So sorry to hear Dianne's level has to be increased, and new meds and equipment. Perhaps she knows better than the doctors what she needs, maybe not. Or maybe she has accepted her eventual fate, which I hope if far from today.
I also didn't realize that you have maacular degeneration. My brother in law has this as well, so I am quite familiar. He is only able to see the size of lead in a pencil now. So dibilitating.
Except for reading, the m.d. has not been much of a problem for me. The world looks pretty much as it always has. Even the wavy world that was symptomatic of the early stages are gone, either because my brain had adjusted for them or my eyes have. The left eye is my bad one and i can see through it well enough for almost all purposes. M.d. is still more of a threat than an actual problem. Will i be able to renew my driver's license 17 months from now? etc.
Wow, what a week! This week I had occasion to remember and describe my "parting-of-the-veil" experience -- the one I had when I was 18 and a friend died, and I was allowed to "see" (not visually) how he was WELL, and much better than here in the body. Do you remember me ever telling it on my LJ? (as poor as my memory is, I may have told it 2 days ago and forgotten......)
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I also didn't realize that you have maacular degeneration. My brother in law has this as well, so I am quite familiar. He is only able to see the size of lead in a pencil now. So dibilitating.
Nice quote from Dillman Thomas by the way.
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Except for reading, the m.d. has not been much of a problem for me. The world looks pretty much as it always has. Even the wavy world that was symptomatic of the early stages are gone, either because my brain had adjusted for them or my eyes have. The left eye is my bad one and i can see through it well enough for almost all purposes. M.d. is still more of a threat than an actual problem. Will i be able to renew my driver's license 17 months from now? etc.
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I already refuse to drive on the day i have my shots of avistan.
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-Dylan Thomas
I am afraid that will be my own way of leavetaking...raging against it. But we do as our spirits move us.
I have long ceased to wonder what age appropriate means and do as I will (within my own limits of course).
Wishing you well with the new health concerns, my friend.
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Wow, what a week! This week I had occasion to remember and describe my "parting-of-the-veil" experience -- the one I had when I was 18 and a friend died, and I was allowed to "see" (not visually) how he was WELL, and much better than here in the body. Do you remember me ever telling it on my LJ? (as poor as my memory is, I may have told it 2 days ago and forgotten......)
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And yet I wish you had more of everything you want. Or less, where appropriate.
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