Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site mtuxo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!mtuxo!smuga From: smuga@mtuxo.UUCP (j.smuga) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: exercise for eye muscles Message-ID: <763@mtuxo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 14:29:03 EDT Article-I.D.: mtuxo.763 Posted: Wed Jun 26 14:29:03 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 07:29:55 EDT References: <762@mtuxo.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 41 Xref: watmath net.kids:1399 net.med:1656 Sorry, I was interrupted before I could finish my posting! Anyway, the trouble is that Claire can't seem to see all the words on the page. Sometimes she skips an entire line, or she complains that the words "change" or they "jump off the page". I blamed the bifocals; I was wrong. I first went back to the opthamologist who prescribed the lenses, even though he had seen her just two months before. He was very sympathetic, but his only advice was always to be very careful that the glasses are fitting correctly. I next visited another doctor recommended by my pediatrician, actually a pair of doctors as it turned out. They expressed great approval for the bifocals; it seems doctor #1 has done exactly the right thing. They also suggested a 12-week course of therapy in the form of exercises for Claire's eyes. The therapy sessions would last about 45 - 50 minutes once a week and cost $35 a session. I don't want to send my child to first grade with what amounts to a physical handicap if I can help it, so here are some questions: Has anyone out there had any experience with this kind of problem and therapy? Was the therapy effective? With both my husband and me working, time becomes a factor; could we (although I don't like this solution much) entrust the therapy to our sitter (a dental assistant who has quit work to have a baby)? Thanks in advance. Janet Smuga -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I've had a great many troubles in my time, and most of them never happened. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -