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Hey Youse All.... VISION PROBLEMS: As long as we're still on this topic (Uhhhh.... we ARE still on it, aren't we?) <everybody nods, "YES"> (smile), I have a question to put before the group - a question which might reveal a more serious PD-vision problem than we'd originally pictured. You see, the reason I cut back on my driving to the point where I might drive a coupla-three miles at a time, is SOLELY because of PD-related vision problems. As long I as don't drive when I'm "off," then since my since my Oct. '94 pallidotomy, other than the vision problems, no other PD symptom has caused me to be a danger on the road. Unfortunately, I usually experience SOME vision problems nearly every day. I'm curious as to just how many people with Parkinson's have been forced to STOP driving, OR have been forced to cut back on their driving due to PD-related vision problems. This issue MAY be something that if addressed by the opthamology field MIGHT be lessened or corrected IF the medical field is made aware that PD-vision problems are MUCH more significant in affecting the quality of living for those of us with Parkinson's then had previously been thought. Soooo..... let's hear it. How has PD-related vision problems affected your ability to drive, if at all? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask]