[Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?

Chasity Jackson chasityvanda at charter.net
Fri Mar 4 20:37:57 UTC 2011 

When the Dermetologist asked who bathes you, you should have asked if his 
wife was willing to come over. LOL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Medina" <michellem86 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?


> Marion, Janette,
> Ugh, ugh, ugh!!!! There's no accounting for stupidity! Do you know how
> many villages are missing their idiots right now??? Lol.
>
> On 3/4/11, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
>> and I thought I had heard it all.  My oh my.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>
>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>> Skype name:
>> barefootedray
>>
>> Facebook:
>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Jeanette Fortin wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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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 -
>>>>> "BLEED THE FREAK"
>>>>>
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> "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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