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Jacqueline, thank you so much. I forgot to add that my eyes water excessively, especially the right one. I also have excess mucous and am always coughing it up and wiping my eye/s. This all started not too long after my DBS surgeries in 2003 and it is more than annoying. My ophthalmologist says I have cataracts that are not ready to be removed yet. My neurologist tried to reprogram my implants to see if that would help, but to no avail. I don't think any of us really know exactly what is the cause. Because my eyes ran all the time (no wonder things looked like I was under water and still do)I first thought it was allergies, but I moved from CA to AZ and have it/them all year long. My eyes don't feel gritty or sandy, just very wet and I can never clear them up. Left eye has worse cataract and when I shut or cover it I can see better with right eye for distance, but its just the opposite for reading. I have successfully worn progressive lenses for over 20 years. I can certainly do the blinks. Thank you so much for trying to help me. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqueline Winterkorn, PhD, MD" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: (no subject) > Ray > It is hard to make diagnoses over the internet, but it sounds like you may > be having corneal surface problems rather than true double vision. You > are > seeing two or three overlapping objects, sometimes clearing with a blink > or two > but sometimes worsening? You get blurred when you do any sort of visual > task for more than a few minutes? Your eyes feel tired, gritty and sandy > as if > you had something in them? These are symptoms of dry eyes, very common in > PD, > and exacerbated by decreased blinking and blepharitis [inflammation of the > eyelids]. It can be remedied by warm soaks, lid scrubs, frequent > application > of non-preserved tears and several good blinks every time you think of > it. > Jacqueline Winterkorn PhD, MD > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn