Annie: Out of order also. Either due to oppositional-defiant personality disorder or because this is easier than some others.
Corrective glasses/lenses:
Yes. Since age eight for myopia. Much stronger prescription in left lens. Later added corrections for presbyopia and astigmatism. Now, post surgery, I wear blended trifocals with two prisms in left lens and one in right, and corrections for everything else.
Nystagmus or strabismus:
Yes. Strabismus (phoria) in left eye. The eye can fuse with the right but whenever the visual field is broken for even an instant, it slips to the left into exotropia. It went undetected for may years.
Glaucoma:
Ocular hypertension in both eyes. Has not progressed to glaucoma. Controlled at present with Xalatan drops.
Eye Disease:
I guess the stuff listed here is sort of eye disease. Nothing else, really.
Vision loss:
Very fortunately, the large difference between vision in the two eyes can be corrected with glasses, though it is often tricky to get a good near vision correction. I have some loss due to a large floater that settles in the middle of my visual field in the right eye.
Other neerve issues in your body:
Restless leg. Lots of back problems. Two laninectomies and two spinal fusions. Nerve pain in lower back--sometimes legs--though the surgeries really helped a lot.
Arthritis:
Lumbar areas--noteworthy now in facet joints.
Sinus Polyps:
Don't think so
Allergies:
I get hives for who knows why, so take an allergy med daily. Use allergy eyedrops (Optivar) because my eyes itch like mad if I don't. Never really had the tests--just did well on the meds so whatever bothers me is pretty well controlled. Definitely seasonal allergy, worse in spring.
Chronic illness, disease:
Pass the Metamucil or whatever, Kel. I will join you on the IBS train. Geez, what an annoyance.
Traumatic injury:
No
Emotional or stress related issues:
I thought adult children would cause less stress but that's not true. I have my share of stresses--probably not more than anybody else, and SOM does not seem to be related to that. I feel like a disorganized Froot Loop when I get anxious, but I think that's just me. That may have upped the ante with the SOM severity.
Is your SOM eye your dominant eye?
Yes
Is your vision weaker or stronger than in your other eye:
See above. Lots stronger in SOM eye (right).
Do you believe any of these issues are connected to your SOM:
Probably sinus--maybe the strabismus is related to onset of symptoms but I don't know. Otherwise, I just don't get any clear connection. Surgery--son in Iraq--Dad's death--big things like that--none seemed to make things better or worse.
How you feel any other physical or emotional issue may contribute to your SOM:
Again, except for what I have said above, I don't see a lot of links. Or maybe I am just no longer looking because it didn't seem to be a very fruitful search. I have dealt with pretty complicated eye things for a long time, so when I get a good correction and excellect doctors who help, then I feel as if I have dodged the bullet and can actually see pretty darn well. With SOM. the bullet cannot be dodged. Bummer! Massively frustrating and dis-heartening. I always wonder if I see like other people see.
I do know that with a better back, I'd get more consistent exercise and I always feel better when I can do that--better all over.
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