[Ohio-talk] Surgery Cancellation

[Wanda Sloan]

Glad your doing better.  Your body needs to perge the germs out.  Want to
invest in Kimberly -Clarks Products too?  Ifyou don't know that make Kleenex
and other paper products.  LOL

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
mzavoli at roadrunner.com
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:29 PM
To: Ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Surgery Cancellation

Hi Everyone,

I'm the one that had to cancel my surgery.  It was supposed to be scheduled
for Wednesday, November 7th for a hernia repair.  Due to the bug going
around, i came down with fever, a sore throat, congestion, sneezing,
coughing and an all-arond uncomfortable feeling.  It all started Monday
night.  The fever kept me up all night, and finally, I was able to sleep
Tuesday morning once the fever broke.. I called the doctor on Tuesday to see
whether I could go ahead with the surgery, but the nurse on call said to
wait until I felt better.  Complications could arise from the stitches being
torn if I have coughing fits.

So, here I am, in the same boat as many of us--still recovering.  I suspect
it will take about two weeks before I can reschedule and the surgery
probably won't happen until after Thanksgiving.

By the way, I voted against the BANA Braille changes at this year's
convention.  I like Braille the way it is.  As the old saying goes, "If it
isn't broken, don't fix it."

I love all of my contractions and to have nine of them gone, feels like I've
lost an old friend.  BANA hasn't made Braille better; it just complicated
it.  Why is there a need for standardized Braille?  How many people are
likely to pick up a British, Australian, New Zealand, or Canadian book?
Even if they do, their Braill is understandable as it is written.

I am very upset at NAPUB for its urgings of these changes, and I have not
renewed my membership.  

I will be a Braille maverick.  As my way of a silent protest, I will
continue to write Braille the way I have always learned it, no matter what
happens.

I guess I'm also an old dog, but a nice one at that.

Milena 



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