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Posted: January 16, 2012 at 3:28 a.m.
It is estimated that about 15 million Americans are legally blind, or 5% of our population. Please
the following. I hope you can find it in your heart to help enlighten our community of the difficulties these people face in world made for people with vision.
December 12, 2011
Dear Editor,
Says she found treatment for macular degeneration that saved her sight
The quality of Ruth Ledbetter’s custom draperies is so well known by interior decorators that she has become legendary. But in 2002, her Joshua, Texas drapery shop became silent.
Her vision had deteriorated so badly that she could no longer thread her sewing machine needle.
She went quickly to her ophthalmologist.
ROGERS, Ark. -- One business right in our back yard is drawing worldwide attention, a chance for people suffering from an eye disease to see again. Right now nothing can cure macular degeneration, an eye disease that causes vision loss in the elderly. One therapy in Northwest Arkansas is trying to offer an alternative option that some patients say can bring back their vision.
In September of 2010 Mr. Thomas Carroll, host of the local television show Extreme Dimensions, asked to interview me regarding my acupuncture practice. Take a look at the video to the right and read the excerpt below from Mr. Carroll's website.
Keeping your eye on the ball is easier said than done, as any golfer will tell you. This is especially true for golfers afflicted with Macular Degeneration. This disease is the degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a blurred vision and ultimately blindness.
This is a letter from my dear friend and patient Mr. Graham Godley sent to American Way Airlines in 2010. Like many other patients his story is very inspirational and he specifically requested that I share this on our new website. You can also listen to an interview with Dr. Lizbeth Ryan and Mr. Graham Godley on the Hannah Murray Show (Talk Radio Europe).
From: Graham Godley <grahamgodley@*****.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:40:18 +0100
Acupuncture is excellent for treating pain. Effective for both acute and chronic pain, acupuncture is used for relief of musculoskeletal and neurological pain; headaches, back, neck, shoulder, knee, and joint pain, abdominal and chest pain. Specific conditions such as sciatica, scoliosis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel, tendonitis, sprains, sports and traumatic injuries, TMJ, arthritis, herniated discs, numbness, tremors, neuralgia are conditions commonly treated with acupuncture, generally with positive results. Acupuncture is so effective for pain, when a patient does not respond to treatment, it can indicate a serious condition and they are encouraged to seek a western medical diagnosis.
Julie came to my clinic in 2003 for the first time. She was sixteen years old and suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a group of genetic eye disease that cause degeneration of the photoreceptor cells in the retina, which is the area in the eye that contains light sensitive cells called rods and cones. The optic nerve senses images and sends them to the visual cortex in the brain.
