Comments for Parkinson's Resource Organization, information and assistance to Parkinsons patients, caregivers and familes http://Parkinsonsresource.org Resource for information and assistance to patients with Parkinsons disease, their families and caregivers Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Your Donations Keep Us Working by admin http://Parkinsonsresource.org/contribute-2/#comment-53 admin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:52:47 +0000 http://Parkinsonsresource.org/?page_id=2398#comment-53 Recent email from one of our visitors. "Hi----I am impressed with your organization and efforts. I would like to join but I do not have a PayPal account. May I send you a check and not join until it clears? I have already called my dentist and will talk with him tomorrow. You have inspired me. Sam Johnston, Ret. Judge" RESPONSE "Yes, of course we are happy to accept checks. Thank you for your support and interest and keep us posted !" Recent email from one of our visitors.

“Hi—-I am impressed with your organization and efforts. I would like to join but I do not have a PayPal account. May I send you a check and not join until it clears? I have already called my dentist and will talk with him tomorrow. You have inspired me.
Sam Johnston, Ret. Judge”

RESPONSE “Yes, of course we are happy to accept checks. Thank you for your support and interest and keep us posted !”

]]> Comment on VISION CARE by PDwayne http://Parkinsonsresource.org/vision-care/#comment-50 PDwayne Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:06:35 +0000 http://Parkinsonsresource.org/?page_id=2477#comment-50 My Follow-up visits to Dr. Kohtz for Vision Therapy It has now been two months since I received my glasses from Dr. Kohtz. I have gone through three eye-vision therapy sessions with Anna, her assistant. The first thing that Anna has me do is look into a cone that has a bright blue light at the end of the cone. I spend ten minutes staring at the light and during that period time, another color starts to appear. The purpose of this exercise is to improve my peripheral vision by getting the brain to incorporate color in that area. My first two visits I couldn’t see the second color, but on the third visit, I did. I also do a bifocal tracing exercise tracing an object first with my dominant (right) hand and then changing the pencil to my left hand and tracing the same object. What has been interesting is that the left hand on my first visit and the ability to do the tracing and see the point of the pencil through the bifocal optics was difficult to see. But after the third session, both hands duplicated the visual object perfectly with no problem in seeing the pencil point. There are another group of exercises that Anna put me through during each session and all of these exercises have improved proficiency in performance of the exercises. I believe these exercises have improved my peripheral vision so that I am able to now read faster. I am seeing more words at one time thus improving my reading speed and proficiency in comprehension. My Follow-up visits to Dr. Kohtz for Vision Therapy

It has now been two months since I received my glasses from Dr. Kohtz. I have gone through three eye-vision therapy sessions with Anna, her assistant. The first thing that Anna has me do is look into a cone that has a bright blue light at the end of the cone. I spend ten minutes staring at the light and during that period time, another color starts to appear. The purpose of this exercise is to improve my peripheral vision by getting the brain to incorporate color in that area. My first two visits I couldn’t see the second color, but on the third visit, I did. I also do a bifocal tracing exercise tracing an object first with my dominant (right) hand and then changing the pencil to my left hand and tracing the same object. What has been interesting is that the left hand on my first visit and the ability to do the tracing and see the point of the pencil through the bifocal optics was difficult to see. But after the third session, both hands duplicated the visual object perfectly with no problem in seeing the pencil point. There are another group of exercises that Anna put me through during each session and all of these exercises have improved proficiency in performance of the exercises.

I believe these exercises have improved my peripheral vision so that I am able to now read faster. I am seeing more words at one time thus improving my reading speed and proficiency in comprehension.

