"Hello Rosemary, My Brock string and I are in the same place we were a month ago. If all of us VTers got together, I think we'd spend most of the time hurting our necks while staring at trees from below the branches. I wish I had VT outside with…"
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Susanna Z replied to Rosemary Lodge's discussion Managed to pick out the 3-D image on my eye test today for the first time ever! in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' ForumSusanna Z replied to Rosemary Lodge's discussion Managed to pick out the 3-D image on my eye test today for the first time ever! in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"Take the sensation you had at seeing the round ball popping out and revel in it for as long as possible. This is the type of feeling you have to keep in order to make it through all of the exercises and keep up hope!
Pop away! Keep…"
Susanna Z posted a blog postHow doing vision therapy is like being a spy
I live a double life.“You’re a spy?”, you ask.Sometimes I feel like I am spying on another world. My agency is called VT for short.“VT?”“Venezuelan Terrorists?”No, Hugo Chávez isn’t sending me orders from his grave.“Ventriloquists Troupe?”I might as well be a ventriloquist. I seem to be speaking of things of another world.Pakistan has the ISI. The Israelis have the Mossad. Pre-Revolutionary Iran had the Savak. The US has the CIA and the FBI.My double life comes care of VT. It stands for Vision…See More
Susanna Z replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing the space between things in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"WOW! This is great news!"
Susanna Z replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing better over a field of view and seeing experientially do not involve or require binocularity."Like we say in the US, "hold onto that thought"! Keep that feeling and sensation close to your heart."
Susanna Z replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing better over a field of view and seeing experientially do not involve or require binocularity."Rosemary,
Sue Barry also thought she knew what depth was until she gained stereovision. When I tell people I can only see in 2D, they say, "you mean you see people flat like on TV"? I never was bothered by people looking flat on TV because…"
Susanna Z replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing better over a field of view and seeing experientially do not involve or require binocularity."Trees and branches seem to be a common theme for those of going from 2D to 3D. I rode on the bus just to look at the trees as I was so distracted by them when I was driving."
Susanna Z replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum":)
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Susanna Z replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"And a daytime matinée is also cheaper! I was describing my movie experience yesterday to a friend who did VT for non-strabismic vision issues earlier in his life and he said that he'd be happy to accompany me to a 3D movie so we can talk…"
Naoise McMullin replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"too bad, but if I were to try that again, I wouldn't be able to. I always found that I had a "3d experience" when I wasn't expecting it or trying to do it. One needs to do the exercises, then relax and not be trying to do…"
Susanna Z replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"Emanuele, When I get back from my next trip at the end of May, I will look to see if my local science museum, which has an IMAX theater, has 3D movies about marine wildlife or other documentaries that may help me see 3D effects better. Perhaps you…"
Emanuele Ziglioli replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"Well, good on ya!
As I wrote above I can hardly see anything when watching a movie in 3D.
Apparently the strongest 3D effects in all movies (before Life of Pi) was from the movie Hugo. I got the movie out, high expectations but no.
Perhaps we need a…"
Emanuele Ziglioli replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"Also, appropriate
Depression Part Two
I remember being endlessly entertained by the adventures of my toys. Some days they died repeated, violent deaths, other days they traveled to space or discussed my swim lessons and how I absolutely should be…"
Emanuele Ziglioli replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"We bought a 3D TV after I read Sue Barry's book. It's an LG model, passive 3D, inexpensive polarized glasses. You can stream 3D videos off YouTube and it comes also with its own 3D channel.
I find with movies, especially animated ones, I…"
Emanuele Ziglioli replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"
It must be hard for him not to be creative ;-)
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Susanna Z replied to Susanna Z's discussion How to get others to respect that you can't see a 3D movie? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum"Kari,
I think what baffles people about how sensitive I am on this subject is that I live a super active lifestyle, especially when it comes to foreign travel. So I appear "normal", if not "superactive".
I like your PTSD (post…"
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- 34 year old strabismic in vision therapy for 15 months to develop binocular vision. This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life! Even living in post-war Bosnia with carcasses of buildings around and landmines was easier than this. But I'm committed to seeing in 3D.
I was born in the former USSR with strabsimus and was sent to a preschool for retarded kids because I looked so different. I had my first surgery to straighten my eyes when I was 3 when I came to the US. That operation left me with a wandering eye. Then at 17, I had another surgery to cosmetically straighten my eyes.
When I read "Stereo Sue" in the New Yorker in 2006, my life literally turned upside down. I had no idea that I saw in 2D. No clue whatsoever. It took me several years before I decided to do vision therapy to develop binocular vision. I've traveled to over 50 countries and lived in 9, this journey into my brain is by far the most difficult one I've ever been on.
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How doing vision therapy is like being a spy
I live a double life.
“You’re a spy?”, you ask.
Sometimes I feel like I am spying on another world. My agency is called VT for short.
“VT?”
“Venezuelan Terrorists?”
No, Hugo Chávez isn’t sending me orders from his grave.
“Ventriloquists Troupe?”
I might as well be a ventriloquist. I seem to be speaking of things of another world.
Pakistan has the ISI. The Israelis have the Mossad. Pre-Revolutionary Iran had the Savak. The US has the CIA…
ContinuePosted on June 7, 2013 at 7:29pm
SNOW, in depth
I won't lie and copy Stereo Sue's "First Snowfall" wonder story in 3D. But I have to say that even though I don't see in 3D yet, I was beyond amazed at the snowfall yesterday.
It's been several years since I last saw snow falling. The last time was way before I started VT. So this is for sure my first time seeing snow in more depth and it is incredible. Unlike Sue, I wasn't so dazzled by…
Posted on February 19, 2013 at 3:30am
Mighty flies, a sign that VT is working
I was walking in a popular park and was stopped in my tracks by a swarm of flies.
Yes, I am writing about flies again.
They moved upwards in the sunlight as though they were bubbles in a recently opened bottle of sparkling (carbonated) water or champagne.
I was transfixed. I found a tree stump to sit on and stared in awe. Two women walked by, the one with a stroller used her free hand to wave the flies away. I wanted to say to them, "Look at these flies! Isn't it amazing…
ContinuePosted on November 2, 2012 at 4:28pm — 1 Comment
Luxottica: Monopolizes the US eye glasses market, overcharges you and neglects strabismics and amblyopes
Some of you may remember my near-death experiences this summer when Sears Optical manipulated my prism glasses prescription by changing my prescription, an act of medical malpractice. Today's 60 Minutes program shows how Luxottica, which owns Lens Crafters, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, Sears Optical, Target Optical and many other US eyewear retailers is skewing the market for eyeglasses and charging up to 20 times of their cost for glasses. Not only does Luxottica not train its…
ContinuePosted on October 8, 2012 at 12:06am
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 5:17pm on November 14, 2011,
Dr. Leonard J. Press said… You're welcome, Susanna. She is good!
- At 2:41pm on August 19, 2011,
Greg Voth said… - It's been great chatting with you. There's a gift coming your way.... ;-)
- At 7:09am on June 16, 2011,
Roberto Kaplan O.D., M.Ed. FCOVD said… - Thanks Susanna. It is great to share such a wonderful journey with you. Your writing is great.
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