[nabs-l] Trying to read braille

Mon Aug 5 12:31:08 UTC 2013

Good morning, Anna, and Sophie,

         Back when I read braille, I too read with my left hand 
because, like you, a one-handed method of reading didn't seem to slow 
me down all that much.
for today, Car At 07:34 PM 8/4/2013, Sophie Trist wrote:
>I might get crucified for saying this, but couldn't you mainly read 
>with your left hand? At least for me, reading one-handed doesn't 
>slow me down that much.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 21:21:38 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Trying to read braille
>
>Do u read tons of braille?
>Thanks Lucy
>
>Anna E Givens
>
>On Aug 4, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>For me, the pain comes and goes.  Since I've started icing 
>regularly, it's definitely lessened overtime, though I still 
>sometimes experience pain, especially if I've been reading and 
>writing more than usual.
>
>I hope yours gets better, too, and if you find anything that helps, 
>I'd love to hear about it!
>
>Lucy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 19:51:29 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Trying to read braille
>
>Well I am very sorry you had to deal with that, but I am very
>glad to hear about it, because I have asked around and I couldn't 
>find anyone who had had this experience.
>I told my doctor that I read braille and that it could be part of
>the problem.  He just gave me the normal advice....
>Anti-inflammatory,ice, physical therapy, and wrist brace.  And then 
>he said, The best treatment is to not use your hand.  But that is 
>very unrealistic, for anyone.  So just try to not use it as much as 
>possible, and when reading relax it as much as possible.
>So that is what I do, I need to do the exercises more often, now
>that I am reading more.  But yeah....  I dont know what to do.
>Did your pain go away?  Or do you still have it?
>Thanks!
>
>Anna E Givens
>
>On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Lucy Sirianni
><lucysirianni at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>Hi Anna,
>
>I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through this! I've
>experienced severe wrist and hand pain, likely due to the amount of 
>time I spend reading and using my BrailleNote.  (I'm an English 
>Ph.D.  student, so I do a lot of reading and writing, and like you, 
>I prefer Braille to other formats.) The thing that helped me most 
>was soaking my hands in ice-water; I also purchased wraps that would 
>allow me to use ice more continuously, though this was not as 
>helpful as just plain ice-water.
>
>My case never got so bad that I needed to see a doctor or to
>consider taking a break from reading Braille, but I share your 
>concern that reading in spite of the pain might cause your condition 
>to worsen and ultimately make reading impossible (or at least very 
>hard).  Have you spoken to your doctor about the potential risks of 
>reading Braille?
>
>I'll be interested to see what other advice you get as this has
>been a recurring problem for me as well, and it's terribly 
>frustrating, not to mention painful.
>
>Very best of luck in dealing with this!
>
>Lucy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 19:07:27 -0500
>Subject: [nabs-l] Trying to read braille
>
>Hey, so I have a problem, and I am not sure it can really be
>solved, and I know what to do but I just thought....  Well maybe
>someone else has been through this:
>I have tendonitis in my hand, so basically it hurts when I use
>it.  I am desperately trying to get my braille speed up so that
>I can use it in college.  Braille works a lot better than listening 
>to speech, for me.  Since a few weeks ago I am reading 20 to 40 
>pages a day of braille.  This is hours of reading.  The treatment 
>for tendonitis in your hand is to not use your hand.
>Obviously, I cannot do both.  I take anti-inflammatory meds, and do 
>hand exercises to strengthen hand, as doctor suggested, also use 
>ice, and when I am reading I really try to relax my hand (although 
>that seems to be difficult for me to do.  The pain is getting worse 
>and worse.  But I don't want to stop reading.  I am afraid that it 
>is just going to get so bad I won't be able to do it.  This is very 
>frustrating!  I don't want to give up braille, but I don't want to 
>be in pain.  It is my decision what to do, but has anyone ever been 
>through anything like that?  And what did you do?
>
>Anna E Givens
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