Patient 1 update.

 

Dec 3, 2002. Patient had received acupuncture treatment and herbal medicine for the past 2 years. Since May, 2002 her vision had been very good. She didn’t feel she had RP anymore.

Night Vision: She sees clear at night, Drives freely at night, can change lines at night without difficulty. She even drove at night in the rain. She can park in underground parking easily.

She can see almost everything in theater, going in and coming out of theater all by herself.

 

 Dark Adaptation: She see no more glares when facing sunlight or headlights of car. It take 1—2 minutes to adapt from sunlight into darkroom.

 

Visual field: She still experience some minor restrictions in her visual field, but not enough to affect her daily life any more.

 

On Dec2, 2002 She went to her ophthalmologist Dr.Anthony Wong. Upon exam Dr.Wong told her: Her visual field is bigger, the pigments on her retina 3 years ago completely disappeared. Her RP is “ stable/in remission”

Patient 3.  female. 54 years old. high school  teacher  from Calgary, Canada.

 

She was diagnosed as RP 14 years ago after her brother diagnosed as RP. At beginning she only had night blindness. As time passed by, she started to aware restriction in her visual field, glares at sunlight, colors blindness. Her daily life and work was impaired.

 

5 years ago her sister copied a article from library about acupuncture treatment of RP. She then started to see an acupuncturist in Calgary for 3 years .However her vision continued to decline over this period of time.

 

2 years ago ( 2001 ) she saw Dr.Yu’s  website , and started to come to Vancouver for Dr.Yu’s  WVIP treatment  since April 16,  2001.  She noticed significant improvement in her vision after initial 10 days of treatments. Following are the details. 

Pretreatment Characteristic:

Night Vision : Unable to see anything in dark. Need assistance from others if walk in the

                        dark. Often knock down cups on table in restaurant.

Day Vision : Difficulties when go downstairs. Knock on other pedestrians when walk fast

                       on street. It was getting worse. She had trouble to see during driving when

                       turn left or change lines. Hard to find things on the floor.need reading

                       glasses for reading books and newspapers.

Dark Adaptation : Hard to see her students’ face when sunlight was strong.Hard to find                                                                                                                                                           

                              ball when Golfing under sunlight. Take 10 minutes to adjust  from

                              sunlight  to darkroom.

                              Lots glares when facing sunlight.

Colors Vision: Had trouble to see dark green, dark blue, black, navy, purple and brown

                         colors. See green lights, not red and yellow lights in traffic lights.

 

 Post treatment Follow up:

On April 20 ( 4 days after tx) she read newspaper without glasses for the 1^st time. On April 27, She returned home from Vancouver and found her vision improved about 4 years backward. For example, in swimming pool’s change room she need to walk slow and watch her step before, now she could walk normal speed and saw more things with better contrast. When she went to darkroom from sunlight, she could adjust almost immediately. She could see clear face of her students even sunlight was strong outside .She saw some kind of grey-white ‘belt’ in her peripheral vision before, now the ‘belt’ disappeared. She need to watch the floor when she walked before, now she could walk with eyes looking straight.

On June 29,2001, She came back from Calgary for a 3-day treatment. She did a Humphrey visual field test which indicated improvement in her peripheral vision. Her Doctor said: it is better than 4 years ago. She also had no eye fatigue and redness in eyes

anymore. On July 1, She reported: When she worked on computer before, she need to move the cursor to the left side of screen, so she could see it. Now she didn’t need to do that anymore. Before she when she need to look at a person at dinning table, she need to turn her neck to look toward him or her. But now she could see them without turning her neck.

On August  12, 2001, She came back from a trip to Europe. She found her vision declined while travel in Italy: walked slow on stone paved road. After returned to home, her vision continued to decline:  very restricted in peripheral vision, can’t see anything at night, lots glares when facing the sunlight. She started WVIP tx on Aug 12. After 8 days treatments, she started to see better again :

          Night Vision : She was able to see  dishes, cups on the table under dim light of

                                  restaurant.

          Visual Field : When she walked, she didn’t need to look at ground as much as

                                  before. When dinning, she couldn’t see cups and dishes on the table

                                  and often knock down other’s cups before. Now she could see the

                                  cups , dishes and even her hands on her lap.          

          Glares at Sun: gone again.

On November 23 to 30, 2001, she came back for WVIP treatment. Her vision had been stale for past 2 month without declining.

On January 18,2002, she did Humphrey visual field test, which indicated significant improvement in her peripheral vision. 

