Speed reading and lazy eye

[Shrykull]

I bought a program for it, but I haven't really got into it heavily, has anyone used one of these with great success? I'm just wondering what exactly I can do with it.

I have Amblyopia (lazy eye) http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/amblyopia/ while my eyes were crossed when I was young and they are perfectly straight now, I still see the way I always have since the day I was born. The best way to describe it to someone who doesn't have it is (though not totally accurate) is picture seeing out the corner of your right or left eye. Now, imagine that whole eye is the corner of your eye, you see some of the picture, rather a distorted half of it, not seeing exactly the whole thing. Again, it's very hard to describe. I practically don't use my right eye at all.

We tried some things when I was a kid, eye-patching, but it itched and I was learning to read in 1st grade, one time the teacher said if I couldn't read it we would do it at recess. This could have possibly strengthened my eye, but we were never consistent with it. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, though I know nothing in wrong with my right eye itself, it's the connection to the brain that is it. Maybe I just don't have enough neurons between my optic nerve of my right eye and it's connection to the occipital lobe, or perhaps not enough neurons in the occipital lobe itself.

There are some options now, though not all doctor's are familiar with them. Some doctor's still think the old way, that there is no way to solve it if you don't early in life (as my most recent one did) there are new techniques available now, such as vision therapy and something called neurovision correction. Some make the analogy that it is like learning a language- if you grow up in biligual household, you will naturally learn both languages, but if you want to learn a language later in life that it won't come as naturally and it'll need some work. The problem is I can't find insurance that will cover neurovision correction or vision therapy. If stem cells treatments become available could this help me?

And, I wonder if you can get insurance after you've been diagnosed. I know that if your car gets totaled and it's not insured, you can't get insurance after that to cover it, and this is a pre-existing condition.