<h1>A Thomas Becket Moment</h1>

After a successful research into back pain (see J of Grey Cottage's comment on Stand and Deliver)I decided to check out why my vision is going wonky. Dry, burning eyes, double vision on the computer, better in the morning than at night, sensitive to light. I have been told by some people in the medical profession that PD does not affect the eyes. What nonsense! It only took me one search to find the following at Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Vision Changes.

Some people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) notice that as the disease progresses their vision loses sharpness or becomes blurred, and they have trouble with dry eyes. Difficulties related to the eyes and vision often progress alongside other PD symptoms.Symptoms

Visual motor symptoms

Some vision difficulties are related to changes in the movement of the eyeball. These are motor symptoms, similar to other motor symptoms caused by loss of dopamine neurons.

• Blurred or double vision, and eye strain, because the eyes may have trouble moving together to focus on things traveling toward or away from a person
• Trouble reading, because the eye movements needed to follow the lines of a page are slowed and have trouble starting (similar to gait freezing in the legs)
• A person with PD may need to blink in order to change eye position; levodopa can help
• Trouble opening the eyes voluntarily, known as apraxia (treated with “lid crutches” or lid tape)
• Eyelid spasms, called blepharospasm, and excessive blinking

Discomfort

• Dry eyes; people with PD may blink only 1-2 times per minute (normal is 16-18 times), leading to itching and burning Skin irritation on the eyelid; known as seborrheic blepharitis, this can worsen dry-eye symptoms

There is a great deal of information on the subject on their webpage and it is worth reading. Needless to say, our Bete Noire is the culprit. It seems to be attacking everything and doing it with success.

To arms, scientists, create a nuke that will settle the issue for our side.

WILL NO ONE RID US OF THIS TROUBLESOME DISEASE!?

(And unlike Henry II, I mean what I am asking for and I say that on behalf of all PWP.)