Glasses

Like my cat Lily I can get comfortable and sleep anywhere ! (Once slept in a bathtub in a hotel !!)

(and in the lobby of the Oberlin Inn. The desk clerk got me a pillow and cover at 2 am )

I learned something new about PD  ( I thought I knew it all) I have been having trouble for a while with getting my glasses "right"....if I can read clearly (computer. newspaper) then I can't read print on the TV. I have graduated bifocals (4 pairs with slightly different prescriptions) . I move them up and down my nose. I have seen 2 opthamologists, had glasses made a 3 different shops, but still not right. So I asked Dr Pagan (my neurologist ) if there was an eye doc who knows about PD. He recommended Dr. Shin who is a neuroopthamologist.....

He said that YES ...that for some people with PD the visual muscles slow down. up/down/side to side

THAT  for some people like me, graduated bifocals don't work because of the minute changes in the lens my eyes can't adjust fast enough . His recommendation is to go back to the optometrist and see about BIFOCAL or TRIFOCALS (who knew??) that are separated by a line.

Also he said to use hydrating eye drops several X a day...PD people blink less than others ( he noticed that I blink less) and it dries out the eyes .

So again.....who knew ??