I found for me the double / side by side / blurry vision to be very untimely and frustrating. During the height of my ocular symptoms I like yourself would rest my eyes at lunch time as an example and it did wonders. I was never a patch guy but from time to time I'd cover one eye with my hand .as that's me being me.

In my opinion I don't see any real benefit for an eye exam for you now especially with the meds your taking and your ivig . Giving yourself some more time to improve might be best for now.

Cj

So basically, this is yet another example of "be patient"... I'm not gonna lie, I am not so good at that patience thing.....UGGH... yea.. ill just close em til things clear up...but when I do get glasses I'll get some Cool ones... with DIAMONDS and stuff!!! ha ha

Keep up the patience yes and you will be an object that stays in motion if you know what I mean. Good one on the diamond glasses however make sure you get a tint to them to keep the sun away. I'm sure you will get "cool ones "

For me, like Cj, rest is best. Enough prednisone is second, but reason to be followed by an ophthalmologist. I am older and was already developing cataracts. The prednisone may have hastened that problem. I have had one cataract removed and was scheduling for the other when my MG got worse and an optional operation became very optional, especially with good vision in the operated eye and not too bad in the unoperated one. The other consideration is that the procedure may have exacerbated the MG. Next time no prophalactic antibiotic drops (standard operating procedure, but the practice has not been shown to prevent infection--better is good sterile technique).

Another note--if tested for glaucoma (eye pressure) have your eyes washed out immediately to keep from having to line up the two hoods of your car with the two trunks of the car in front of you to get home--better to patch or have another driver. :-) b.

I have a small window, basically in my forward vision where I do not see double. Anywhere else, my vision doubles almost instantly. A prism will not help in glasses because my eyes wander too much. A patch does not help that much either for the same reason. B's comments about prednisone is very important!

One strange thing. I have astigmatism. It is possible under just the right conditions--when my eyes are really tired and the astigmatism is really acting up and I am trying to focus on something not straight ahead--to see 3 items for a few seconds, not just double. That is really weird.
--Kerry

I to agree that rest is the best! I did same as CJ did the covering one eye or closing it etc....I do go for my yearly eye exams at eye dr just to check I dont have glaucoma etc and of course my eyes are always worse and need new prescription but bottom line prednisone is what is helping the most....Wish so much like all that didnt have to take it but sure wanna be able to see halfway normal anyway! So I know it is hard but be patient, it will get better....Hugs

Rest is good, but boy do I need my glasses! I'm already nearsighted, and if I tried to go without them, the the strain would be much worse. It's kind of hard to get a decent eye exam while you're having blurry vision, but if you can, I feel like every little bit helps.

Another answer you won't like - be patient :) Rest and treatment will help most. I went to the opthamologist like 4 times in the span of 6 weeks, trying to get the right prescription for contacts, and prescriptions that seemed ok at one point would still not prevent blurry vision at other times, so they couldn't get it figured out. That was 2 months before I was diagnosed with MG, so we didn't realize there was a different cause of the blurry vision (besides just not getting the prescription right). Anyway, all of that to say that your vision will probably continue giving you problems, and while getting an updated prescription may very well help, it might also be a challenging thing for them to find the right prescription for your situation. As you suspected, getting a pair of glasses probably is too easy.

You could always go and try though, as long as you manage your own expectations about the outcome. Do you want glasses to help for when your eyes aren't tired, or when they are tired and giving you blurry/double vision? It might be worth asking the eye doctor if you should come in when your vision is good, or when it's bad/tired/blurry. You'll get different results on the eye exam.

yea.. I guess I will wear the ones I have when I feel like I need them.... and the reading ones when necessary. All this will come together eventually....