Success Stories
Actual low vision patients reading
Mary Stumpp, retired teacher and Washington, Indiana native, first saw Dr. Long five years ago when all she needed was a magnifier to read and "normal" glasses focused for her piano music. At Mary’s most recent visit, macular degeneration had reduced her vision so that she could only see the big "E" on the eye chart. Mary needed telescopic glasses for reading music at a specific distance. Mary admits, "It takes some time to adjust but I would certainly suggest these special glasses to other people. I can read the newspaper and the telephone book again. How wonderful!"
Actual low vision patients driving
Hank Frese, 69, former High School Principal from La Palma, California, saw Dr. Shuldiner last August. "I could not read the street signs soon enough when driving and I couldn’t read my morning paper." Dr. Shuldiner fit him with bioptic telescope glasses. "Thrilling," says Hank, "to be able to see things far away again. Even the television is so much better now. Dr. Shuldiner also provided Clear Image Microscope glasses for reading the newspaper."
"I wanted to be able to keep driving in order to take care of my husband. These bioptic telescopes have done so much for me and I can do everything on my own now. Definitely worth the $2,400 cost. I should have come sooner." - Dorothy Collier, 86
Tom Roach, 59 years old of Roseville, Michigan, was seen last November. Diabetic retinopathy was keeping him from driving and seeing faces. He got $2250 bioptic telescopic glasses with automatic sunglasses for driving. The original copy goes on about driving, but I think this block was most likely supposed to be about TV. "You have no idea, "says Tom, "how much it means to be able to follow sports and the news on TV again! It’s better than getting cable for the first time: 200 channels don’t mean anything if you can see any of them."
World-famous movie star Jane Russell, who suffers from macular degeneration, sought help for reading, watching television and movies, and recognizing faces. She came to Dr. Shuldiner’s office in October 2007. "Dr. Shuldiner has made it very easy for me to continue my activities both home and away with these glasses," says Ms. Russell. "The glasses may not look pretty, but they are beautiful to me," says former stage and screen star Miss Jane Russell.
New Jersey Attorney, Joel Cohen, sought help for a retinal problem that severely interfered with his vision. Cohen was seen by Dr. Errol Rummel. Dr. Rummel prescribed special telescope glasses which reduce Joel Cohen’s dependency on his seeing-eye dog and improve his ability to read.“I was told nothing more could be done. "Dr. Rummel showed me how to use my increased side vision thus reducing my dependence on my seeing-eye dog. I should have come in sooner,”said Cohen.
