, and I know that most adults with eye alignment issues wish they didn't have them or it had been corrected - and I don't want it to be an additional handicap for her to have to carry in her life along with all the other issues she has.

I do not expect to be bashed or flamed for our decision as the discussion's been heated over this - it's been made in full knowledge of potential risks and success rates.