Date sent: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:22:04 -0600 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: "Charles T. Meyer, M.D." <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: PD Impairment and Driving To: [log in to unmask] > Regarding driving, I had a scary experience last week. I was > making a left turn out of my development and almost hit a family of > pedestrians who we out for a stroll. They were scared but unhurt. > After by DBS surgery I went to a driver evaluation program at a local > hospital with a driving test given after I was cleared. Yet I had not > driven for 2 years and was rusty. In the intervening time I have > driven a maximum of 20 miles away from home and stopped driving at > night because my night vision is awful. I tend to judge things > closer than they actually are which causes me to top break too soon > and makes a hazard out me for other cars. Charlie, Get a visual field study done. It sounds almost as if you may have a left homonymous hemianopsia, possibly related to the passage of the electrode for the DBS. It's easy enough to find out. If you have it, the treatment is tincture of time. The vision adjusts to it within a few months or so. Best, Bob Robert A. Fink, M. D. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 USA 510-849-2555 PLEASE NOTE: Because of the takeover of IBMNET by AT&T, my new e-mail address, effective immediately, is: <[log in to unmask]> The old <ibm.net> address will no longer function after March 1, 2001. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS BOOKS.