Hi. Waiting for transportation. What else is new?
I sent Lin a photo of my ‘luggage’ today. This is a joke. I am taking two rolling crates to work. The loaner CCTV has two parts. It has a base and it has a monitor. It is HUGE.
Yes, I am glad I have it. Practicing gratitude and mentally comparing what could be my next month without a CCTV to what it will be with the loaner machine. This is better.
DBT says clients are doing the best they can, but they can do better. Right now I am doing the best I can. Making due with this behemoth of a CCTV. However, it is possible I could do better. I am on the trail of another option. Someone said there are loaners through the library. If I can get one of those for home and have this one for the office, I will have it made in the shade!
Stay tuned for the next update…and try your local library for equipment loans. They might be able to help.
Later in the evening:
I just sent Lin a picture of the fantastic loaner I got from the library! It is a Freedom Scientific machine and it is very nice. It is a Topaz. When I looked it up on the website I discovered it is $3400 machine.
And I got it on my library card.
OK. So I also made a donation out of gratitude. Nowhere near the cost of the machine.
When I went in and asked, they had to dig it out from behind some shelving. There were two of them and I took the one closest to me. The better to get it out, my dear.
The library people said they had never used them. Did not know how to use them. They were just taking up space. The solution to my problem gathering dust in a corner.
And how did I get it? I asked.
Having this second CCTV means I can have one at home and one at the office. I will be able to do minimal lugging. I won’t be totally stressed wondering when my CCTV is coming back.
I am thrilled. And all I did was ask.
What else is happening? Well, Lin shared a podcast with me. The name of it is Life After Sight Loss. The narrator – perky little devil! – is a guy named Derek Daniel.
Now I really did not have time to listen to much. I was getting ready for work. There are many podcasts on a variety of low vision/no vision subjects that are included on the site. The site seems to be one you might want to check out.
According to his bio Daniel has been totally blind for some time. He has Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. (Gene therapy for LHON, by the way, is looking very promising). Daniel appears to have radically accepted his blindness and to have taken part in many different trainings as well as using many technological supports. In other words, he has paid his dues and probably knows what he is talking about.
You might want to check out lifeaftersightloss.com and see what you think. And if you have a CCTV on the blink, check out the public library. It is amazing what you might check out on a library card!
Written June 13th, 2018
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