[nabs-l] Trying to read braille
Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
freethaught at gmail.com
Fri Aug 9 02:52:17 UTC 2013
Hello all,
Anna, thank you for your original message. Yes, this is a personal decision for you. My personal choice in this case would be to avoid reading so much braille. Yes, I am a descenting voice in an Organization and environment that advocates for braille literacy, but I would think that reading braille for braille's sake at the risk of discomfort, pain, and health problems would not be worth it.
Antonio
On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is different then carpel tunnel, but similar. There is a surgery that can be done for hand tendonitis, where they take some of the inflamed tendons out. However, surgery, is a very last resort for me.
> But true.... It is an option.
>
> I guess I could investigate reading with one hand. I was taught to read with both hands, because it is faster. But... I don't know that much about braille reading and I could try it out.
> Thanks
>
> Anna E Givens
>
> On Aug 5, 2013, at 8:43 AM, "melissa Green" <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> sounds like carpal tunnel to me.
>> I had carpal tunnel and they did a surgery called carpal tunnel release on
>> me.
>> Haven't had any more problems.
>> its something to be investegated.
>> Blessings,
>> Melissa Green and PJ
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Anna Givens" <annajee82 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 6:51 PM
>> 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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