Reply With QuoteElvis was almost blind? I hope this is not directly quoted from Dr Nick's book...
Elvis was almost blind? I hope this is not directly quoted from Dr Nick's book...
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I imagine it's just an over-the-top dramatic way of saying he had glaucoma, to sell the book (if that was a quote from Dr N)
I'll tell you when I read the book...
Elvis was almost blind: doc
By ANDY SOLTIS
Last Updated: 6:18 AM, January 15, 2010
Posted: 4:22 AM, January 15, 2010
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Elvis Presley suffered from gout, migraines and constipation, and was nearly blind from glaucoma, his doctor reveals in a tell-all book.
Dr. George Nichopoulos -- known as "The Man Who Killed Elvis" because he allegedly wrote 10,000 prescriptions for him in his last year -- also tries to shoot down persistent rumors that The King was murdered or took an intentional overdose when he died at age 42 in 1977.
Elvis suffered from so many ailments that any of them could have killed him, he said. Presley had arthritis, a fatty liver, an enlarged heart and a colon swollen to twice its normal size.
ELVIS PRESLEY Was a physical wreck.
Elvis also believed he had "desert throat" so the doctor gave him a "voice shot" of liquid cocaine and steroids.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...#ixzz0cgWYkJAx
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He "suffered from gout, migraines and constipation"?!
So does my dad! I'd better get writing that "tell-all" book!
'Taking Care of Beaulieu'.
Originally Posted by Teddy
He "suffered from gout, migraines and constipation"?!
So does my dad! I'd better get writing that "tell-all" book!
Hurry Teddy - there's millions to be made!!!
Forever Best Friends
Hurry Teddy - there's millions to be made!!!
Just pretend, I'm holding you, and whispering things soft and low.
And think of me, how it's gonna be and just pretend I didn't go
I have not read Nick's entire book but have read the part about Elvis' visit to the doctor when his eye was bothering him.
IIRC, the doctor told Elvis - Nick & Barbara Leigh were also there in the doctor's room - that if the pressure in his eye was not relieved immediately he could go blind. I believe the eye doctor gave Elvis two options at that point. Elvis elected to have the 'shot in his eye' that was administered right then and there with Barbara holding his hand.
The book did say Elvis loved telling the story 'about the needle in his eye' and each time he told it the story and needle would grow in size. There was no mention of 'blindness' as far as I recall.
Maybe the author of the NYPost article is taking artistic license or maybe I just didn't get to that part in the book yet.
Glaucoma can cause blindness if untreated. But surely saying something like "he could go blind" is the same as saying someone "could" get run over by a bus. anything could happen.
I have not read Nick's entire book but have read the part about Elvis' visit to the doctor when his eye was bothering him.
IIRC, the doctor told Elvis - Nick & Barbara Leigh were also there in the doctor's room - that if the pressure in his eye was not relieved immediately he could go blind. I believe the eye doctor gave Elvis two options at that point. Elvis elected to have the 'shot in his eye' that was administered right then and there with Barbara holding his hand.
The book did say Elvis loved telling the story 'about the needle in his eye' and each time he told it the story and needle would grow in size. There was no mention of 'blindness' as far as I recall.
Maybe the author of the NYPost article is taking artistic license or maybe I just didn't get to that part in the book yet.
I think it was Joyce Bova who had the 'pleasure' of watching the needle going into his eye..............
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
You right
This was the account given by Nick in his book. Barbara Leigh was in Nashville for E's recording session and in the room when E was given an eye injection.You right
In Bova's book Don't Ask Forever, her account says Elvis was given an eye injection in Lisa Marie's bedroom at Graceland.
Barbara Leigh was with Elvis through his hospital stay in Nashville. On the Friday he was discharged, Barbara flew back to LA and JBova flew into Nashville. She met Elvis at the airport and accompanied him on the flight back to Memphis. JBova stayed with Elvis for a few days at Graceland.
Careless Love notes an eye injection in Nashville only.
Only reporting what I have read!!!
How did he manage to be with so many women?
wreck (I`m married!!)
I didnīt know everything. Itīs really sad how much Elvis had to suffer in his life.
Last edited by Nicole Presley; 01-17-2010 at 05:58 AM.
so many different stories, in different books..............LOLThis was the account given by Nick in his book. Barbara Leigh was in Nashville for E's recording session and in the room when E was given an eye injection.
In Bova's book Don't Ask Forever, her account says Elvis was given an eye injection in Lisa Marie's bedroom at Graceland.
Barbara Leigh was with Elvis through his hospital stay in Nashville. On the Friday he was discharged, Barbara flew back to LA and JBova flew into Nashville. She met Elvis at the airport and accompanied him on the flight back to Memphis. JBova stayed with Elvis for a few days at Graceland.
Careless Love notes an eye injection in Nashville only.
Only reporting what I have read!!!
I'll have to look at Barbara's book again, can't remember her telling that story
They're all confused. I remember reading in one book it was Gail that was with him the night he got the shot in the eye. Nobody can remember anything!!
Forever Best Friends
I did not know any of this. It is very sad for Elvis the last days of his life.
They're all confused. I remember reading in one book it was Gail that was with him the night he got the shot in the eye. Nobody can remember anything!!
ROTFL
You're the best!!!!
I just read another article about Nick's book titled "Elvis was blind"
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