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Name
Carol Joyce Hinkley Thompson
Born
Detroit, Michigan
Home
Shallowater, Texas (6 Mi NE of Lubbock, Texas)
Diagnosis
Juvenile MD
Eyes Affected
Both
Eye Color
Medium Brown
Age at Diagnosis
38
Visual Acuity
I don't know anymore - left was 20/400 corrected. Right
may be corrected to 20/100 (Jan 2003).
Treatment
Presser Vision Ocuvite 2/day. Eye drops for lubrication only. One-lens (right) glasses for reading with magnification. Special right lens
for driving only. Four different tints of wrap-around "shades" over
glasses. Appointments with RS every six months.
Family History
No MD that I know of. Paternal grandparents, however, were
dead in mid-fifties, and maternal grandfather died in 1918.
Impact on My Life
Tremendous!
Positive Effects
I was forced to slow down when nothing much else
accomplished that which has helped with my head injury. Enjoy gardening in
my "new home" for the first time. Enlarging group of caring people through
MD Support and Commission for the Blind. Increased awareness of vision
problems in society and how very slow society is responding architectually
(ADA considerations). Voted to the regional advisory council for the
Commission for the Blind.
Adaptations
Special glasses. Use of Parrot and other voice activated,
programmable technology. Cane training (continues through August 2003).
Independent Living specialist teaching me how to adapt, and be safe, etc.
Learning to plan ahead before I do one thing, and assess the environment
(weather, light, etc).
Working
No, due to traumatic brain injury. Receiving retirement disability
(former associate dean and consultant).
More About Me
Five children, one son, all young adults with families
except for the youngest. Two live near me now (within 6 mile radius).
Professional consultant in philanthropy and non-profit management, and
previously non-profit CEO in several organizations. Co-founder Dallas
Chamber Orchestra. Founder and chairman Project! Outreach and International Alliance of Breast Cancer
Organizations, Ltd. Breast cancer diagnosed March 1998 (after trying to be diagnosed
for three years!): invasive, still in six month surveillance (nine surgeries).
Enjoy gardening, fine arts, entertaining, any music, and have traveled
quite a bit. Favorite place: Spain.
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