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Seek support from people who are encouraging you, not those who are trying to decrease your enthusiasm

Posted on April 15, 2012
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Today, neurologists understand that the brain is an unbelievably plastic thing, capable of learning a new language or healing from injury well past adolescence. But Barry's experience taught her a deeper, more essential lesson: every person possesses the ability to be a participant in her own rehabilitation. Patients are not…continue reading →

Session 31

Posted on April 14, 2012
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Computer exercises and new prism toys. Let's get to it. On another note, 1 liter chocolate milk a day keeps the doctor away. Calories are your friends and weight watchers is bad news. Amen.continue reading →

There is no perception without action

Posted on April 13, 2012
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"Try the following simple experiment: Close or cover one eye. Then look up and down. You might notice that the scene appears to move down when you move your eyes up and vice versa. Yet, your sense of the world is that it is fixed and stable. Now, take your…continue reading →

Why do I have trouble reading?

Posted on April 4, 2012
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"If you struggle with keeping both eyes at the same point on the page, you may be able to read fine if asked to read a single sentence or paragraph but not if asked to read for many minutes. We have no trouble recognizing that a child with a mild…continue reading →

Perceptual flow

Posted on April 1, 2012
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Now the next problem is this... When I'm calm the fusion is there quite often when just looking straight ahead, but once I start moving around or do a complicated eye task I lose it. So to extrapolate the fusion to moments of movement I do the following: - I…continue reading →

Check-up 4

Posted on March 29, 2012
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4th check-up after 1 year and 2 months training. I went from 14 degrees to 8, then 4 in october last year, and now between 2 and 3. The last few bits will be the hardest... To be brief he said: 'You are doing very well, I might start believing…continue reading →

Ver el mundo en estereo (Spanish)

Posted on March 28, 2012
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What struck me most about this documentary was the bit starting from minute 18 about a Spanish woman with diplopia. This is the first case I found that I can really relate to, because most strabismic people suppress the second image like I did before age 18. Diplopia is harder to…continue reading →

Session 30

Posted on March 24, 2012
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I was in a good mood today. Went to the Turkish bakery and embarked on another session, an aniversary session I'd say. The last two weeks the computer exercises went very well. I did them sitting, standing still, walking... The whole lot. And the images themselves moved on the screen…continue reading →

Analysis of strabismus and its symptoms, patient prognosis and success rate of Vision Therapy

Posted on March 20, 2012
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My awesome friend and medical student Stephanie Johanns found the success rates of Vision Therapy for me through a medical search engine. She got me the Optometric clinical practice guidlines for the care of patients with accommodative and vergence dysfunction published by the American Optometric Association. She wanted me to have this…continue reading →

Session 29

Posted on March 12, 2012
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Yesterday I had session 29. Fusion remains, now we are taking it up a nodge with fusing constantly moving objects on a computer screen. I got some of them as take home exercises. In the meanwhile I try to stay moving. Balance and exercise make me feel better. I try…continue reading →

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