Re: Just so you know


<Johnny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> > A close family member is going blind, and my grandfather
> > lost his sight
> > because of diabetes. My uncle was very deaf, my friend is
> > deaf in one
> > ear and I worked for a short time with deaf children. So I
> > am respectful of the reality of this for you. Either would
> > be a tragedy. There are is no compensation for either. But
> > if you were blind, you could still listen to music and
> > enjoy conversation and good food and drink - and boinks -
> > and listen to hockey on satellite radio. Technology exists
> > to help blind people use computers. Deafness would make no
> > difference to your enjoyment of good books, visiting the
> > Lake District, and watching hockey and good food and drink
> > and more boinks - with the added bonus of not affecting
> > your ability to enjoy uklc,(!) and not depriving your
> > friends of your presence here or at boinks.
> >
> > Jp
>
> All very inspiring but somehow I doubt the reality of the
> situation would be so nice. I suspect that if the eyes or ears
> go, there would also be other major organ failures and
> circulation failures and surgeries and just general yuckiness.
>
> It's a relentless decline, not one that stops when something
> fails.
>
> Johnny-more-realistic

Well, blu**y thanks a lot. Edith diagnosed with glaucoma.

Pig off.




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