Re: Val

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That's wonderful, Shirley!

vertigo is so nasty. I get it once in awhile and it makes me very sick. When I lost the sight in my eye, I suffered with the vertigo. Now, not so much, but the loss of depth perception is what causes me to fall so much. With steps, I can't tell whether they are close or far. When I go to the store, I'm constantly running into things with the shopping cart, because things look farther away than they are. (That has caused a few embarrassing moments). LOL

I am looking forward to seeing this new Dr. I'm praying that he's good.

Love and blessings,

Val

The residual attributes that we pass down to our children may not be in our genes... but in our souls.From: marion j rojas

Subject: Re: Ok, the real deal...To: MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.comDate: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 12:57 AMVal, we are all pulling for you, not ON you!Hoping that you have a good ophthalmologistor even neuro-ophthalmologi st.Love to you and to your optic nerves,.n Ok, the real deal... Hello all, I finally came to the reality that I am not doing at all well in this heat and humidity. I've been trying so hard to ignore the symptoms. But, I can't do

it anymore. I am rapidly losing my sight. Everyday it gets worse and worse. I woke up this morning and could barely see out of my right eye at all. All I could see is light. No detail what so ever. My left eye has been going for a couple of months now. It's not as bad as the right, but it's getting there. I am scared to death. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't see anything anymore. On top of this, I've been battling bladder incontinence to boot. Thank goodness I've had no accidents in public, but at home, it's a different issue. Because, I'm having trouble seeing, and it's throwing my balance off, I am lucky if I get to the bathroom before peeing all over myself. It wouldn't be so bad, but I don't have a washer and dryer. And it costs too much money to keep going to the laundromat. I can only wash a couple of items out by hand at a time. I have no place to dry them except the bathroom. Hanging in the shower. Yesterday,

Tom and I went out pricing canes. I'm in need of one now that my balance is so off. I'm so afraid of falling. You'd think that I'd be used to it by now. But, you never get used to it. It hurts every time. I realize that just a straight simple cane is not adequate for me. I need one of those canes that has the four feet. I call them quad canes. I don't know what their called. I found one that I want, but I have to wait until Tom gets paid again before I can get it. Today, I called an Ophthalmologist and made and appointment for this Thursday. I know that Optic Atrophy is not curable, but I'm hoping that there is something that can be done before I lose my other eye. I did some reading on OA and it said that often times when you lose the sight in one eye, you'll eventually lose the sight in the other. This is so scary for me. The thought that I may wake up one morning and be blind, is something I don't like to think about. Well, that's

what's going on here. I am going to try to keep looking at the glass as half full even if it means going into total denial.Love and blessings,Val The residual attributes that we pass down to our children may not be in our genes... but in our souls.