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Hi Jim @jimhd, exactly I had enough of my double vision after waiting so long for my eyes to settle. Unfortunately, there are very few neuro ophthalmologist near me to get a second opinion. You deserve some answers. Why put up with the diplopia if you don’t have to? It is easier for the doctor to say use a prism or just deal with it rather than risking surgery especially if the doctor does not feel confident in performing the surgery. I get the same feeling from my doctor. I have done research for the different types of strabismus surgeries. The eye muscles involved are operated on to make them either shorter or longer until both eyes become aligned. Look for strabismus surgeons. That might help with your search. If it were me, I would investigate my options rather than suffer. Good luck with your search in finding the right doctor!
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@avmcbellar Tonight I went out on the deck to listen to the frogs and insects and to look at the stars. When my wife came out to join me she said that there were lots of stars. I replied that I could see twice as many.
Our place is enough higher than town that we can see the whole valley. The first thing I saw was a light a few miles away, with a second light above it. I feel like the prism has already stopped doing its job. I wonder if it gets worse when my eyes are tired, or I've been doing stuff on my phone.
We'll see what happens.
Jim
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@avmcbellar I found that there are neuro-ophthalmologists at OHSU, in Portland, through the Casey Eye Institute. I doubt that I'd find any better in Oregon. If an ophthalmologist here in central Oregon were to refer me, that's where they would send me. Then it comes to researching the individual doctors. I'm not in a big hurry at this point. I can function with the prison in my right lens.
Jim