[Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants

Thu Nov 13 14:37:08 UTC 2014

One of the problems one would experience is the Figure Ground relationship. Think of it as visual clutter, similar to trying to hear a conversation on a bus. You would need to learn what was important in your visual field, and what was not. For a good example of how this works, read Mike Maye's book CRASHING THROUGH. His problem was similar, and also serves as a good explanation of what they call Cortical Visual Impairment, where the vision may be fine, but the brain doesn't recognize what is being seen.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:13 PM
To: justin williams; Blind Talk Mailing List; 'Bryan Schulz'; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants

Afternoon, "'Bryan, and everyone,

How could it not be? I mean, you gotta learn how to negosiate this world I mean reallly basic stuff, like identifying colors?
No thank you!
Carjustin williams via blindtlk wrote:
>Newly sighted may become a disability; you would have ot learn 
>everything all over again right?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan 
>Schulz via blindtlk
>Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 7:06 PM
>To: Cheryl Echevarria; Blind Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants
>
>hi,
>
>Please check your facts before posting.
>there is a huge difference in taking a 3-wheel motorcycle for a spin 
>compared to reacting to a christmas tree and travelling 240mph in six 
>seconds or less!
>Bryan Schulz
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cheryl Echevarria via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>To: "'Ineyda Velasquez'" <ivelasquez774 at gmail.com>; "'Blind Talk 
>Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants
>
>
> > No Cornea transplants are different from eye transplants, Cornea's 
> > only fix is there are cornea issues, they normally don't fix if you 
> > are totally blind or almost totally blind.
> >
> > Other transplants, you have to make sure your heart is in good 
> > condition, they need to monitor blood pressure, diabetes, make sure 
> > no cancer, you need to also go for colonoscopy, bone density tests, 
> > because transplant meds, elevate blood pressure, blood sugar, can 
> > cause cancer, can increase early bone problems within the body.
> >
> > If you are looking for a fix to bring sight to yourself and others 
> > with that kind of surgery, I believe it is still in the planning and 
> > testing stages, but it could be out there in other countries, but 
> > the main thing is that we know what both sides of the coin are.
> >
> > We have members like Art Schrieber who is a person who was a 
> > correspondent, who toured with the Beatles, he was sighted until 
> > late in life and woke on one morning blind, who is learning what it 
> > means to be blind. We have Dan Parker, who lost his sight while in a 
> > car race, he hasn't given up since he is blind now, and is still 
> > racing the race cars, and learning braille and other blind skills.
> >
> > Even myself and others who have lost their sight as we got older 
> > from either illness or accident and not born blind, who have come 
> > through it with friends and family, and the National Federation of 
> > the Blind, some of us are luckier than others, where they live, but 
> > when there is a will there is a way of things. Not saying that 
> > anyone on this list is not trying their hardest to "Life the live 
> > the want" independently as they can do what they want.
> >
> > In my case, when people say to me in that poor blind person kind of 
> > tone, I tell them well you know what God saved my life. I can either 
> > be blind or be dead while waiting for a kidney while I was on 
> > dialysis at the same time, and god sent me a kidney. So the rest may 
> > not be easier for me as a blind person, believe me it isn't, but it 
> > puts things in a different prospective, that live is too short, and 
> > we need to try our best while we are here in this world.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria, Vice President
> > National Federation of the Blind, Greater Long Island Chapter A 
> > proud chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of New York 
> > State
> > 631-236-5138
> > cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
> > "Live the Life You Want"
> >
> > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
> > characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
> > the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
> > obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life 
> > you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
> >
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel 
> > www.echevarriatravel.com; 631-456-5394 or 
> > reservations at echevarriatravel.com and  has partnered with Braille 
> > Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs.  Gail Smith 
> > is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ineyda Velasquez [mailto:ivelasquez774 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 4:17 PM
> > To: Cheryl Echevarria
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants
> >
> > And that's why I don't know if I'd want the cornial transplant. I'd 
> > have to take the meds and deal with possible rejection for it right?
> > Or are they different? What qualifies someone for one?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Nov 10, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Cheryl Echevarria 
> >> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> President Carl Jacobsen, from the NFB of NY has Lebers.
> >>
> >> Maybe reach out to him and discuss the eye diseases.
> >>
> >> For myself who is a transplant survivor of a kidney, even though 
> >> they are different organs of the body, they still have to go 
> >> through the same testing and health issues, make sure you are well 
> >> enough for your body as a whole to receive a foreign organ.
> >>
> >> The other thing is and we have had these discussions at our 
> >> chapter, the NFB of Greater Long Island, which I am the Vice 
> >> President of, is that for someone who may have been born without 
> >> sight or limited sight, that having something you never had would 
> >> be a learning experience.
> >>
> >> From learning how to read, learning how to write. People think that 
> >> oh wow if I had a transplant than everything would be better for me.
> >> It might make it worse.
> >>
> >> Example: you have been blind your whole life, you are 40 years old 
> >> and you are offered this eye transplant that will give you sight.
> >>
> >> Some of the things to think about.
> >>
> >> 1. I need to take transplant medications the rest of my life.
> >> 2. What is the transplant doesn't work or your body rejects it, I 
> >> deal
> > with
> >> this on a daily bases.   It is not a cure transplant, it is a treatment.
> >> They are not like cornea transplants 3. Let's say you can see now 
> >> what, sometimes your sight is distorted and may not be able to see 
> >> more than just a little bit.
> >> Or if it is a lot, they you will need to go back to school, and 
> >> learn to read, write, do math, science, learn money, banking, grocery shopping.
> > Etc.
> >>
> >> 4. You would need someone to help in these areas, maybe even more 
> >> than someone who is blind.
> >>
> >> The medical profession is always thinking about how to fix things, 
> >> not to deal with things, in life.
> >>
> >> When they can't they feel like they have failed.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheryl Echevarria, Vice President
> >> National Federation of the Blind, Greater Long Island Chapter A 
> >> proud chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of New York 
> >> State
> >> 631-236-5138
> >> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
> >> "Live the Life You Want"
> >>
> >> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not 
> >> the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we 
> >> raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations 
> >> create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have 
> >> the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel 
> >> www.echevarriatravel.com; 631-456-5394 or 
> >> reservations at echevarriatravel.com and  has partnered with Braille 
> >> Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs.  Gail Smith 
> >> is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> >> Ineyda Velasquez via blindtlk
> >> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:56 PM
> >> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> >> Subject: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> Someone asked me if I'd ever asked my eye doctor about getting a 
> >> transplant for the damaged parts of my eyes. Can that actually be 
> >> done or does it depend on the condition you have? I have Leber's 
> >> congenital
> > amaurosis.
> >>
> >> Ineyda
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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