Non PD: Eye operation

["Marjorie L. Moorefield" <minx32@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Camilla,
Thanks for the hug, I really needed that!
IMOHO, I don't think things look too good for my
husband's vision in that eye.
The top part of the eye is milky white like an eye is
when its blinded, then it has something which looks as
if its folded down over that.
Like a table napkin and one side is
dog eared down.  I'm not good at describing this, and
I don't know a thing about eyes.
I think that "flap", for lack of a better word, is why he has to go
to this glaucoma specialist, because the eye surgeon
we had does laser surgery, so there must be something
this glaucoma specialist does, which he couldn't do.
I think the shock of it is what started my PD acting up.
When the eye specialist looked into his eye and then
turned a whiter shade of pale, I felt my stomach turn over!

Yesterday it looked better, today it looks worse. I have been
very conscientious about putting in all the eye drops, using the
cold packs, and giving him his pills, so it has to be the glaucoma
and the diabetes.

The only thing I'm certain of is ,since I had to have something,
I'm glad to have PD instead of Diabetes and Glaucoma.
At least with PD things don't change almost hour by hour!!
If I hadn't been watching this for 2 weeks, I'd never believe it
myself.

just me,
Marjorie



At 07:48 PM 09/09/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> Marjorie-- this is really disturbing. You have so much to deal with right
> now, but do keep is informed as you are able--CCs from Sparkle, etc, are
> fine !  We have a diabetic son in law who has vision and kidney problems,
> etc, etc, and I know how hard it can be to manage well.
>
>                 {{{{{{{{Marjorie}}}}}}}}
>
> Marjorie wrote in part:
> >Just to give all of you an idea of what is going on in my life.
> >My husband is 74 years old, diabetic and has glaucoma,
> >just to fill you in on his background.
> >
> >>>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:48:46 -0400
> >>>To: "SPARKLE - Smiling PARKies Live Easier -"
> >>>From: "Marjorie L. Moorefield" <minx32@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Subject: [sparkle] Eye operation
> >>>
> >>>Bad news I'm afraid!!
> >>>
> >>>I took Bob back to the eye surgeon and figured since we
> >>>have been doing all his eye drops and everything the Doc
> >>>told us to do, that we'd be cut down to 2X's daily with all
> >>>those eye drops.  NOT!!
> >>>
> >>>First, the pressure in that eye from his glaucoma is so
> >>>high he has to go to a glaucoma specialist next Wed. up
> >>>in Boca Raton for some laser surgery.
> >>>
> SNIPPED
> >>>I don't see how things can change so quickly when we were
> >>>doing everything we were supposed to do & we were just there
> >>>last Thursday!! It must be the diabetes!!
> >>>
> >>>We have to go back to the eye surgeon tomorrow at 10:30,
> >>>I have no idea what he will change the meds. schedule to
> >>>then.
> >>>
> >>>Sorry to complain, but as you can tell I'm worried!!!
> SNIPPED>>>
> >>>How can such a simple thing go so wrong?
> >>>
> >>>just me,
> >>>RW/Marjorie
> >>>
>
>
> Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
> Oxford, Ohio
>             <flintepc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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