 

She continued to received WVIP treatment in February, April, July and October of 2002.

After her treatment in October, she reported: she could see almost everything during day and night. Only one problem was she still couldn’t drive well at dusk. Except that, she didn’t feel she has RP anymore.

Visual Field Tests:

·        Pretreatment test ( 5 years ago)  Left eye/ Right eye

·        Post-treatment test ( 6 months later) Left eye/ Right eye

·        Post-treatment test ( 12 months later ) Left eye/ Right eye                                      

Patient  4, male, 18 years old. College  student from Minnesota , U.S.A. He knew about WVIP  through internet.

He noticed night vision impairment since 13 years old .He was diagnosed as RP in January, 2000. He visited Dr.Yu on June 2, 2001. Prior to that he has received acupuncture treatment at his hometown without improvement. His acupuncturist called Dr.Yu and referred him to see Dr.Yu.

 

Pretreatment Characteristic:

      Night Vision: can’t see anything at night without street light or moon light. see stars

                             and moon. Was able to walk and run at night with light. Was able to

                             drive at night with difficulties at turns and during the rain.

      Day Vision : visual field was severely restricted. Was able to walk by himself with

                            lots accidents .no problem when go up and down stairs. run and drive

                            during the day .

      Colors Vision: hard to see purple, blue, dark blue and black color. Was diagnosed as

                             colors blind.

      Central Vision: Left eye 20/40. Right  eye 20/70.

      Dark Adaptation: see lots glares when facing Sunlight. need sunglasses under the

                                   Sun. take one minute to adjust from sunlight to dark room.  

       

 Post treatment  follow up:

       After WVIP treatment from June 2 to 11, 2001, he had following progress in his vision:

        Night Vision: at 10^th day of his tx, he was able to see things and people at night

                               without light for the 1^st time .He saw things so clear, he thought it

                               was under moonlight. In fact that was a cloudy day.

        Day Vision: After tx in Vancouver, He returned home and had eye exam. His visual

                              acuity was improved significantly. Left eye 20/30, Right eye 20/30.

       On August 20 to 29, 2001, he had his second WVIP treatment. His visual field was significantly improved after tx. (See attached below).

 

Humphrey Visual Field Tests:

• Before treatment ( Aug14, 2001) Left eye/ Right eye
• After treatment ( Aug 31, 2001) Left eye/ Right eye

                                                              

 

Patient 5 . female, 32 years old. high school teacher from Calgary, Canada. She had RP for 21 years. She knew Dr.Yu through internet.

She came to visit Dr.Yu on June 20, 2002. Her vision loss was gradual over last 21 years. It got worse dramatically  2 months prior to visit Dr.Yu. By that time her doctor was going to take away her driver’s license.

After her  WVIP treatment in Vancouver, her vision got significant improved .Following are the details.

Pretreatment Characteristic:

        Day Vision: was able to walk and run by herself. often ran into people at work.

                            Some trouble to go downstairs. during driving, very difficult to make

                            left turn, change line, merge into freeway. hard to read small prints.  

                            can’t see people’s face clear on TV. hard to pick up things from floor.

                            50% of time she would miss during a hand shaking .when shopping, she

                            had trouble to see and take the change back. can’t see clear glasses on

                            table sometimes.

         Night Vision : Never see well at night. often accidents when walk at night. need

                                 assistance to walk at night. Wasn’t able to run and drive at night.

                                 see moon, can’t see stars. Can’t walk around restaurant  under dim

                                 light. Can’t walk around home at dusk.

           

        Dark Adaptation : see glares when facing Sunlight. need sunglasses on sunny days

                                      and even cloudy days. Otherwise she would feel pain in eyes and

                                      headache. Take 1 to 2 minutes to adjust from sunlight to dark

                                      room.

        Colors Vision and Complications: can’t tell navy from black color. start to have

                                                                 cataract in both eyes at the time of  her initial

                                                                 visit.

 Post treatment Follow-ups :

 After her 1 st  WVIP treatment from June 20 to 29, 2002 in Vancouver, she had very positive improvement in her vision.

        Visual acuity:  on 5 ^th day of tx, she saw things more sharp and clear. She was able

                                to read ingredients on a ‘lemonade’ bottle for the first time. She saw a

                                lamp in her hotel room without glasses, she couldn’t do this before.

                                On 7 th day of tx, she saw a clear glass on the table in a restaurant at

                                dusk.

