okay ad'ers. ask me anything (but be nice! :))

Im sorry to hear about your sister. :(
 
i used to take imatrex. but it didnt work, now i dont take anything, i have a few issues with blood sugar, and i get them with a lot of eye strain, so i try to keep all that in check.
 
Hey I got a few questions.

Why do you get so many migranes?

Do you ever wish to see things, wished that you weren't blind?

How do blind people know what people and things look like even tho they never seen colors in their dreams?

How do blind and deaf people keep up with news, even when internet didn't exist?

I think that's all for now. :)
 
a personal question that you don't have to answer...

1. how did you and your wonderful bf meet??
2. What do you guys do for fun?
3. How do you guys communicate most of time?
 
sequoias said:
Hey I got a few questions.

Why do you get so many migranes?

Do you ever wish to see things, wished that you weren't blind?

How do blind people know what people and things look like even tho they never seen colors in their dreams?

How do blind and deaf people keep up with news, even when internet didn't exist?

I think that's all for now. :)
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1. my neurologist doesn't know the exact cause of my migraines, but thinks they may be due to genetics/family history as well as allergies to certain foods.

2. sometimes i wish i could see. i do have a curiosity about how some things look especially things that bring people joy like the sunset, sunrise, blue sky, a rainbow, a child's smiling face, the clouds, the sun and snow.

3. if a person is adventitiously blind (meaning that they lost their sight later in life), they may still have visual dreams. however, the longer that person is blind, the more their dreams are slowly replaced by audible, tactile and olfactory sensations. if a person like me was born totally blind, their dreams are entirely tactile, audible and olfactory. even though a blind person may not be able to see someone in their dreams, they still know they are there through voice, touch and sound. if a blind person wants to know what something looks like, they ask a sighted person to describe it to them. they can also get a general idea of what something looks like by feeling it with their hands (i.e. the weight of an object, its' texture, its' size, its' shape, etc.)

4. some deafblind people who cannot read the newspaper or tv captions have family or friends who communicate the news to them through tactile sign. others who have some residual hearing and vision listen to the tv, radio or read a newspaper or news magazine. back in the 80s, there were news magazines in braille (as there are today) and newspaper-based braille weeklies that were mailed out to deafblind readers which would recap the news of the week.
 
Thanks, Hear Again. this is really interesting to read. The funny thing is that many hearing people would rather to be blind than deaf, odd eh?
 
Jiro said:
a personal question that you don't have to answer...

1. how did you and your wonderful bf meet??
2. What do you guys do for fun?
3. How do you guys communicate most of time?
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1. we met at school 2 years ago. we were both taking the same political science class. we often talked about politics (he's a liberal too. :D) as well as our musical tastes (he likes 70s and 80s music as much as i do).

2. we enjoy going out to dinner, the movies (or renting dvd's), downhill skiing, going for long walks on the beach (i know that sounds cliche, but we both enjoy that), going to concerts, cooking, discussing politics (that may not seem like fun, but we love it!), surfing the internet and telling each other about the new youtube videos, websites, e-mail lists and forums/message boards we've discovered, discussing the books we've read, going to summerfest as well as the state fair and attending events in the Deaf and deafblind community.

3. we mostly communicate by speech. my boyfriend does know some sign, but not enough to carry on a conversation. he's working hard at his signing though and is improving everyday. :)
 
ah-ha.... here's another question.... how do you do downhill skiing??? isn't that dangerous when there are trees/poles around??
 
sequoias said:
Thanks, Hear Again. this is really interesting to read. The funny thing is that many hearing people would rather to be blind than deaf, odd eh?
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you're welcome. :)

from my experience, many sighted people i've talked to tell me that they would rather be deaf than blind. this is because they are so dependent upon their sight that they can't imagine what it would be like to be unable to see. they can't imagine what it would be like to cook, travel from point a to point b in a familiar or unfamilar environment, dress themselves, use a computer or read braille. when you think about how dependent they are on their vision, it really comes as no surprise.
 
Jiro said:
ah-ha.... here's another question.... how do you do downhill skiing??? isn't that dangerous when there are trees/poles around??
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i use a sighted guide who tells me which direction to turn. prior to receiving my ci's, i went downhill skiing by being connected to the sighted guide with a tethered rope. i knew which direction to turn by feeling the tension and direction in the rope. now that i can hear, the sighted guide gives me directions verbally (such as "left turn," "right turn" and "straight"). i'm able to tell how quickly i should make my turns by the sound of his/her voice and the way words are emphasized. for example, if my guide says "leeeeft....turn" i know it means to make a wide left turn. if they say "right turn" i know it means to make an immediate sharp right. when i go downhill skiing, i wear a florescent vest which says "blind skier" in bold, black print so i don't have to worry about other sighted skiiers or snowboarders colliding into me.
 
Hear Again said:
grass skiing? could you explain what you mean by that, jake?
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Speaking of downhill skiing, do you ski on snow or not? Grass skiing is what I use rollerblade way skiing down the grassy hill. :lol:
 
JClarke said:
Speaking of downhill skiing, do you ski on snow or not? Grass skiing is what I use rollerblade way skiing down the grassy hill. :lol:
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you're odd one LOL. When we say Downhill Skiing in here, it's the snow sport. :laugh2:
 
JClarke said:
Speaking of downhill skiing, do you ski on snow or not? Grass skiing is what I use rollerblade way skiing down the grassy hill. :lol:
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:lol:

oh, now i understand. thanks for the clarification. :)

i go downhill skiing on snow. depending on the weather conditions, sometimes it's manmade. other times it's natural. i prefer natural because the slopes just don't feel right with manmade snow. there's also alot of problems with uneven surfaces and icing when it comes to manmade snow that you don't get with natural snow.

i've also rollerbladed which was alot of fun. i especially enjoy going to the park with my friends to go rollerblading in the spring and summer. sometimes i'll also take tigger along on her leash and let her run beside me while i'm coasting on my blades. :)
 
Jiro said:
you're odd one LOL. When we say Downhill Skiing in here, it's the snow sport. :laugh2:
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:laugh2: It's just me, the ole aussie, eh?

Hear Again, thanks for the explaination and whatever you just told me, it has been an interesting thread therefore, it has been more than 137 posts in one night! :shock:
 
JClarke said:
:laugh2: It's just me, the ole aussie, eh?

Hear Again, thanks for the explaination and whatever you just told me, it has been an interesting thread therefore, it has been more than 137 posts in one night! :shock:
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:laugh2:

i'm glad you found the thread interesting -- and thanks for suggesting that i do this! it's been alot of fun! :D

by all means everyone, continue with your questions. :)
 
this is a wierd question, and you may not have an answer, but some of us blind people have a favorite braille symbol. do you?
 
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