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    #32
    MentalMario
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭MentalMario


    efb, I see you wore glasses before the surgery.

    Did they fix your sight, too? or was it just the strabismus?

    My exotropia seems to be getting worse in last 6 months or so and I've been looking at laser eye surgery to correct my vision recently so wondering would it be possible to sort both problems in the one go etc...


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    #33
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    I went to public hospital the ophthalmologist let me go, without be seen by the consultant.
    - Pretext, I have Sarcoidosis and All result were clear about it. I have no signe of it according to the consultant (affect the eye)
    He said that; I cannot have surgery to fix my strabismus.
    - I will still have double vision
    - l might get back my eye as it used to be lazy and l loose my eye control, as in photography portrait, when l look to the lens l will correct my exotropia.
    In may I have an appointment with a private consultant in Galway.
    I really need to get rid of this strabismus than l work out about my short sight I know l have to forget about the sight of the lazy eye. they said Laser won't correct it.
    Let see with private !!
    I have strabismus since l was 26 now l am 41.
    I scary Irish women, lol


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    #34
    jaffa20
    Registered Users Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Hi, do optilase do surgery for this? I suffer from strabismus too and it seems to be getting worse :(


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    #35
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    MentalMario wrote: »
    efb, I see you wore glasses before the surgery.

    Did they fix your sight, too? or was it just the strabismus?

    My exotropia seems to be getting worse in last 6 months or so and I've been looking at laser eye surgery to correct my vision recently so wondering would it be possible to sort both problems in the one go etc...

    just srabismus


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    #36
    CallyD
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭CallyD


    efb wrote: »
    Well under 4K but by the end of it it will be close. Consultant, hospital and anethesatist fees

    Hi, would you mind PM me the information regarding where you had your surgery done and the name of the consultant please. I'd really like to have this surgery done.
    Many thanks


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    #37
    hanna200
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭hanna200


    efb wrote: »
    Well under 4K but by the end of it it will be close. Consultant, hospital and anethesatist fees

    If you ever happen to read this, can you please pm me name of hospital and consultants name please. I decided to get operation done. Tired of scarying people


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    #38
    Steroo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭Steroo


    I'd appreciate if anyone can recommend a good surgeon /consultant in Dublin for this please as I want the operation too , thanks a mil


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    #39
    Jb1989
    Registered Users Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    Steroo wrote: »
    I'd appreciate if anyone can recommend a good surgeon /consultant in Dublin for this please as I want the operation too , thanks a mil

    O keefe in matter private where I went


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    #40
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    Doctor Shen Galway Clinic.
    3500 euro minimum


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    #41
    Jake2014
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Jake2014


    Hi can anyone tell me if lazy eye surgery is covered by health insurance ?
    Thanks


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    #42
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    Yes Private insurance. HSE will interfere only in bleeding or urgent procedures.
    It cost €3500 in Private hospital like Galway clinic.
    I have it and I will Not do it, according to the Surgeon it will be lazy again.
    In my case.

    Bon courage


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    #43
    Arbie
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Arbie


    Medceltic wrote: »
    Yes Private insurance. HSE will interfere only in bleeding or urgent procedures.
    It cost €3500 in Private hospital like Galway clinic.
    I have it and I will Not do it, according to the Surgeon it will be lazy again.
    In my case.

    Bon courage

    The HSE will provide strabismus surgery for public patients. The waiting list can be several years.


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    #44
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    It must be very very critical situation.
    double vision or cosmetic isn't on their list.
    Private accept it. :rolleyes:


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    #45
    Jake2014
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Jake2014


    Medceltic wrote: »
    Yes Private insurance. HSE will interfere only in bleeding or urgent procedures.
    It cost €3500 in Private hospital like Galway clinic.
    I have it and I will Not do it, according to the Surgeon it will be lazy again.
    In my case.

    Bon courage

    Thank you I will ring around the health insurance as it sounds cheaper than to pay yourself . I had this operation when I was around 7 ...it worked for years I am 35 now and it is only the last 5 years in has been noticeable so I will go ahead with this op again .


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    #46
    Arbie
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Arbie


    Medceltic wrote: »
    It must be very very critical situation.
    double vision or cosmetic isn't on their list.
    Private accept it. :rolleyes:

    That is not correct. What sort of critical situation are you talking about? Strabismus surgery is available to both children and adults in the public system for many reasons, including what some would consider cosmetic.