        Night Vision : She saw more things at night than before, such as people on bike,

                                curve of street, cars trees. She could see them even in raining nights.

                                At night she was able to find and turn on the switch at home for the

                                first time. At dusk she was able to walk around rooms without

                                turning on lights for the first time.

 

 

        Visual Field : On 9 th day of tx, she saw lights in her peripheral vision. She felt

                               seeing better on sides. She was able to play indoor Golf for the first

                               time in 10 years.  It was confirmed later in her Goldman visual field

                               test.

        Dark Adaptation: take only 30 seconds to adapt from sunlight to dark room. Still

                                     need sunglasses in sunny days, but not need sunglasses in cloudy

                                     day or raining day anymore. glares when facing Sun reduced.

       Disappearance of IBS: She had irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS ) for 2 years prior to

                                            seeing Dr.Yu. She always had abdominal pain, ramps,

                                            diarrhea bleeding in stool. Her doctor had proposed to her to

                                            have a surgery on the bowel. 5 days after her initial WVIP tx,

                                            shestarted to feel better in her bowel movement. Since then

                                            she have never had any bleeding, pain, and diarrhea. No more

                                            need for a surgery. She was very happy about it.

 

On Oct 1, 2002  she came back for 2nd WVIP  program. She reported that after last tx, her vision improved for 3 weeks, then it started to decline till Oct,2002. The declines most demonstrated in following areas:

1. knock on desk or people more often at work.
2. eye became more itchy, tired, burning, watery and pain again.
3. need to turn on lights again when walk around room at dusk.
4. take 1 to 2 minutes to adjust from sunlight to darkroom again.
5. more trouble in driving again.

She took 2^nd course of WVIP tx from Oct1 to 10, 2002. After tx she had following improvement in her vision:

        Visual Field: at 4 th day of tx, she saw the difference between bush and street on her

                             left side for the 1st time.she also was able to see her left feet while

                             walking for the 1 st time.

                             At  8 th day, she started to see her Jacket of right arm while walking for

                             the 1 st time.

                             At 10 th day, she was able to see her own shadow on her right side for

                             the 1 st time.

                             On Nov 28,2002, she did a Goldman visual field test which confirmed

                             her progress in peripheral vision.

 

        Night Vision: At 3 rd day she was able to see a light switch in her hotel room under

                              dim light. At 10 th day she was able to walk on street all by herself at

                              night without accidents, seeing clearly about road, sidewalks, edge of

                              road.

        Dark Adaptation : At 8 th day of tx,  she found herself being able to go into

                                     ‘safeway’—a lighted store from darkness at night and come out to

                                      darkness from the lighted store without waiting for adjustment. 

                                      At 8 th day she was able to walk under sunlight without

                                      sunglasses and saw no glares.

  

        IBS: Her stomach was still good. No symptoms of IBS at all.  

                                                 

     

Goldman Visual Field Test:

 

      *    Pre treatment test ( June 10, 2002)  Left eye/ Right eye

      *    After 1 st tx test ( July 12, 2002 )  Left eye/ Right eye 

 

• Before 2^nd tx test ( September 25, 2002 )  Left eye/ Right eye
• After 2^nd tx test ( November 28, 2002)  Left eye/ Right eye 

 

                                   

Patient 6.  male, 17 years old, high school student from Detroit, U.S.A. He had difficulties in night vision all his life. Visual field  restrictions in recent years. In april,2002, he was diagnosed as RP by University of Michigan. He found Dr.Yu through internet, came for WVIP treatment in June.2002.

Pretreatment Characteristic:

        Day Vision: be able to walk, run without assistance. No trouble when go up and

                             down stairs. Had trouble in picking up things from floor. When driving,

                             no problem with changing lines, road signs, parking and traffic lights.

        Night Vision: When drove at night, he couldn’t see well street signs, white lines on

                               road, entrance and exit of freeways. Saw glares from car headlights of

                              opposite cars. Hard to park in underground parking.

                              When walked or ran at night , he couldn’t see well and often ran into

                               fences and tables, etc. Once he even broken his left feet because of

                               accidents at night.

                               He couldn’t tell the difference between the real tree and the shadow of

                               tree. He could see stars and moon.

        Dark Adaptation: Took 4 to 5 minutes to adjust from sunlight to dark room. Took  2

                                     to 3 minutes to adjust from darkroom to sunlight. Saw glares when

                                     facing Sun, but no need for sunglasses yet.

        Colors Vision and Complications: none.

