[stylist] Writing

Sun Mar 29 04:20:25 UTC 2009

I thought that blindness issues were appropriate here too.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 08:42 PM 3/28/2009, you wrote:
>Please guys keep the subjects to writing. I may be unsubscribing due 
>to the side conversations.
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "James Canaday M.A. N6YR" 
><n6yr at sunflower.com>
>To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [stylist] helping doctors with blindness
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>>Judith,
>>it doesn't work to think you can just avoid the people who are paternalistic.
>>
>>I've seen my Endocrynologist doctor for several years, she's a very 
>>good doctor: good at her job and a person with good attitudes.
>>
>>but when considering the two insulin orders for me, she nearly 
>>opted for slightly less effective meds with more side-effects if I 
>>hadn't  queried her about  her choice.  she was so concerned about 
>>my confusing the two, the short-acting and the long-acting 
>>insulins, that she chose  more potential weight gain and slightly 
>>less effective.
>>she deals with people who have lost their sight due to diabetes.  I 
>>am not her first blind patient.
>>
>>the two boxes are identical, and the "flex-pens" look identical to the touch.
>>the long-acting I simply marked with a  line cut into the lid of 
>>its box, they sit next to heach other in the fridge.
>>
>>if I weren't such an onery cuss, I would have gotten  lesser meds 
>>because she was trying to figure out something for me.
>>jc
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>At 02:26 PM 3/27/2009, you wrote:
>>>Let the good ones strive to help kids, or adults, recover some 
>>>vision. For the steno doctor who feels they have  to look like 
>>>they know what they're doing by writing scripts and giving false hope, retire.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
>>>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:20 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [stylist] helping doctors with blindness
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>>>
>>>When David worked at the hospital, they gave him the Eye clinic to cover.
>>>Doctors have no idea what to do when a person loses his sight.   They are
>>>focused on fixing you.   When they can't, they give up.   A doctor 
>>>actually told
>>>David's mother he wouldn't amount to anything because he was blind, and she
>>>ought to let doctors experiment on him.
>>>Lori
>>>
>>>In a message dated 3/26/09 12:58:40 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Perhaps we should be sending this thread to doctors. As medical
>>>>professionals they are committed to saving as much sight as possible.
>>>>According to this thread some of their treatments and procedures are wrong.
>>>>Do any of us have the right to tell them not to do what they strive to do?
>>>>Judith
>>>
>>>
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