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    #47
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    I went to Public hospital using my GP letter and appointment, the Consultant did not even see me. only the Ophthalmologist and the nurse who saw me.
    They said, It s cosmetic reason despite I have the double vision.
    I will have difficulties in the future.

    Private took of me 800 euro, I got Silicone procedure just to see how it works.
    even the silicone was not enough to bring the lazy eye to it original place.

    the rest I had to pay 3000 euro to get the Procedure of my eye. :confused:


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    #48
    Arbie
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Arbie


    Medceltic wrote: »
    I went to Public hospital using my GP letter and appointment, the Consultant did not even see me. only the Ophthalmologist and the nurse who saw me.

    I'm not sure what you mean when you say an ophthalmologist saw you but a consultant did not. Ophthalmologists are consultants. Do you mean you saw a medical ophthalmologist but not a strabismus surgeon?
    Medceltic wrote: »
    They said, It s cosmetic reason despite I have the double vision.

    Which hospital was this?
    Medceltic wrote: »
    Private took of me 800 euro, I got Silicone procedure just to see how it works.
    even the silicone was not enough to bring the lazy eye to it original place.

    What silicone procedure? A band or an injection?


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    #49
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    Had this procedure done in 2012, had a lazy eye for over 25 years at that point.

    In one sense it didn't bother me too much bar photos until people connected to a former girlfriend kept calling me 'squinty' it bloody annoyed me so much i got it done.

    Lets just say that once it was done and they mocked me i looks them in the eye and had the last laugh.

    I was kept in overnight and the procedure took roughly 30 minutes and i was asleep for it.

    1 or 2 days of double vision/vision problems and it was ok.

    Had an appointment in my local hospital in February, got the all clear.


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    #50
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    Consultant = surgeon Big Bosss ( She )

    Ophthalmologist = specialist doctor

    Nurse with Ophthalmology background and a trainee doctor with
    (Public Hospital)
    ______________________________________
    ( Galway Clinic )
    Botox injection, momentaneous or periodic, and eye go it original place, just to see how the eye looks like and the double vision...etc

    Botox is useful for kids... nor for adult...:rolleyes:


    I am 43 anyway... With a LAZY EYE. ;)
    It make girls running away of me. Thats the Truth. :eek:


    Anyway this is Life. Nobody has what is looking for.


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    #51
    Arbie
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Arbie


    Medceltic wrote: »
    Consultant = surgeon Big Bosss ( She )

    Ophthalmologist = specialist doctor

    Nurse with Ophthalmology background and a trainee doctor with
    (Public Hospital)
    ______________________________________
    ( Galway Clinic )
    Botox injection, momentaneous or periodic, and eye go it original place, just to see how the eye looks like and the double vision...etc

    Botox is useful for kids... nor for adult...:rolleyes:


    I am 43 anyway... With a LAZY EYE. ;)
    It make girls running away of me. Thats the Truth. :eek:


    Anyway this is Life. Nobody has what is looking for.

    A lot of what you are saying is confusing or incorrect. All consultants are specialist doctors. In ophthalmology there are 2 types of specialists - consultant ophthalmic surgeons and consultant medical ophthalmologists. So your issue seems to be that you were seen by a medical ophthalmologist instead of a surgeon, but they are both consultants. Not everyone needs to be seen by a consultant - if we did that the whole system would grind to a halt. Regardless, medical ophthalmologists can assess strabismus.

    You are now talking about botox instead of silicone, which was it? They are 2 very different things. And botox is used in adults as well as children.

    I understand that you had a particular experience, but you are not explaining it clearly, and that may be misleading.

    People will be reading this thread trying to figure out if they can get strabismus surgery in the public system.

    Strabismus surgery is available for public patients in public hospitals, including for adults, and there is no need to go privately unless they want a shorter wait.


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    #52
    Medceltic
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Medceltic


    Yes Botox.

    Surgeon Ophthalmologist consultant saw me first minute after the nurse appointment, when I went to Private Hospital, the only one l Dealt with.

    As any country in the World. Private Health Care, Money talks.


    Public hospital I had to pass by specialist nurse then the ophthalmologist. but not the surgeon.


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