My optometrist taught me the value of a small, repetitive practice that changed my brain pathways, my vision, and my life. Vision as a barometer of stress. Consider eye health in this work from home, high screen world.

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Proem 00:53. 1

Introducing Dr. Aparna Raghuram 03:09. 1

Converging-Diverging. I can help. I promise nothing. 04:31. 1

Meditation for the eyes 11:47. 3

Vision as a barometer of stress 15:36. 4

Eye health in Covid19 world 20:43. 5

Reflection 28:36. 7

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Credits
Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You 1967
Sponsored by Abridge

Thanks to these fine people who inspired me for this episode: Danielle Ledoux, Dick Argus, Gordon Massey, Todd Katzman, Julee Bolg, Gena Heidary, Nurhan Torun

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Boston Children's Hospital Ophthalmology
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Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this.

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Proem
When diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2008, the neurologist told me that I had had MS for 25 years.  ‘How can you tell?’ ‘See these black dots and white spots on your brain scan? The white dots are inflammation from active demyelination, and the black holes are where the inflammation has been reabsorbed. There’s nothing there.’ Actually, it looked like swiss cheese. I was 56, so 25 years earlier would be 31 years old. My wife and I tried to piece that together.  At that time, 25 years earlier, I had decided to stop wearing my glasses because of the double vision. The prisms in my lenses were getting stronger and stronger.  I read about eye exercises and tried them.