[jonnyss]

I'll reiterate my hypothesis about Brink - I feel like her depth perception is off. Every once in a while she seems to completely misperceive where the ball is on a pass toher,  and it results in a TO or at least a really sloppy hand-off, and I feel like she's now back to twisting her body quite far to one side on free throws as she used to do in prior seasons, rather than squaring up, which makes me think she's favoring one eye over the other. Just a hunch, and I could be wrong, but receiving passes and throwing the ball at distance are the two times you need absolutely precise depth perception, and those are the two areas she seems to have regressed over the season.

i think that's a very good hypothesis! i think of the long pass to cam that she bobbled before gathering it up and putting it in the basket. 

it's common for a vision prescription to change without the patient noticing. does anyone know the brinks? or the coaching staff? i hope one of us can reach someone to encourage her to get a refraction today or monday and new contact lenses by next weekend if not today. gostanford lists one jennifer baine, an orthopedist, as team physician. i'd email her myself, but the website offers no contact phone or email.

edit: i find that cam got implantable lenses in september in a procedure called evo icl. i don't know that procedure, but, by comparison, for many patients lasik corrects vision only temporarily as the eyes continue to change. now i'm thinking that cam and family may know perfectly well that her vision is deteriorating but not know what to do about it given the hardware in place.  sports glasses for now, procedure after the season?

ok, looking it up, none of the clinics offering the procedure seem to mention that vision can deteriorate in the following months, but there are just a few journal articles: 

2 years post evo icl 80% of patients have vision as good as corrected vision pre-op - ie 20% don't. link

5 years post evo icl vision had deteriorated an average of 1 diopter spherical in the super-high-myopia group. link  i don't see the range of deterioration, but i infer that some patients had less deterioration, some more.

in terms of what to do, the lenses are supposed to be removable, and one can choose to replace them with a lens of a new strength; but i presume that would have to be done after the season.

[jonnyss]

I'll reiterate my hypothesis about Brink - I feel like her depth perception is off. Every once in a while she seems to completely misperceive where the ball is on a pass toher,  and it results in a TO or at least a really sloppy hand-off, and I feel like she's now back to twisting her body quite far to one side on free throws as she used to do in prior seasons, rather than squaring up, which makes me think she's favoring one eye over the other. Just a hunch, and I could be wrong, but receiving passes and throwing the ball at distance are the two times you need absolutely precise depth perception, and those are the two areas she seems to have regressed over the season.

i think that's a very good hypothesis! i think of the long pass to cam that she bobbled before gathering it up and putting it in the basket. 

it's common for a vision prescription to change without the patient noticing. does anyone know the brinks? or the coaching staff? i hope one of us can reach someone to encourage her to get a refraction today or monday and new contact lenses by next weekend if not today. gostanford lists one jennifer baine, an orthopedist, as team physician. i'd email her myself, but the website offers no contact phone or email.

edit: i find that cam got implantable lenses in september in a procedure called evo icl. i don't know that procedure, but, by comparison, for many patients lasik corrects vision only temporarily as the eyes continue to change. now i'm thinking that cam and family may know perfectly well that her vision is deteriorating but not know what to do about it given the hardware in place.  sports glasses for now, procedure after the season?

ok, looking it up, none of the clinics offering the procedure seem to mention that vision can deteriorate in the following months, but there are just a few journal articles: 

2 years post evo icl 80% of patients have vision as good as corrected vision pre-op - ie 20% don't. link

5 years post evo icl vision had deteriorated an average of 1 diopter spherical in the super-high-myopia group. link  i don't see the range of deterioration, but i infer that some patients had less deterioration, some more.

in terms of what to do, the lenses are supposed to be removable, and one can choose to replace them with a lens of a new strength; but i presume that would have to be done after the season.