[Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?
Michelle Medina
michellem86 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 23:06:26 UTC 2011
Definitely Raquel! I to plan to have a baby, irrespective of what anyone thinks!
On 3/4/11, Raquel Vega <diva_bear at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Oh no, I get all kind of responses when I tell folks I wanna have a
> baby. It's sad, most are good people, just misinformed I'd guess. I had a
> friend I knew for years, I thought she really didn't think anything of my
> blindness. Then I talked about having babies. I told her of a friend I knew
> and she was relived when I said her boyfriend was sighted. She asked using
> this example. What if you're out in the yard, and a wasp comes and stings
> the baby, I told her that could have easily happened to a sighted parent.
> She didn't even acknowledge what I'd said.
> It's sad and frustrating.
> Raquel
> Avon products:
> Raquel Vega
> e-mail
> Diva_bear at pacbell.net
>
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> From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at att.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:48 AM
> To: "Jeanette Fortin" <jeanette at fortin-home.com>; "Blind Talk Mailing List"
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Who Bathes You?
>
>> 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!
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