[Nfb-krafters-korner] Monitoring someone with low vision

[Annette Carr]

Joyce,

Once you start doing your toothpaste this way, you will not go back.  No
more worry about whether the lost toothpaste is on your clothes the sink
edge or on the floor.



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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Monitoring someone with low vision

I will have to try doing it that way.  I never thought of just putting  it
in my mouth.  I have my own bathroom and he has his so I will give it a
try.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 11/15/2011 7:45:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
amcarr1 at verizon.net writes:

Oh yes,  the GFI outlet can be challenging, but I somehow manage it but
still don't  like it.  Measuring liquid medication for my daughter when she
was small was a real challenge.  I had many different contraptions  for
measuring, but I never got to the point where I felt 100% confident  with
any of them.  As I think back on it, maybe a factor in my  discomfort with
it was the fear of harming my daughter if I got the dosage  wrong.  

Oh, about the toothpaste, after hearing that some many  others squirt it
right into their mouth, I have moved to a new comfort  level with it despite
how long I have been doing it.  Until this  conversation on this list, I've
never told anyone that I do it that  way.

Annette


-----Original Message-----
From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Dixie
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:57 PM
To: 'List  for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Monitoring someone with low vision

I am enjoying reading this...   It is interesting to hear that we have all
sort of figured out the  toothpaste dilemma basically  with the same
outcome.
I first started  by putting the toothpaste onto the tip of my finger like I
used to do on my  toothbrush, now, it is just so much easier to just squeeze
it right into  the mouth!
Two of the most challenging things for me, about being blind and  doing
things blindly during my adjustment  to overnight blindness  were: putting
razor blade to leg, and plugging in electrical cords into the  flat GFI
outlets.

So many people say how they would just curl up in  a corner and feel sorry
for themselves if they went blind.  My  response to that is that we only
have one life.  This is not a dress  rehearsal.  If I were to do that I
would only be hurting myself and  the ones who are around me and love me the
most.
Instead, I choose to live  the life the good Lord has given me, and be
thankful for the gifts He  continues to give me.

I am abundantly blessed, and as the song says, I  once was blind, but now I
see!  I see many things so much clearer now  that I am not using my eyes.




Dixie who just started a new  group.  For anyone who is a blind spinner,
please join us at  blindspinners at yahoogroups.com

~  @-> ~ <-@   ~




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