[Blind-rollers] Hi from a new member

[Becky Frankeberger]

Greetings Eva, My mom just got back from Germany yesterday, smile.  She was
at a wedding for a dear friend.  She is eighty three and when you ask her
where she was in Germany she says, "I don't know. It was all in German,"
giggle.  My mom is a riot, (meaning she is an innocent type, but just has
that natural gift of twisting a phrase that makes things she says funny).

I hear you though about added disabilities.  They sure throw you for a loop
for quite a while.  My hearing loss had me quite upset for years. I looked
at surgery, had my hearing aide tweaked what seems like zillions of times.
Now I have a good setting and either it was my personal adjustment or the
hearing aide, but I am finally comfortable in this new skin.  I broke my
wrist recently, as you will read below, I knit and crochet for work.  So
adjustments have come fast. I made myself stay nimbol while in the cast. So
when I came out of the cast, I crocheted a bit that day, smile. 

In the past three years, I have been in and out of a wheelchair, broke my
ankle massively, broke my wrist, tore up my knee, so lots of adjustments and
finding new ways to do the things that keep me mentally and physically
active, smile.  

We now have five ways, I know of anyway to be independent outside of the
home: a long white cane, an AMD, a guide dog, hiring someone as a sighted
guide, and going with friends.

So welcome to the list, smile. 

Becky Frankeberger
Butterfly Knitting

Custom-made knit throws, shawls, and more!

Phone: 360-426-8389
E-mail: becky at ButterflyKnitting.com
Website: www.ButterflyKnitting.com


-----Original Message-----
From: blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eva Liebhart
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:28 AM
To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blind-rollers] Hi from a new member

Hi folks,

I don't know if new members usually introduce themselves here, but I just
think it polite to do so.

My name is Eva Liebhart, I am 43 and probably the only German on this list.
I grew up completely blind and with an additional infantile cerebral palsy,
so neither physical disability nor visual impairment are completely new to
me. But still my situation changed when I had a stroke last summer, after
which I am more or less completely unable to walk and can't use my left hand
like before. I heard about this mailing list on Twitter, and as there is
none of its kind in German, I thought I'd join this one. I have no
expectations whatsoever, just want to see who is here, if there is anything
you might help me with or if I can  help you.

Regards

Eva 


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