Hi! I have an assignment! I knew if I made a nuisance of myself, I would get one! Lin asked me to sell myself. Why would anyone want to read my pages?
The short answer to why anyone would want to read my pages is this: I am one of you, and I am doing well. Not 100%, but well. If someone has suggestions on how to make the journey easier, is it not wise to at least listen to what she has to say?
For the past three years, with the help of Lin and a few others, I have been slashing my way through the jungle of vision loss. Where did I start? A slightly less crass and heartless version of “You have dry age related Macular Degeneration. You will lose your sight. There is no treatment. There is no cure. Co-pay, please.” Yikes! I believe many of you started there as well.
While it sounded hopeless, it was not. We went to work. Our metaphoric machetes flashed. We found there are agencies to help, technologies to make life easier and new treatments coming out at an ever increasing rate. These things are all in my pages. [Lin/Linda: Just look for the option above “Sue’s Journal Pages” and you’ll find them!]
I was able to draw from my background in psychology and as a long-time yoga student. Since I actually teach the fine arts of emotional balance and endurance in the face of hardship, it seemed only logical to practice them. And if I am practicing them and they are working, should I not share them? Those are all in my pages, too. [You can read about the fine arts she refers to starting on her page Teacher, Teach Thyself.]
Is it all super, high quality stuff? Lord, no! I chat. I ramble. Did I mention I get bored? But Lin has made a compilation of the stuff that was actually helpful. You can start there. [You can start with the pages Sue’s Best Pages and Musings.]
She has also made indices for all of my pages. It is easy to search by topic. There are almost always multiple pages on a topic. If your question is not answered then, please ask. [On all of our pages, there’s a search option and ways to find pages by categories and tags.]
While we advertise this as a two-woman show, Lin does all the heavy lifting. I am pretty much the crash test dummy. I bumble through all of the pitfalls of vision loss (I break my CCTV. My pups eat my glasses, etc.) Then I write about how I got out of the mess. Otherwise, Lin runs the show. [Wish we had an artist: I see a cartoon of Sue as a crash test dummy!]
And what a show it is! There are now approximately 2300 people in the Facebook group. Lin does all of the moderating and most of the research. I don’t know how much work that is and, honey, I don’t want to know! But if you can find a quick answer to your question in my pages, could you do it, please? (I probably just got yelled at for writing that, but could you do it anyway?) [::grin:: I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I rarely yell. OK, I do sometimes but not for this!]
That is pretty much why you should read my pages…oh, and I thrive on attention! 😉
Bye!
Written January 6th, 2019
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