Sue put on a tutu and a tiara and danced for an hour, an hour that gave her a reprieve from the anxiety. She met for the first time with her counselor from Pennsylvania’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Bureau of Blind and Visual Services (BBVS) which looking back was a salvation!
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- 12. “For that one hour, I was improving my mood and fighting the downward spiral that could have led to more problems, such as a serious depression. Maybe I could do it another hour another time. Behavior follows emotions but emotions also follow behavior. Fake it until you make it. Put on your tutu and your tiara and dance.”
- 13. “I had an appointment set up with the vocational specialist they had assigned me. When I first spoke with my BVS counselor I had warned him I am not a patient person. In fact, I am a doggedly persistent pain. I suggested he give me an assignment. It would be self-defense for him and would give me something to do. My assignment? Get copies of my eye evaluations and put together some samples of the work I had done and that I wanted to return to. Yes. I was on the job.”
- 14. ” have become the ‘out to lunch lady’. OK, those of you who know me know I have always been a bit ‘out to lunch’, but these times I am actually eating. People are taking me to lunch and getting me OUT.”
- 15. “Comparatively speaking, now is a great time to be losing your vision. Probably the best time yet in the history of the species. How do you like that for cockeyed optimism? There is so much more to help people with low vision than the hand-held magnifier of 20 years ago.”
Coming next!
Sue sees Dr. Regillo for the second time. She shares why Scarlett O’Hara’s advice is a good one to follow at times. There’s a love letter to Amazon and advice for a vision simulation app to help explain vision changes to others. The BIG news from March 2016 is that Sue goes back to work with her cool “toys” and new ways of doing things.