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Dr. Fink, could you explain to me again how to get the mail messages sent in plain text instead of the HTML that I have been told I am sending. Thank you [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Re: PD Impairment and Driving > 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. >