Category: Sue’s New Page

The research study that Sue has been waiting for has been delayed…again. She’s been waiting since August of 2015.  Instead of wasting time feeling sorry for herself, she’s filling out the forms to be registered for other research studies that might find her eyes ‘attractive’.

LowVisionMatch.com

I don’t think any of us will fault Sue for having missed a page.  Don’t tell her I said this, but it’s pretty remarkable that she’s written 146 pages that we have published and I have quite a few more waiting in the wings.  Maybe we’re just trying to be like all the movie and book prequels! ::smile::

Name That Emotion, the Prequel

The name of this page sounds like it’s a game show but it’s not.  Sue tells us how the different parts of the brain interact with brain chemicals to rev us up and calm us down.

Name That Emotion

It’s a Double Header in honor of the World Series in the US!  Good luck to both teams.

Sue’s a great teacher.  But she knows that it’s one thing to teach with students who are ‘live’ as in a classroom where questions can be answered at the time as opposed to writing what will be read by you where comments are the only way of knowing how she did.  Based on a comment on the Duck or Rabbit? page from a few days ago, she’s written 2 new pages to further explain the concepts. Keep those comments coming!

You can read the first page and go to the second from there or click each individually.

What?

Preconceived Notions

For those of you who celebrate Halloween…Happy Halloween!  You might think when you read this page that we planned to release it today (look for the Great Pumpkin!) but actually Sue wrote it earlier.  We moved it up since I’m sure no matter where you live, you know it’s election time in the US.  If you need assistance, ask because you are entitled to get help.

We Won’t Discuss It

I’m just going to give you a word and show you a photo.

Duck

What do you see?  Click here to go to Sue’s new page.

Sue’s never been one to spend a lot of time visiting doctors.  But with the AMD and high blood pressure, there are 2 of them she sees regularly.  She has been able to schedule them on the same day which helps her when arranging for transportation.   She tells what it was like to come out to get her ride only to find that she couldn’t make out which one of several white vans was hers.  Should she hold up a sign that says…

XYZ Transit

Sue’s been waiting many months to hear that the stem cell study she is hoping to be part of is starting.  She’s seen Dr. Regillo twice, the first time in August of 2015 and then again in February of 2016.  She’s been in touch with her contact at Wills Eye Hospital, using holidays to ‘squeak’ and remind them that she is patiently (most of the time) waiting.   In April she was told the study was delayed for another 6 months, that the problem is with the corporation that was sponsoring it.  It’s July & she has looked again to see if there are any other options but this study is the one she is going to continue to wait for.

Hurry Up and Wait

Sue has been able to get the equipment that she needs to be functional again thanks to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and their division Blindness and Visual Services (BVS). The CCTV they provided has enabled her to go back to work.  So what happens when something as simple as a 3 cent pop rivet comes out?  They send her an entire new machine!  Not everyone has the benefit of these services so Sue talks about what the difference is between a ‘refurbished’ and ‘pre-owned’ device and shares were you might find these.  As for her old CCTV, she hopes that it will at least go…

To a Good Home

Sue has a combination of software/apps and hardware/devices to enable her to do what she needs to do.  She’s been working with the BVS Vision Rehabilitation Therapists to find those items and save money in the process.  By now you should know what a CCTV is. They are expensive!  With a special stand to hold her iPad steady and the features of and apps for her iPad, she’s got some of the features of a much-more-expensive CCTV.  She also shares what other ‘goodies’ she now has to help her do what she needs and wants to do.

Good Stuff Cheap