[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi, Chassity.

Thanks for the kind words! I think I'll enjoy this list! Thanks 
again!

Chris Nusbaum

"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chasity Jackson" <chasityvanda at charter.net
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:11:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

Hi Chris,

Welcome to the list.  I must say that your email was very 
impressive.  You are
very articulate and well spoken for someone your age.  I enjoyed 
what you had
to say.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>;
<kelbycarlson at usfamily.net
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking


 Hi, Kelby and list.

 First of all, I'm a new member of the list (just signed up 
yesterday) so I
 guess I should introduce myself.  I'm Chris Nusbaum, and I'm a 
totally
 blind seventh grade student here in Maryland.  I'm also an 
active NFB
 member and attend many state conventions as well as some of the 
programs
 they sponsor, most recently being the Leadership and Advocacy in
 Washington (LAW) program, which I had a great time at! Now to 
Kelby's
 question about eye poking, just so I know, do you have prostetic 
eyes? If
 so, I do as well, and sometimes I'm guilty of the same habit.  
Usually my
 eyes are uncomfortable because they get goops on my eyes (aka 
what sighted
 people call "sleep" that they get in their eyes in the morning.) 
If you
 do, keep some kind of eye ointment with you all the time and 
when you get
 goopies and your eyes start to feel uncomfortable, try putting 
it on your
 eyes and rubbing it in.  They should feel better then and you 
won't have
 to worry about the poking thing.  However, if you don't have 
prostetics,
 I'm not sure.  In that case, hopefully someone else on the list 
will be
 able to help.  Hope this helps and let me know if you have any 
questions!

 Chris Nusbaum

 "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities 
motto)

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson at usfamily.net
 To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:39:31 -0500 (CDT)
 Subject: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

 Dear List,

 I have a really rather embarrassing problem that I am loath to
 admit to others who are blind.  But it's getting a bit worse and
 I've never seemed to be able to totally get rid of it.  Since I
 was a very small child, I've had the habbit of eye pressing or
 eye poking (apparently those with Leybers tend to have this
 sometimes, from what I know.) I am a senior in high school now
 and have been able to get rid of the habbit for extended periods
 of time, but it's always come back.  This year (I think somewhat
 due to stress) it is back again.  It seems like my eyes want 
some
 sort of stimulation, and feel kind of dry/uncomfortable a lot of
 the time.  It doesn't look great and I can usually stop myself 
in
 public.  Have any of you dealt with this problem? I feel sort of
 ashamed of it, so any help from any of you on how to stop/how to
 maybe make my eyes feel less uncomfortable would be sincerely
 apprreciated.

 I hope you are all having a happy Easter (assuming you celebrate
 it of course.)


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