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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 370695" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>When I was 2, I walked into a giant pillar and said "Excuse me, ma'am." I had glasses the next week.</p><p></p><p>My oldest kids have perfect vision (courtesy of their dad's genes). My youngest got glasses in K. After all the issues I had, I took him to the best rated pediatric opthalomologist in my area. He did surgery on one of my sons for a muscle problem in one eye and all was great. However, my youngest complained and complained about headaches when he tried to read and reading was torture. In 3rd grade, he started refusing to read and acting out in school. I took him to the doctor every 6 months and his prescription always changed. Mine did, too, until I began wearing contacts at 16.</p><p></p><p>In 4th grade, I decided to try vision therapy. At the assessment, the doctor (who is an optometrist) checked my son's glasses, as well as his vision. It turned out that my son is incredibly near-sighted in one eye and incredibly far-sighted in the other. The "top doctor" had been AVERAGING his numbers and giving his prescriptions that didn't correct either eye!</p><p></p><p>The vision therapist wrote him a new scrip. He's been wearing bifocals since age 9 and his life has changed. He's a top reader, no more headaches, no more temper tantrums over reading and he reads himself to sleep every night.</p><p></p><p>I trust my optometrist for my prescriptions and my eye doctor for other issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 370695, member: 3493"] When I was 2, I walked into a giant pillar and said "Excuse me, ma'am." I had glasses the next week. My oldest kids have perfect vision (courtesy of their dad's genes). My youngest got glasses in K. After all the issues I had, I took him to the best rated pediatric opthalomologist in my area. He did surgery on one of my sons for a muscle problem in one eye and all was great. However, my youngest complained and complained about headaches when he tried to read and reading was torture. In 3rd grade, he started refusing to read and acting out in school. I took him to the doctor every 6 months and his prescription always changed. Mine did, too, until I began wearing contacts at 16. In 4th grade, I decided to try vision therapy. At the assessment, the doctor (who is an optometrist) checked my son's glasses, as well as his vision. It turned out that my son is incredibly near-sighted in one eye and incredibly far-sighted in the other. The "top doctor" had been AVERAGING his numbers and giving his prescriptions that didn't correct either eye! The vision therapist wrote him a new scrip. He's been wearing bifocals since age 9 and his life has changed. He's a top reader, no more headaches, no more temper tantrums over reading and he reads himself to sleep every night. I trust my optometrist for my prescriptions and my eye doctor for other issues. [/QUOTE]
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