Originally Posted by MelodyL (Post 633793)

Well, if you can avoid driving, I would certainly do that.
Oh, Hi by the way, my name is Melody and I'm married to a man with severe neuropathy in both feet. That's why I mentioned the driving.

First, welcome to our little group of nice people. You will get all sorts of good info here.

Let me tell you a bit about my husband.

My husband drove until about 9 years ago. His feet have been getting numb and number for almost 20 years.

So I had no idea how numb his feet were until the day we got in the car, he put his feet on what he thought was the accelerator and stepped on the brake, and then he couldn't tell which was which.

I demanded that he stop driving that day. He did, he gave back the car, and that was that.

When you can't be sure of your driving, well it's something to think about.

You don't want to get into an accident and have any more problems, right?

So here's hoping that things clear up for you and your vision stabilizes, but if it does not, then please think about what I said.

Take care, Melody

Originally Posted by MelodyL (Post 633796)

Hi, I just looked up Temporal Arteritis on Healthline.com and read about it and found the following (you did indicate that you wondered if you could have this, right?)

Here is what it said:

The disorder may develop along with or after polymyalgia rheumatica. Giant cell arteritis is seen almost exclusively in those over 50 years old, but may occasionally occur in younger people. It is rare in people of African descent. There is some evidence that it runs in families.

Maybe you could ask your primary care about this or do some further poking around on Healthline.com. I hope you get some answers.


take care, Melody