Dear Edith,
 It sounds like you have been having lots of PD eye problems. I have
divergence.  This is a real treat. I drive down the road , without my
glasses which do correct for the problem, and I have oncoming traffic going
on both sides of my vehicle. I have to go between the two perceived vehicles
and hope I dont hit anything. PD is a real challenge if nothing else.
Article from Jacqueline Winterkorn was helpful to take to my eye doctor.
Rob
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From: "Edith Love" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: Blurred Vision


> Elizabeth, sad to say, some neuros don't know a thing about PD and its
> family except what's written in their desk resource!  From my standpoint,
> vision difficulties for many, are a precursor of PD, PD+, and the
> "symptomed" undiagnosed.
>
> I'm myopic and have always been sensitive to glare.  The year I was
> diagnosed, two things occurred that I considered very frightening.  The
> first was awakening one morning to discover bright lights shooting from
the
> periphery of my eyes.  I rushed to the opthamologist and was told, if I
> remember correctly(terminology alludes me)that it might be a corneal
> separation.  This condition stayed with me for a couple of months; then it
> disappeared.
>
> Next, on my trips to and from work-facing the sun both ways-the glare was
> so intense, I could barely keep my eyes open.  Finally, my eyes literally
> closed one afternoon as I drove.  I was petrified.  The curb seemed so far
> away!
> I can't tell you how I got home or how I got to the doctor's office.
>
> The opthamologist found that my eyes were dry as a fossilized bone!
> Refresh Plus and Lacti Lube were recommended.  Other than this, no changes
> had occurred relative to the physical condition of my eyes.  Four months
> later I was diagnosed somewhere under the PD umbrella.
>
> Since that time-six years-more often than not, my eyes are blurred all the
> time.  Most of the time they don't clear until three or four in the
> afternoon; other times they don't clear at all.  Lately, my glasses are
> useless, and I find myself trying to read through the fuzz without them.
> However, there is nothing physically wrong with my eyes! The culprit is in
> the brain stem!
>
> As Camilla says, much has been written on this subject.  You're not crazy.
> You're not imagining things.  You may have to make some life-changing
> decisions, but you will overcome, and we'll be here to walk with you.
>
> One final comment.  Many newcomers have joined the list family of late.
> Your input is needed in THE HOW DID WE GET HERE ANYWAY SURVEY which is
> ongoing on PIEN until the second week of November.  I can be reached at
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> Join us as we search for commonalities.  Along with stem cells, we may be
> the windows to our own cures!
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