On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:46:41 +0100, george (dicegeorge) wrote:


So here we are 15 months down the line, with no idea what the problem is
and only an offer of permanently blinding her in one eye. We politely
informed him that this course of action was too drastic for an undiagnosed
condition, but he has since sent a letter pushing her to go for this
option.

SteveW

cant you test this theory by wearing an eyepatch over one eye for a week?

Pirates are in fashion!

[g]

She has done this and yes it works, but we feel it is somewhat drastic to
be permanently blinded in one eye when there is no diagnosis. Once there is
a diagnosis, there may or may not be other options. There have been
suggestions that it may actually be an ear problem, causing balance
problems and interfering with the signals from the eye, but this particular
consultant does not seem interested in finding out.

We are particularly reluctant to go the currently suggested surgical route,
as we know two people who being already blind in one eye, have suffered
accidental eye injuries, one of whom was lucky that he lost his blind eye,
the other is now totally blind (from the age of 23). My own father suffered
a detached retina and has lost part of his sight in one eye. Eyes are too
precious and vulnerable to lightly sacrifice the built in redundancy of
having two!

We are currently seeking a second opinion, specifically from the consultant
that wanted to investigate further.

SteveW