Page 4 - Canby Connection January 2014

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Canby Connection • january 2014

Integrated Eye

Have you been told you have Cataracts? Have you been putting off
having cataract surgery because you don’t want the hassle of traveling out of town? Dr. Patrick Gregg MD is a board certified Ophthalmologist
and sees patients at his office right here in Canby. That means all your
pre-op and post-op exams are conveniently located right here in town.
Surgery is performed at Providence Willamette Falls Hospital. Dr. Gregg
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has performed over 1,000 cataract procedures and uses the most
advanced techniques for cataract surgery no needle, no stitch. If you
A BENEFIT FUNDRAISER have met your Medical Deductible for the year you might consider having
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A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens. When we look at something,
light rays travel into our eye through the pupil and are focused through
Guest Speaker: Dr. Larry Sherman, OHSU Professor the lens onto the retina, a layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the
Your Brain on Music. “All it takes is one song to bring back one thousand memories.”
eye. The lens must be clear in
Dr. Sherman, who has played the piano since the age of four, will give a mul-media order to focus light properly onto
lecture and musican performance. He will talk about how music can inluence brain the retina. If the lens has
funcon and healthy brain aging.
become cloudy, this is called a
cataract.
If your vision has become blur-
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as they used to be, a cataract
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As a cataract slowly begins to develop, you may not notice any
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changes in your vision at first. But as the cataract progresses, you may
begin to find that it interferes with your daily activities. Performing a com-
plete eye exam, your ophthalmologist, can tell you whether cataract or
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While cataracts are one of the most common causes of vision loss,
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especially as we age, they are treatable with cataract surgery. Since most
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