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I had double vision due to catarachs (sp) which I had fixed a couple of years ago. It corrected much of my near sightedness but I still wear progressive lenses and use readers to counteract double vision. Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "Moneesha Sharma" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:41 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: a thought/vision issues > Kathleen, > Prem has double vision most of the time. He has had it for several years > now. A neuro ophthalmologist told us earlier this year that this was > because the PD was causing a squint, sometimes in one eye and sometimes in > the other. Because of this, it is difficult to correct. I have covered > one > of the lenses in his reading glasses and that seems to make a difference > while reading. > Prem also has trouble sometimes judging the depth of steps in a staircase > or > the entrance to a building. He normally uses his walking stick to help in > that. > These problems are quite apart from the occasional creepy crawlies he > thinks > he is seeing on our marble floor. Those are visual hallucinations and > more > easily dealt with by assuring him that they are not there. > He has not mentioned floaters. > I don't know if this is of any assistance. > Moneesha > > > > > 2009/8/14 Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]> > >> Paul, anyone -- >> >> Can you say more about vision problems? My erstwhile "good" eye has been >> giving me problems...double vision, floaters. >> >> Kathleen >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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