Raj, take a look at "Nonsurgical Management of Binocular Diplopia
Induced by Macular Pathology" by Mark Silverberg, et al. in Archives
of Ophthalmology, Vol. 117 No. 7, July 1999. (Googling the title will
take you to the abstract. Non-professionals can also access the
complete article online for free by registering--but I can't remember
how I did it.) The article describes how blurring the vision in the
affected eye with a Bangerter occlusion foil eliminated diplopia
related to macular disease in all of the patients studied, while
allowing them to retain some peripheral vision in their affected eye.
This method reduced acuity in the affected from 20/40 to 20/100
depending on the patient, which would probably be better acuity than a
high plus contact lens would give. I'm hypothesizing that a Bangerter
foil would also reduce binocular distortion.
I think that Dan Abel has raised a valid point. My macular pucker
developed over a few months, and my brain apparently learned to ignore
the distorted image. Unless I closed my "good" eye, I was rarely
aware of the waviness and distortion in my bad eye. I suspect that
your brain will learn to adapt to the distortion, too. But maybe a
Bangerter foil would make your binocular vision more comfortable
meanwhile.
On Jun 22, 8:33 am, Raj <kr_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Jane
>
> Thank you for your reply. Can you please point me with the references.
> Also i have written to you personally.
>
> Thanks
> Raj
>
> On Jun 19, 3:53 pm, Jane <clinton6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > No solution works in all cases. A macular pucker affects central
> > vision only; peripheral vision in the affected eye is unaffected. In
> > your case, does the pucker bother you enough that you'd be willing to
> > lose most of your depth perception, as well as your peripheral vision
> > in the affected eye? In this case, you might be better off wearing an
> > occlusion foil on your glasses lens, which would probably give you
> > better binocular vision than the contact lens solution. I can provide
> > you with references about this in the medical literature to take to
> > your doctor.
>
> > In recent years, new equipment has become available, which makes
> > having a vitrectomy a lot safer (when done by an experienced retinal
> > surgeon.) I don't know where you live, but you might consider going
> > to a large metropolitan area and getting a second opinion about
> > surgery from a top doctor in the field. S/he would probably be
> > connected with a teaching hospital. Best of luck.
>
> > On Jun 19, 3:05 am, Raj <kr_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > I read this post in the web. It will be really helpful, to know what
> > > you guys think about such a solution of vision with one eye. The gist
> > > of this post is that, you put a high power contact lens to completely
> > > bloc the vision in your blurred/wavey eye. This allows the other eye
> > > to work properly with out the interference in one eye.
>
> > > -------------------------
> > > , too, was dianosed with Macular Pucker about a year ago, following an
> > > MRI to determine whether or not there might be a brain tumor since I
> > > first began having problems I could only describe as seeing double,
> > > mostly while working on my computer screen or reading. It was several
> > > months into the problem before I discovered the wavy line effect (left
> > > eye) and then realized I wasn't seeing double but the wavy line was
> > > causing items in one line to move up into the line above (a real
> > > problem when you work all day with figures as I do in my job as a
> > > Payroll Administrator.
> > > After being examined by an opthamologist, who determined I was not a
> > > candidate for surgery, I resolved the problem by putting a patch on
> > > the left lens of my glasses, thus viewing my computer screen and
> > > reading items only through my right eye (I could see fine for driving
> > > and the "big picture"...it was only in detail that things were
> > > distorted.)
> > > The patch was not exactly satisfactory so I eventually saw a retina
> > > specialist to see if surgery might be a better answer. He, too,
> > > advised against surgery in my case but did send me back to my
> > > optometrist to see if there might be a different answer where glasses
> > > were concerned.
> > > Bingo! My optometrist said "let's do something drastic and put a
> > > strong contact lens on your left eye to suppress the vision enough to
> > > allow only your right eye to see detail." When he put the contact in
> > > and details were clear and straight, I cried tears of joy. What a
> > > difference from wearing the patch.
> > > It's been several months now since I started wearing the contact and I
> > > couldn't be happier with this solution. My contact is soft and the
> > > type that can be worn all the time (even to sleep). It's also the type
> > > that only needs to be removed and cleaned once a month, and after
> > > three months I throw it away and put in a new one.
> > > This may not be the answer for everyone with this condition but I
> > > definitely recommend it as a possibility for anyone who is still
> > > trying to find a solution to see detail better without resorting to
> > > surgery.
> > > ---------------------
>
> > > Thanks
> > > Raj- Hide quoted text -
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