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• Hi Katie and welcome
• Posted: 2009-03-08 14:26:47 By Alvaro G
• Hi Katie:
  My name is Alvaro and I have RP and cataracts at age now 34.
  First off I want to offer you my friendship, RP is not easy and cataracts neither and so if you ever want to chat about anything, let me know.
  My email is: alvarorp30@yahoo.com
  
  I also want to recommend you a wonderful website I use lately:
  www.mdjunction.com
  
  Katie, dont be scared, I am sure things will get better, I havent really had the opportunity of driving ever because my RP was too advanced at 18, my reflexes were bad even at that age, so I dont know what is like to drive and then not be able to, but I know you must feel frustrated about this possibility of having to quit driving but I think at the end of the day your doctor after analyzing your vision field will advice you what to do, obviously only YOU have the information necessary to decide whether or not you are capable ofd riving, at day, during the night, with thuinderstorm, with glare, cloudy days, etc...
  But make no mistake Katie, you will be fine, the cure for RP and a possible treatment to help us all is on its way and so there are millions of reasons to be optimsitics about the present and the future.
  Please feel free to email me if you want to talk.
  Have a great day.
  Alvaro.