[Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?
Michelle Medina
michellem86 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 15:31:54 UTC 2011
OMG!!!! Depending on how one looked at that, it'd be either hilarious
or not so hilarious *say the person who was asked that question is
super sensitive about the fact that they can't drive* for example.
Again, I am stunned!
On 3/4/11, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have actually had that question too. Yesterday I think topped that though.
> I was at my college, walking with my guide dog. I mean actually holding on
> to the harness handle and all. I got a bit lost, or turned around. And
> stopped to ask directions. So a nice lady started to walk the way I did. So
> here I am walking with my guide, can't see a bit in the world, and she asks
> me if I can drive? Oh and my guide dog has a sign on it saying, I am a
> working dog do not pet. My harness says Seeing eye. Hello? LOL
>
> I was very polite, but thought afterwards, wow. Hope she wasn't a professor
> LOL
>
> marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeanette Fortin
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:38 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?
>
> WELL I have had folks ask me who cooks for my kids and how much help do i
> have come in to help, none, when we lived on the island we had a maid but it
>
> was in support of the local islanders who needed work on the island to
> support families, i also homeschooled my kids and folks couldn't imagine how
>
> a blind person could teach anything, really?
> just amazing, jeanette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 5:11 AM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?
>
>
>>I went to see a dermatologist once who said, You're really clean! Who
>>bathes you?" I expressed my dismay that a well educated person like a
>>doctor would ask such an offensively stereotypical question, as I took out
>>my business card and handed it to him.Then I asked him "Who bathes you?" He
>
>>apologized profusely, sharing that he understands how I feel because he has
>
>>a clubbed foot! There's no accounting for convoluted logic! In the words of
>
>>Archie Bunker, "That's the kind of straight thinking we need nowadays!"
>>
>> Fraternally yours,
>> Marion
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michelle Medina" <michellem86 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Responses of Medical Professionals.
>>
>>
>>> I'd have been absolutely furious!!!! In fact, I must confess, I may
>>> have accidentally *purposely* stabbed her hand or arm as my food was
>>> spinning by.
>>> Chelle
>>>
>>> On 3/3/11, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:
>>>> When I was a kid in Oregon, most blind children were treated at the
>>>> University of Oregon Medical School. Being an RLF (now ROP, nothing's
>>>> changed but the initials) child, all the interns took a look at me.
>>>> Looking
>>>> back, I don't remember any of them introducing themselves, but they sure
>>>> loved working with the pressure gage and the slit lamp.
>>>>
>>>> My best medical story, though, comes from eye surgery in the seventies.
>>>> I
>>>> was in the hospital after surgery, and was getting my first real meal. I
>>>> know that there was something on my chart that said I was blind, since,
>>>> after all, the bandages over the eyes wouldn't give any clue. The
>>>> service
>>>> staff came in, and put the food tray on the table over the bed, and I
>>>> thanked her, assuming our interaction was done. She looked at me, looked
>
>>>> at
>>>> my wife who was in the room, and turned the tray 180 degrees. I thanked
>>>> her
>>>> again. She looked back at me, back at my wife and turned it again. After
>
>>>> the
>>>> third iteration, I confess I lost my patience and asked if I was just
>>>> supposed to use a fork to stab something as it went by.
>>>>
>>>> It's funny now, but frustrating then.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Mary Mc Gee
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:11 PM
>>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Responses of Medical Professionals.
>>>>
>>>> Dear Fellow Federationists;
>>>>
>>>> I've read with interest all the posts about experiences at
>>>> health care providers' offices. I have some experiences I can throw
>>>> into
>>>> the mix.
>>>>
>>>> First, I'll say that, because the cause of my blindness is
>>>> albinism, I had a unique appearance that was impossible to hide when I
>>>> was
>>>> younger. I was a student at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
>>>> for
>>>> ten years and, during that time, I went to the University of Iowa for
>>>> free
>>>> eye care-at least "they" called it eye care. It was more on the order
>>>> of
>>>> eye study because every med student, intern, and ophthalmology resident
>>>> had
>>>> to come examines the "albinotic eye" before I received any low vision
>>>> glasses, etc. that would actually improve what little vision I have. I
>>>> felt
>>>> like a zoo or circus animal on display because I was a condition rather
>>>> than
>>>> a person. It hurt a lot and I'm not simply talking about all the lights
>>>> shining in my eyes, but also the emotional pain it caused.
>>>>
>>>> As an adult I've had some doctors who have been very nice
>>>> and
>>>> some who haven't. The number of nice ones directly correlates with my
>>>> various degrees-all doctors and staffs are nice now that I put
>>>> "Attorney" on
>>>> their intake forms.
>>>>
>>>> But, when I first came to Des Moines in 1976, visited a
>>>> neurologist because of migraine headaches. He spent more time looking
>>>> at my
>>>> eyes than he did taking a history of the headaches. I went to one
>>>> doctor
>>>> whose office staff handed the intake form to my driver too complete
>>>> until I
>>>> complained. One time, when I went to an orthopedic surgeon's office for
>
>>>> an
>>>> expert consult to prepare for trial, I was greatly surprised that she
>>>> spent
>>>> fifteen minutes asking about my vision instead of my client's treatment.
>
>>>> I
>>>> simply told her that, if she billed for those extra minutes, she
>>>> wouldn't be
>>>> paid, because I would deduct that amount of time from my bill back to
>>>> the
>>>> client. She didn't argue and even apologized.
>>>>
>>>> I'm fortunate that I currently have a sensitive, caring
>>>> group of
>>>> physicians. I'll have to admit, though, that the trauma of the past
>>>> plus my
>>>> attorney's skepticism is quite hard to eliminate when I meet a new one.
>>>>
>>>> The Iowa Department for the Blind has been doing a PR
>>>> project
>>>> with health care providers to educate them with the hope that fewer
>>>> people
>>>> will have unpleasant experiences when they need help.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in hearing if any of you, like me, were
>>>> treated as a medical oddity at any time.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Mary L. McGee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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"FUCK YOU FOR KILLING ME!!!!" SHAUN MORGAN - "NEEDLES"
"THESE STAND FOR ME, NAME YOUR GOD AND BLEED THE FREAK!
I'D LIKE TO SEE, HOW YOU ALL WOULD BLEED FOR ME!" -LAYNE STALEY -
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