Post treatment Follow up:

After his initial WVIP treatment from June 13 to 22, 2002.He saw following improvement in his vision:

Night Vision: On 5 th day of treatment, he went to see a football game at night, he saw

                       stairs more clear than before. When he drove at that night, he saw the

                       road more clear, felt more comfortable with turns and changing

                       lines. Glares from headlights of opposite cars also reduced.

                       On  6 th day, he went to see a movie. He was able to go out  of cinema,

                       bought some popcorn and came back to movie without accident. He was

                       able to run at night without accident, even in dark street. He was able to

                       tell the difference between a real tree and the shadow of tree for the 1st

                       time.

                       After returned home from Vancouver, he found that it was easier to park

                       at underground parking lot than before, driving at night was easier as

                       well.

Dark Adaptation: On 7 th day, he was able to walk from sunlight to dark room without

                             waiting for adjustment.

Day Vision: He saw more clear with her central vision. He couldn’t see his back yard

                    very clear before, now he could see all the way back to his yard very clear.

                    He couldn’t see road very clear after raining due to reflection before, now

                    he could see it very clear.

 

 

 

His improvement in vision had lasted for one month, then his vision started to decline slowly, especially in night vision. But his vision was still better than the start. On Aug 31,2002 , he came back to Vancouver for second course of  WVIP treatment. His vision improved significantly after 7 days of treatment.

 

Night Vision: No more trouble to drive at night. Even went to snowboarding at nights.

                       Glares when facing car headlights at night were almost gone.Was able to

                       walk and run at night without accidents. Was able to see the difference

                       between the shadow of tree and the real tree. Was able to see the edge of

                       sidewalks, trees and grass at night .

Visual Field: He felt visual field was bigger, especially in right eye. It was confirmed

                      later by Goldman Visual Field Test ( see attached below). Driving

                      became easier. He didn’t have to turn his neck when changing lines

                      anymore. At movie, he was able to see the whole screen for the first time.

                      Everything in the cinema was less darker than before. Picking up things

                      from floor became easier.

Dark Adaptation : Glares at Sun reduced .He could adjust immediately from sunlight to

                              dark room. There was no delay ant more.

 

Goldman Visual Field Test:

    *  Pretreatment test ( Apr 15, 2002)  Left eye/ Right eye.

    * After treatment test ( Oct 18, 2002 )  Left eye/ Right eye. 

Patient 7. male, 45 years old. Computer engineer from Brazil. He knew about WVIP treatment through internet. He came to visit Dr.Yu on Feb 11, 2002.

He was diagnosed as RP  in Boston, U.S.A, 1972. Over the years he had received treatments such as surgery, Ozone, electrical stimulation, medication, nutritional supplements prior to see Dr.Yu.  His vision had progressively getting worse and worse over this period of time. His right eye got blind after a cataract surgery. His left eye still had limited vision.

Pretreatment Characteristics:

      Night Vision: Couldn’t see , walk, drive at night, even with moon light. Couldn’t see

                             well under dim lights such as restaurant or cinema.

      Day Vision : Visual acuity in left eye was 20/100. Right eye was blind, not sensitive

                            to light even. Was able to walk by himself without assistance. Could run                                  

                            and ride bicycle . If in a shopping mall, he often felt dizzy and knock on

                            other people .Had trouble to go downstairs. Was able to read computer

                            screen. Couldn’t read small prints. Couldn’t see people’s hands during

                            handshaking for most of time.  Didn’t have good judgment about the

                            real distance of an object such as cups, bottles. Therefore he often miss

                            the object when trying to reach it.

      Colors Vision: Couldn’t see brown, blue, green, and pink color.

      Dark Adaptation: He need sunglasses all the time when under the Sun, Took less than

                                   one minute to adjust from sunlight to dark room.

      Complications: Had cataract bin left eye since 1991.    

Post treatment Follow up:

After WVIP treatment from Feb 11 to 20, 2002,  He noticed very positive improvements:

      Day Vision: On 3 rd day of treatment, His eye felt more comfortable to see things,

                          using less effort, felt less fatigue. Was able to read menu better under

                          dim lights in a restaurant. He always saw a blurry spot in his visual field

                          before. After 4 th day , he found the blurry spot disappeared. On 9 th day

                          he started see some lights in right eye ( the blind eye ! ) for the first time.

                          On 10 th day , he was able to read numbers and letters on his credit card

                          ( as the contrast is very little) for the first time. He felt more confident

                          when walking . He was able to shake hands without missing for most of

                          time.

