Bob,
Thanks for your reply, I had visual fields done at the
program at a local hospital and at my neurologist clinically. Also
I had my stn implants done 2 years ago. A good thought
though.
I am just going to limit my driving to short distaces at least for
a couple of months and see how I do.
Charlie
At 12:43 PM 2/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
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Re: PD Impairment and Driving
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> 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
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