[IL-Talk] Prayers

Glenn III gmoore3rd at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 22:20:09 UTC 2024


Hey Dan, sorry to hear that you're experiencing that pain. I hope it
resolved soon. It may be worth contacting the medical practice to tell them
to improve their policies. At the least, their documents need to be made
available in an accessible format for your records.

-Glenn III

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 1:02 PM Dan TeVelde via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I would appreciate everyone's prayers. I had outpatient cosmetic eye
> surgery
> yesterday and am feeling under the weather. I have some pain and didn't
> sleep well last night. I think the anesthetic may still be wearing off. I
> have a follow-up visit with the doctor next week and hope I don't get an
> infection. I have two concerns about the procedure. Each time I signed a
> form the nurse asked someone to witness the signature because I'm blind. I
> realize it's hard to write on an iPad screen but why do I need a witness?
> The nurse said it was the policy of the clinic. I also wish I could get
> documents in an electronic format. When I left the nurse handed Chris a
> stack of paper. We need to continue to educate medical professionals about
> the proper etiquette to interact with persons with disabilities. You would
> think this would be a training requirement for anyone entering the medical
> field.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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