      Night Vision : On 3 rd day , he felt more secure to walk at night. On 7 th day, he went out at night, he could see almost everything such as people, trees, and bikes, ect.                                  

 

He came back for 2 nd round of WVIP treatment  from July 14 to 23, 2002. The following improvement  was observed:

 

      Night Vision: Vision was sharper under dim lights in restaurant or hotel. His wife

                              used to lead him to the table in restaurant before, Now he could lead

                              his wife to the table without trips or accidents. He was able to walk by

                              himself at night for the first time.

      Day Vision : Farsightedness became  clearer. He felt visual field was bigger. Was

                           able to reach a cup or bottle without problem. Read computer screen

                           more clear.

      Dark Adaptation: Glares when facing Sun was gone.

 

He came back for 3 rd round of  WVIP treatment on Nov 2 to 13, 2002. He found following improvement after treatment.

      Night Vision: Every time he came to Vancouver for treatment, he always lived in the

                              same hotel---- Holiday Inn . This time he was able to see everything

                              more clear, even to see stairs under dim lights. He went to some

                              restaurant and found it is brighter than before too.

      Day Vision: He always saw a crescent shaped light in his visual field under sunlight

                           before. After this treatment, the crescent shaped light completely

                           disappeared.

Patient 8. male, 46 years old. businessman from Singapore. He knew Dr.Yu through internet.

He had RP all his life. He didn’t have normal vision since childhood. In his 20s, he noticed more signs of  night blindness. He had cataracts in both eyes, which was removed surgically later. Prior to Dr.Yu, he was on Vitamin A and Novvasc, purpuralin .He noticed slight improvement in his central vision.

Pretreatment Characteristics:

      Night Vision: Very poor. He couldn’t walk by himself at night or in restaurant. Need

                             assistance if he wanted to go to kitchen to fetch some water at night.

                             Couldn’t drive at night. he could see moon, and see 1 to 2 big stars with

                             assistance.

      Day Vision : Was able to walk by himself, but had lots accidents. Hard to go

                           downstairs. Couldn’t  drive. When reading a book, letters looked

                           distorted. Couldn’t read small prints like white pages. Eyes felt tired

                           easily. He often missed other people’s hands in handshaking for more

                           than 50% of time. Couldn’t pick up things from floor by himself.

                           Couldn’t  read computer screen.

      Colors Vision: Color is not sharp. Couldn’t see light green and light yellow.

      Dark Adaptation : Saw lots glares when facing sunlight. Need sunglasses under

                                    sunlight. Took less than one minutes to adjust from sunlight to

                                    dark room.

      Other:  Saw double vision when tired , or got flu or cold.

 

Post treatment Follow up:

He came to receive WVIP treatment on Feb11 to 21, 2002. His vision improved 2 to 5 years backward after tx. Following are the detail:

      Night Vision: On 3 rd day of treatment, he walked better under dim light in a coffee

                             shop, was able serve himself with drinks, etc.

      Day Vision : On 3 rd day of tx, he went to a church, he didn’t miss any handshaking

                            from people at church. On 6 th day, he noticed he was able to see wider

                            visual field while sitting th the lobby of hotel. After returned to

                            Singapore, he was able to walk with more confidence and less accidents.

                            He was able to pick up things from floor by himself for the firs time.             

                            His central vision felt more sharp. His visual field improvement was

                            confirmed by Humphrey Test ( see attached ).

      Colors Vision: On 3 rd day, he was able to see light yellow color on news paper for

                               the 1 st time. On 5 th day he saw colors more sharp, “ black is more

                               black, red is more red “

      Dark Adaptation: Glares when facing sunlight  reduced on 6 th day of tx. He didn’t

                                   even need sunglasses in a sunny day. Dark adaptation was quicker.

                                   He could adjust almost immediately from sunlight to hotel lobby

                                   (  a dimmed environment ).

     

Humphrey Visual Field Test:

Pre treatment test ( Feb 4, 2002 )   Left eye/ Right eye.

Post treatment test (Mar 8 , 2002)  Left eye/ Right eye.

Patient 9. female, 29 years old. University student from Mexico. She knew about WVIP treatment through internet.

She had night blindness since childhood. She started to be aware of visual field restriction 3 years ago. She was diagnosed as RP in March, 2002. She came to Vancouver for WVIP treatment  on May1, 2002.

