[nfb-db] Today's walk

[April Brown]

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

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