[nagdu] Introduction

[Marion & Martin]

David,
    Welcome to our list. I am happy to see that you have chosen to 
subscribe! I look forward to hearing more from you. Please feel free to get 
back in touch with me anytime you want or need to chat! You are welcome to 
post as much or as little as you wish! I hope you learn a lot from the 
others here!

Fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Baker" <davidbaker at bellsouth.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:46 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Introduction


> Hello, list members.  My name is David Baker and I have been lurking for a 
> few
> days and wanted to introduce myself.
>
> I live in Atlanta, GA.  I am 69, retired, in good health and spend my time
> cooking, gardening and web-surfing.   I have very poor night vision and 
> have
> become more insecure lately when in stores and around groups of people.  I 
> have
> late onset RP with substantial remaining vision -- just over 10 degrees 
> with
> good acuity after cataract surgery.  I have a fairly dominant personality 
> and
> find it hard to let go of things, but realize that my vision has ideas 
> other
> than those I might wish for.  I am not ready for a guide dog, because I am
> concerned that I have too much vision to let a dog lead and my current 
> living
> situation is such that I may not get out and about often enough to 
> maintain his
> or her training level.  Perhaps I'd get out more with a guide dog, but 
> I'll have
> to think on that.  We currently have an 18 month old female 50 pound lab 
> husky
> mix who is a real sweetheart.
>
> If no one is offended, I'd appreciate just being able to sit back and 
> listen as
> people talk about their guide friends to get a better feel of your/their 
> world
> and an idea of what kinds of things I need to be looking at as I get 
> closer to
> needing help beyond my cane.
>
> Thanks for listening,  David
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