Pretreatment Characteristics:

      Day Vision: was able to walk by herself, but always walk slow, sometimes knock on

                          tables, doors or children. Had difficulties when went downstairs. She

                          couldn’t run. She drove but not well. Often miss in handshaking. Had

                          trouble to pick up things from floor. She could read books with glasses,

                          but need to keep the book very close distance.

      Night Vision : was very difficult to walk at night, need to feel the road with her feet.

                              Couldn’t drive at night. Couldn’t  run at night. Could see moon and

                              1 or 2 big stars. Couldn’t see steps in cinema.

      Colors Vision: good.

      Dark Adaptation : Took 15 minutes to adjust when went from sunlight to dark room.

                                    Saw glares when facing sun or car headlights at night. Couldn’t see

                                    things with sun glasses.

      Other Symptoms: She felt pressure and pain around eyes all the time. Saw lots flash

                                   lights when closed her eyes. Had no glaucoma or cataract.

Post treatment Follow up:

After WVIP treatment on May 1 to 9, 2002,  she saw following improvement in her vision:

      Day Vision: her central vision became sharper. She was able to read books better, and

                          at longer distance on 7 th day of tx. Was able to run during day time for

                          the first time.

      Night Vision : saw more stars, both big and small ones. Was able to see things with

                              sunglasses on for the 1 st time.

      Other: Flash lights( when eyes closed ) were gone.

 

She came back to Vancouver for 2 nd WVIP tx in August and November, 2002. She saw following improvement after tx:

      Day Vision : no more troubles to go downstairs. Was able to run. Could drive in the

                           city but not yet on free way. Her doctor said: her central vision was

                           better in eye exam.

      Night Vision : walked better, still with difficulties. Saw more stars . Started to drive at

                              night for the first time.

      Dark Adaptation: took one minutes to adjust from sunlight to dark room.

      Other: no more eye pain.

In February, 2003, She came back for 3 rd WVIP tx. She saw significant improvement in her night vision after tx:  She was able to walk at night without accidents. She saw everything on the street very clear at night.

 

Humphrey Visual Field Test: 

   Pretreatment test ( Mar 13,  2002)  Left eye/ Right eye

   Post treatment test ( May 22, 2002) Left eye/ Right eye

   Post Treatment test  ( Dec 5, 2002 ) Left eye / Right eye

        

Patient 10,  male, 32 years old. Computer consultant from Toronto, Canada. He knew Dr.Yu through internet.

He was aware of night vision problem and tunnel vision since 1995. Was diagnosed as RP in 1997. Tried Vitamin A therapy without  observed vision improvement . He came to see Dr.Yu on May 4^th, 2002.

Pre treatment Characteristics:

      Day Vision: walked by himself with little accidents. Could run and drive during the

                          day. had troubles to go downstairs. Hard to pick up things from floor.

                          Often knocked off cups on table. had difficulties to watch action movies.

      Night Vision: couldn’t see anything in dark. Hard to walk under dim lights in

                             restaurant. Was able to walk under street light at night. Was able to

                             drive at night. Very difficult to drive in the rain.

      Colors Vision: Unable to see colors such as black, blue, light pink, light yellow, and

                               light violet. Often had one sock in black, and another in blue.

                   Couldn’t see yellow high lighters.

      Dark Adaptation: Saw lots glares under sunshine. Need sun glasses when it is sunny,

                                  otherwise he would feel pain around eyes. Saw glares when facing

                                  car headlights at night. It took one minute to adjust from sunlight to

                                  dark room.

 

Post treatment Follow up:

After WVIP treatment from May 4 to 12, 2002, He noticed following improvements:

      Visual field: At 7 th day of tx, he felt his visual field was bigger. Saw more things at

                           both sides, felt more comfortable to look at things without turning his

                           neck back and forth.

      Night Vision: At 7 th day of tx, he saw better image under dim light. Walking became

                             easier in restaurant. Driving  at night became easier too.

      Dark Adaptation: At 8 th day, he saw less glares at night when facing car headlights,

                                  less glares when facing sunlight. It took only 15 to 20 seconds to

                                  adjust from sunlight to dark room.

      ERG: In his eye exam after wvip tx on July 4, 2002, His ERG indicated significant

                improvement. His doctor wrote in exam report: “ since the last ERG recorded

                04/02, some response have increased more than expected with inter visit

                variations, but remain very attenuated. The patient was able to comply with

                testing more easily today than at his last ERG.

 

 Electroretinogram ( ERG)  Report:

     *Pretreatment report ( Apr25, 2002)

     *Post treatment report ( July 4, 2002)