Yes. I am still here.
No. I haven't had the surgery yet.
My life has been taken over with other various and assorted chaotic events and higher priorities. Organizing this surgery takes a lot of time, as I found out the first time around. Phone calls, consultations, paper-work, physicals, more phone calls. But I'm clearing the deck so I can dig in for round two.
In the meantime, I noticed that a lot of people find my blog when they are searching for before and after pictures of strabismus surgery. I remember trolling the internet for before and after surgery photos when I was starting to think seriously about this surgery. I wanted to be sure that battering through my fear was going to be well worth it. There weren't a lot of pictures then. There aren't a lot of pictures now, and one could spend hours in Google looking for such pictures.
Here I'm compiling a list of links to before and after images of strabismus surgery. If you're visiting and you've stumbled across some good ones I don't have listed here, please share in the comments. For now, here are a few to start. I will add to this list as I find more.
Scroll over before pictures to see the after images for 5 types of eye alignment surgeries.
http://www.pedseye.com/treatment_results.htm
This site has a series of five before and after pictures, mostly of infants and children. One adult case is featured.
http://www.straighteyes.com/beforeandafter.htm
Only two pictures, but a nice simple explanation of surgery.
http://www.mypedeyedr.com/StrabSurg.htm
Takes you through the stages of eye muscle surgery. Only one before and after picture, and it is not clear if it is an illustration or an actual person.
http://www.dhmc.org/
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Here is another link:
http://www.childrenshospital.org/chnews/02-01-07/regina_oneill.html
Thanks anonymous, though this isn't technically a before and after picture. Still, it is an excellent story! Ironically, this is the hospital that I want to have my surgery at but was thwarted.
Hello from a fellow-traveler -- I think I know someone who can help you with your situation; if you like, please e-mail me at drs221 {at} yahoo.com and I'll explain.
My 9 year old son just had his second surgery yesterday. Its well worth the surgery its crazy how much it had affected everything he does. He is still very uncomfortable right now but I'm guessing in a day or two much better
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