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• Seeing a specialist?
• Posted: 2008-10-06 00:12:29 By Judy I
• It has been a long time since I have posted. My husband and 2 of my 3 sons have RP, their ages are 14 and 19. Our 14 yr old seems to be progressing more quickly and is now doing mobility training thru his school and it has been wonderful. He just had an updated peripheral test done and is at 15 degrees now. My question, is it worth going to see a specialist such as Dr. Berson in MA? Would like to talk face to face w/ someone and ask ALL the questions that we have, etc. Also wondered w/ some of the new advancements in treatments, maybe it would be beneficial to get in a "database". Thoughts, opinions on above??

• Posted: 2008-10-06 11:34:12 By Darran Z
• WHere do you live? I'm not sure I would waste my money seeing Berson. I know a few ophthalmologists associated with the FFB who are not too fond of him nor his work. The studies surrounding Vitamin A are contreversial at best.
  
  Since RP is in the family, seeing a specialist annualy is not a bad idea. At least you can watch out for other eye conditions. Having RP increases your risk of having other eye complications such as CME, glaucoma and cataracts at early ages.
  
  Darran