My dad has had a lot of vision problems since PD. (he also lost some
peripheral vision when glaucoma got out of control, but that seems
separate). His problems seem mostly to be a matter of confused depth
perception. He'll watch bemusedly as liquid "piles up" in a glass he
can't see - or laugh as someone apparently walks through something
(like his walker) when in fact they are walking behind it. When he
walks in the corridors of his apartment building, objects at the side
of the hall appear to be out in the middle until he gets close - at
which time they courteously move out of the way! (This phenomena has
been resolved by wearing a patch over the right eye - the side the
objects always move from/to - while he's walking. Adds to his
reputation as a swashbuckler, besides!)
Linda Corson
dad, 79, pd 5? years