]]> Comment on Dr. Janet Kohtz O.D. by PDwayne http://Parkinsonsresource.org/spotlight/dr-janet-kohtz/#comment-48 PDwayne Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:02:23 +0000 http://Parkinsonsresource.org/?p=2467#comment-48 I had an interesting meeting last week with Dr. Janet E. Kohtz, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., N.O.R.A. an ophthalmologist in Riverside, CA., who enlightened me about changes in vision for people who have Parkinson's disease. I made an appointment with Dr. Kohtz, because I had heard that she had special lenses that could help Parkinson's patients. In spending three and half hours with the doctor and her staff, I became very aware of how important vision affects walking, balance, penmanship and even cognition. Parkinson’s patients with impaired vision will also suffer fatigue. What I learned was vision is more than seeing 20-20. After a normal eye exam, the doctor and her staff added a test version of prism glasses with a particular strength. I was asked to walk a few yards and to relate back to the staff what I was feeling. I immediately realized that I was standing more erect and was holding my head higher after putting on the special eyewear. I tried on a number of different prisms and we decided on the one that worked the best. What I realized was that my peripheral vision was missing or partially impaired because of the Parkinson’s. What's interesting is that these prisms can be incorporated into your regular prescription eyeglasses. Dr. Kohtz’s staff then ran me through a number of vision tests. These tests were designed to more specifically determine the amount of peripheral vision I had lost and how large my blind spots had grown with increased age. They also put me on a machine that required me to hold in my tremor hand a gun that shot beams of light instead of bullets. The purpose of this was to see what happened neurologically when I was given stimulus visually. This required me to use the light gun, held at my hip, to hit moving targets on a screen. Even though my tremors are somewhat sporadic, everyone was amazed that the tremors in my hand completely disappeared when I concentrated on using the light gun to shoot the targets on the screen. After the day was through I was exhausted from all the concentration that was required by the testing, but amazed at what one can do to help oneself, if one will take the time to educate oneself about the problems that may come his or her way during one’s lifetime. I had an interesting meeting last week with Dr. Janet E. Kohtz, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., N.O.R.A. an ophthalmologist in Riverside, CA., who enlightened me about changes in vision for people who have Parkinson’s disease. I made an appointment with Dr. Kohtz, because I had heard that she had special lenses that could help Parkinson’s patients. In spending three and half hours with the doctor and her staff, I became very aware of how important vision affects walking, balance, penmanship and even cognition. Parkinson’s patients with impaired vision will also suffer fatigue. What I learned was vision is more than seeing 20-20.
After a normal eye exam, the doctor and her staff added a test version of prism glasses with a particular strength. I was asked to walk a few yards and to relate back to the staff what I was feeling. I immediately realized that I was standing more erect and was holding my head higher after putting on the special eyewear. I tried on a number of different prisms and we decided on the one that worked the best. What I realized was that my peripheral vision was missing or partially impaired because of the Parkinson’s. What’s interesting is that these prisms can be incorporated into your regular prescription eyeglasses.
Dr. Kohtz’s staff then ran me through a number of vision tests. These tests were designed to more specifically determine the amount of peripheral vision I had lost and how large my blind spots had grown with increased age. They also put me on a machine that required me to hold in my tremor hand a gun that shot beams of light instead of bullets. The purpose of this was to see what happened neurologically when I was given stimulus visually. This required me to use the light gun, held at my hip, to hit moving targets on a screen. Even though my tremors are somewhat sporadic, everyone was amazed that the tremors in my hand completely disappeared when I concentrated on using the light gun to shoot the targets on the screen.
After the day was through I was exhausted from all the concentration that was required by the testing, but amazed at what one can do to help oneself, if one will take the time to educate oneself about the problems that may come his or her way during one’s lifetime.

]]> Comment on Dr. Janet Kohtz O.D. by JoRosen http://Parkinsonsresource.org/spotlight/dr-janet-kohtz/#comment-45 JoRosen Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:15:21 +0000 http://Parkinsonsresource.org/?p=2467#comment-45 I love hearing all of the good news coming from Dr. Kohtz’s work. Who would ever have thought that correct vision had so much to do with ambulating, balance, penmanship and even cognition? If you have been to Dr. Kohtz and received benefit, or not as much benefit as you were hoping for, please let the world know by writing a message. Thank you so much, the world needs your input. Jo Rosen I love hearing all of the good news coming from Dr. Kohtz’s work. Who would ever have thought that correct vision had so much to do with ambulating, balance, penmanship and even cognition? If you have been to Dr. Kohtz and received benefit, or not as much benefit as you were hoping for, please let the world know by writing a message. Thank you so much, the world needs your input.
Jo Rosen

]]> Comment on Ronald A. Fatoullah Esq. by JoRosen http://Parkinsonsresource.org/spotlight/ronald-fatoullah/#comment-44 JoRosen Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:47:05 +0000 http://Parkinsonsresource.org/?p=2427#comment-44 I love hearing all of the good news and peace of minds coming from Mr Fatoullah’s work. If you have been to Mr. Fatoullah please let the world know about the goodness you came away with by writing a message here. Thank you so much, the world needs your input. Jo Rosen I love hearing all of the good news and peace of minds coming from Mr Fatoullah’s work. If you have been to Mr. Fatoullah please let the world know about the goodness you came away with by writing a message here. Thank you so much, the world needs your input.
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]]> Comment on Dr. Maryam Bakhtiyari D.D.S. by JoRosen http://Parkinsonsresource.org/spotlight/dr-maryam-bakhtiyari-d-d-s/#comment-41 JoRosen Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:41:49 +0000 http://houseofrockfl.com/pro/?p=1404#comment-41 I love hearing all of the good news coming from Dr. Bakhtiyari's work. If you have been to Dr. Bakhtiyari and received benefit, or not as much benefit as you were hoping for, please let the world know by writing a message. Thank you so much, the world needs your input. Jo Rosen I love hearing all of the good news coming from Dr. Bakhtiyari’s work. If you have been to Dr. Bakhtiyari and received benefit, or not as much benefit as you were hoping for, please let the world know by writing a message. Thank you so much, the world needs your input.
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