can i cry on your shoulders for just a moment? long post
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Dan Murphy
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So sorry to hear what you passed on here, Angela. My prayers and best wishes are with you both. Please do as suggested above, see a specialist and second/third opinions. Docs do make mistakes.
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I'm sorry 
{{{HUGS}}}}}
{{{HUGS}}}}}
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Just when I think my problems are bad.....good grief Charlie Brown!! Prayers and hugs coming your way....best of luck to you and ALWAYS remember...HE is in control! 
Prayers and hugs coming your way....best of luck to you and ALWAYS remember...HE is in control! 
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Big {{{{hugs}}}} Angela. We're always here for you. *Hugs!*
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That really is a lot to deal with, {{{{HUGS}}}.
As for the blindness...
A blind person can lead a fully functional life. It is not the sentence that it sounds like.
Let me tell you about Tony. Tony is a workmate of my husbands. Tony was born blind, and was cane trained. He went to the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia.
He then went on to Drexel University and got a degree in Electrical Engineering. He got his textbooks read to him, and did his equations not on pencil and paper, but with magnets on a surface.
He then was an engineer at local radio stations working with the equipment, then worked at Lockheed Martin for 20 years as a electrical engineer. Now, he works as a computer programmer wiht my husband. He uses voice recognition software, and can write Braille faster than I can write!
His wife is blind as well, and owns and operates her own business. They do everything, mow their lawns, pay bills, go to amusement parks, you name it. They don't accept Federal money because they are blind as well. Thier opinion is "We function just as well"
You honestly forget they are blind!
So I do feel awful about the news for your husband. Think about the wonderful things he can see now though. ETch colors into his mind, as it gets closer to the time, it may be a good idea to learn Braille. It is a very tricky language, and very hard to comprehend if you don't learn and practice.
A blind person can lead a fully functional life. It is not the sentence that it sounds like.
Let me tell you about Tony. Tony is a workmate of my husbands. Tony was born blind, and was cane trained. He went to the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia.
He then went on to Drexel University and got a degree in Electrical Engineering. He got his textbooks read to him, and did his equations not on pencil and paper, but with magnets on a surface.
He then was an engineer at local radio stations working with the equipment, then worked at Lockheed Martin for 20 years as a electrical engineer. Now, he works as a computer programmer wiht my husband. He uses voice recognition software, and can write Braille faster than I can write!
His wife is blind as well, and owns and operates her own business. They do everything, mow their lawns, pay bills, go to amusement parks, you name it. They don't accept Federal money because they are blind as well. Thier opinion is "We function just as well"
You honestly forget they are blind!
So I do feel awful about the news for your husband. Think about the wonderful things he can see now though. ETch colors into his mind, as it gets closer to the time, it may be a good idea to learn Braille. It is a very tricky language, and very hard to comprehend if you don't learn and practice.
Let me tell you about second opinions... my Dad was diagnosed with macular degeneration in the 70s at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He (stupidly) watched an solar eclipse when he was in the navy in the 60s. He has a black spot in the center of his vision. This usually points to macular degeneration. Well, the experts were wrong. He burned his retina, and stilll has the black spot in the center of his vision, but if it were macular degeneration, he'd be blind now, as it is progressive.
Hopefully, the diagnosis was as wrong as my Dad's.
However, if it isn't... contact your local Lions Club. Until I was a member of that organization, I'd have never believed the programs they have available for the blind and almost-blind. If the club is like mine, they will go out of their way to assist you in any way that they can, including helping you to pay for canes, leader dogs, etc.
One man that I know who lost his sight as an adult focused his efforts on bringing a young woman from the Ukraine to our area. She had received a full scholarship to a local university for her masters in sociology. She still needed to raise $13,000 before the INS would grant her a visa. Her family would not have been able to come up with that kind of money. He single-handedly raised the money... found a place for her to live... and helped her to get her student visa. Now that she's here, he's working on finding her an affordable car so she can get around better.
Blindness is not a life sentence, although it certainly sucks when you're used to having it. I wish him well in this new chapter of his life... and you as well. If you see him start slipping into a depression, make sure he gets some medicine from the dr so he can keep his head on straight.
Here's a great big {{{HUG}}}.
Hopefully, the diagnosis was as wrong as my Dad's.
However, if it isn't... contact your local Lions Club. Until I was a member of that organization, I'd have never believed the programs they have available for the blind and almost-blind. If the club is like mine, they will go out of their way to assist you in any way that they can, including helping you to pay for canes, leader dogs, etc.
One man that I know who lost his sight as an adult focused his efforts on bringing a young woman from the Ukraine to our area. She had received a full scholarship to a local university for her masters in sociology. She still needed to raise $13,000 before the INS would grant her a visa. Her family would not have been able to come up with that kind of money. He single-handedly raised the money... found a place for her to live... and helped her to get her student visa. Now that she's here, he's working on finding her an affordable car so she can get around better.
Blindness is not a life sentence, although it certainly sucks when you're used to having it. I wish him well in this new chapter of his life... and you as well. If you see him start slipping into a depression, make sure he gets some medicine from the dr so he can keep his head on straight.
Here's a great big {{{HUG}}}.
I am sorry that you had to unexpectedly receive this news. Please know that there are organizations to help you prepare for each of the described scenarios of lung and eye disease. PLEASE explore all the opportunities available to him now.. and continue to be his advocate. Best wishes.
Joan
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(((Hugs))) I would definitely see a specialist as well.
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