[nfb-db] Today's walk

[Cherifields at aol.com]

Hey April,
 
Almost every time I see an eye doctor it's emotional.  There's no hope  for 
any improvement, nor is there anything they can do to correct my  vision.  
But I have to go to them for one reason or another.  Doctors  don't have all 
the answers.  I had the head specialist at Shands  Jacksonville tell me 
that I needed to take a prescription for glaucoma.   Now I knew he was 
mistaken.  I try not to let their validations get me into  a frizzy. I now take what 
is helpful and positive and downplay the  rest.  
 
Let us remember that we are on a journey of our life, we can change how we  
move through our life by choosing to focus on what is good, pure, or  
positive.  We may not change our circumstances but we can change how we  view our 
circumstances.  Reality is what we perceive it to be.  It is  what it is.
 
Blessings,
Cheri
 
 
In a message dated 3/31/2014 8:38:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
aprilbrownshade at gmail.com writes:

Hello.

I posted on Facebook about my walk today.

As I  just told one friend, validations isn't always a nice thing.

After  three male eye specialists who decided my vision was fine since I 
can still  make out large letters, even with not visual field, I have been on 
a roller  coaster of emotions.

Today, I went for a walk.  The sun is  shining, and I thought my vision was 
as clear as could be, for me.

I  wore my hearing aid.

I stopped to visit a neighbor.  I expected  one dog.  She had her son's 
husky as well, and all four  grandchildren.  All are well behaved.  When more 
than two talked at  a time, my ears rang, and I felt dizzy.  I couldn't focus.

After  about five minutes, I went on to go to the dollar store.  Crossing 
the  street was as challenging as I expected it to be.  Now mind, I used to  
take this walk nigh daily.  I know every crack in the sidewalk, and every  
tree branch.  Just two years ago, I felt safe walking it.  What I  could see 
out of the eye that has vision has reduced so much, that in order to  see 
almost as large a filed of vision now, I have to be constantly my whole  body, 
not just my head.  I look like a spinning wheel trying to walk down  the 
street.  

And no, I only checked behind me as I crossed the  parking lot a few times. 
 

So yeah, I am validated.  Still,  I'd rather not have to be.

So, my roller coaster is flying high, and  bottoming out, at the same time 
right now.

I'm sure others have been  there many times.

At last a nice package came in the mail to cheer me  up.

April Brown

Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the  myths we hide behind.

aprilbrownwrite at gmail.com

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