Claire

Just give me the f*cking answers, already….

I’m still waiting for my MRI report. I’d say the picture above represents my inner feelings during the past year. I have so many symptoms, some of them given fancy names, like Nystagmus, Trochlear Nerve Palsy. Other symptoms unexplained. None of the reasons why I have them have been explained, yet. But I’ll put onContinue reading “Just give me the f*cking answers, already….”

The worst Drum & Bass club in the country!

I had my MRI scan 2 days ago. I’d heard that the machine is really noisy so I asked the Health Care Assistant what I should expect, and he replied with “It’s like being in the worst drum and bass club in the country”, which really made me giggle. Aren’t HCA’s great when they canContinue reading “The worst Drum & Bass club in the country!”

Visually Impaired Artists

I was searching for visually impaired artists work and found the work of Pakayla Biehn. Biehn has Strabismus and represents her double vision in paintings, as if it’s a double exposure photograph. I can’t use it in my project, but thought her work is quite cool, so I’ll blog it here instead 🙂

Superior Oblique!

I had an appointment with the consultant at the specialist eye clinic, just before Christmas, and he’s referring me for an MRI! I’m slightly nervous, but I also can’t wait to find out what’s behind it all. This year I will get answers! They did so many convergence tests. I had to look at aContinue reading “Superior Oblique!”

The waiting game…

The 3-month review turned in to 8 months, and after many voicemails chasing them up, I was finally offered another appointment. It was a different doctor this time and he agreed I’d been waiting a long time and said it was about time my eyes are sorted out. Great, I thought. I’m getting somewhere! However,Continue reading “The waiting game…”

The background to my blog

It all started at a routine vision test 21 months ago, when the optician noticed my eyes were ‘wobbly’. I’d had twitchy eyelids, but apart from that this was just a yearly, routine check-up. As a child I’d had strabismus which is a misalignment of the eyes. Some people have an eye that deviates inwardsContinue reading “The background to my blog”

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m going to be blogging my strabismus / squint journey. I decided to start a blog for 2 reasons. 1) I think it will be cathartic. When you have a health issue, that causes a visual difference, self confidence and wellbeing are constantly knocked. And 2) I hope documentingContinue reading “Introduction”