I'm so excited! My big brother, one of my most favorite people ever, is coming to visit before he moves to Italy! He'll be here for about a month, and I seriously can not wait to see him. It is going to be so much fun!
On a not so fun note, I have decided to not renew my driver's license. It is an agonizing decision, but I feel it is for the best. I read some things about glaucoma last night that I never knew. I didn't know that glaucoma can cause a person's contrast sensitivty to lessen. That means that in certain lighting, even though I have a sighted eye, I am totally blind. I always thought that maybe I was imaging things, that perhaps I just wasn't concentrating enough. Turns out, I really DO have a problem with it. When I still had sight in my right eye, I saw colors differently out of each eye. I also noticed that while my left eye became "confused" in certain lighting situations, my right eye would be just fine. Of course, now that I no longer have sight in my right eye, I experience moments of total blindness on a daily basis. It's kind of nice to know that it is not just my imagination, or some lack of wills on my part, but an actual problem. Now that I have identified the problem, I can go about finding solutions, or at least things I can do to make my life easier, and lessen the number of times I experience total blindness. Now I can be prepared.
I'm going to have to apply for SSI. Although I hate to do it, I think it's the only way I will be able to get on Medicaid and gain access to rehabilitation services. Ah well... If it is the only way I can gain access to things that will make life easier, then I suppose I will have to swallow some pride and just do it.
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