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Originally Posted by pdsmith
I am still working after only 2 months of MG. I drive a company vehicle as part of my job and the 1st month until the right dosage of mestinol was driving one eyed. The most I drove in one day was 250 miles and I really felt that for a couple of days.
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I can really identify with this. I drive a taxicab on the means streets of San Jose, California. Months before I was diagnosed, I would have bouts of double vision, usually towards the end of a 12-hours shift, and usually towards the end of a 5-day work week. I was terrified that this would prevent me from working. I too would have to cover one eye. I even though about getting an eye patch.
I can tell you from personal experience, that driving a taxicab one-handed, while covering an eye with the other, did not instill a lot of confidence in my passengers. One guy asked me why I keep touching my face. I told him that if he had a face that looked as good as mine, he would touch his too.
-Mark-