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<DIV>Hey April,</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Blessings,</DIV>
<DIV>Cheri</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/31/2014 8:38:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
aprilbrownshade@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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face=Arial>Hello.<BR><BR>I posted on Facebook about my walk today.<BR><BR>As I
just told one friend, validations isn't always a nice thing.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Today, I went for a walk. The sun is
shining, and I thought my vision was as clear as could be, for me.<BR><BR>I
wore my hearing aid.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>And no, I only checked behind me as I crossed the
parking lot a few times. <BR><BR>So yeah, I am validated. Still,
I'd rather not have to be.<BR><BR>So, my roller coaster is flying high, and
bottoming out, at the same time right now.<BR><BR>I'm sure others have been
there many times.<BR><BR>At last a nice package came in the mail to cheer me
up.<BR><BR>April Brown<BR><BR>Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the
myths we hide behind.<BR><BR>aprilbrownwrite@gmail.com<BR><BR>Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/uncoveredmyths/<BR>Twitter:
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