[Blindtlk] (no subject)

[Szostak, Christine]

Much appreciated, thanks!

  I was  telling the head of my department yesterday what I was planning to do to transition and she also really liked the idea.
Have a wonderful weekend all!
Chris
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From: Ericka Short [ericka.short at wi.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 10:29 PM
To: Szostak, Christine; Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: Cheryl Echevarria
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I'm glad you found a cane that works for you. And I like your approach to transitioning from Dr. Kane. Nice that you thought of the students as well as yourself. I personally like the longer cane with marshmallow tip too.

Ericka

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> On Jan 6, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> HI,
>  My apology to all, I thought I had created a subject line so not quite sure what happened:).
> Happy Tuesday,
> Chris
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 4:17 PM
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> Please make sure you are posted a subject line.
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> Awesome for you though.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Szostak,
> Christine via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 2:29 PM
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] (no subject)
>
> Hi All,
>  I just received my new cane (it is a folding ambutek (sorry I think I am
> misspelling it but have no motivation to go look up its spelling at the
> moment:)) and  just took it for a short spin. I love the longer length as I
> am finding  it is giving me more confidence when walking around outside as I
> am a fast walker and keep worrying that I will not find obsticles until too
> late. I have been using a cane that I was given about 10 or so years ago for
> practice  that was probably about 3-5 inches shorter than my new one and I
> found I was more apprehensive when walking with it. I love the feel of this
> new one as the length seems just about right for me and it feels really
> solid and firm when in use. I got one that was 52 inchs which comes right
> to my lower lip. I also got the rolling marshmellow tip as I  find myself
> feeling more confident when the cane has more surface contact than it does
> wwhen tapping.
>
>  Thanks to everyone for the help and tips for choosing a cane it really
> helped as there is just too much out there for someone relatively new to
> this.
>
>  I am about 98% certain that I will switch to the cane when I retire my
> current guide and if I do so,  I am just about as certain that I will retire
> him this summer and make the change.
>
>  One thing that I am planning to do  this semester, is to start using the
> cane to some degree while having my dog right with me so that I can get my
> students and colleagues used to seeing me with it so that the change is not
> extreme for anyone as I want my students to maintain their focus on me
> rather than on   changes in mobility devices:).
> Happy Tuesday,
> Chris
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