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2016 was a most grueling year. Fortunately it paves the way for 2017 to be 120% cooler in so many ways.
The most notable improvement is how, after nearly 37 years, I no longer have to feel all that concerned about my eyes! Upon being diagnosed totally blind on December 15th of 2016, I can now go from treating an unstoppable condition to focusing on ocular comfort. Being able to do this means far fewer, if any, appointments, little, to no, medication, and being able to no longer plunge my family further into debt from medical-related expenses.
The freedom granted from no longer needing to treat my ocular condition means I can move my attention to finishing stories that I've long had to put off to the side as a result of stress, anxiety, and other obligations that disrupted my inspiration. Big goals for this year are to finish the update to the Haposaur story, City of Solitude, while returning to aiding aricub in continuing the Fallen Angel series that we've worked on for the past two years.
It is also going to be great to now only really need a keyboard and laptop to do what I like to do through accessible technology on my computer. Not needing a keyboard or monitor will make setting up to write a breeze. Moreover, once my wife and I get the chance, we have an old computer we can hook up to my hub that our son can start using to continue his adventures in coding. This is a great benefit since the computer has a broken monitor on it, which means he can only ever use the computer in me and Tina Bear's bedroom. Kind of hard to do sneaky things he shouldn't when he knows mom and dad are ever going in-and-out of the room.
There are also many things I will be getting rid of, selling, and/or trading now that I no longer have any chance to get sight back. I'll be posting these things here as I get help locating them. All funds I raise will go towards my iPhone, which has a number of blind-friendly tools that allow me to enjoy things without sight. (Now if only Apple would stop doing insane updates and make the darn thing work as a genuine phone) <LoL!>
No longer having the stress of eye surgeries, procedures, and appointments means I can be a better friend, too! I know I've fallen behind on so many posts from pals while not keeping in touch as much as I should. Now I will have more time to be a better pal to all. Yay!
Lastly, or at least what I can think of right now, is how I am, once again, poised to head off for Guide Dog Training! Once I have my definitive, eye appointment on February 10th, which will acknowledge the transition from treatment to comfort, I can have my medical records sent to The Seeing Eye to have myself re-registered for the training that will help me venture outward without relying on a hollow, white stick with an overpriced, metal disc attached to the bottom of it.
I should also mention that, at last, I can truly set out to discover if I can find gainful employment. I'll be trying to see what I can start doing towards this once I can finally meet with my new, Vocational Rehabilitation counselor. I did update my resume a few months back and need only some additional training to ensure I apply as strongly as I can until I am given the chance to positively rejoin the workforce once more.
May you all have a super-happy New Year! I know we have a lot of great things ahead for 2017. I am eager to partake in them all right alongside you. :)
aricubOriginal Work - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22138268/
2016 was a most grueling year. Fortunately it paves the way for 2017 to be 120% cooler in so many ways.
The most notable improvement is how, after nearly 37 years, I no longer have to feel all that concerned about my eyes! Upon being diagnosed totally blind on December 15th of 2016, I can now go from treating an unstoppable condition to focusing on ocular comfort. Being able to do this means far fewer, if any, appointments, little, to no, medication, and being able to no longer plunge my family further into debt from medical-related expenses.
The freedom granted from no longer needing to treat my ocular condition means I can move my attention to finishing stories that I've long had to put off to the side as a result of stress, anxiety, and other obligations that disrupted my inspiration. Big goals for this year are to finish the update to the Haposaur story, City of Solitude, while returning to aiding
aricub in continuing the Fallen Angel series that we've worked on for the past two years.It is also going to be great to now only really need a keyboard and laptop to do what I like to do through accessible technology on my computer. Not needing a keyboard or monitor will make setting up to write a breeze. Moreover, once my wife and I get the chance, we have an old computer we can hook up to my hub that our son can start using to continue his adventures in coding. This is a great benefit since the computer has a broken monitor on it, which means he can only ever use the computer in me and Tina Bear's bedroom. Kind of hard to do sneaky things he shouldn't when he knows mom and dad are ever going in-and-out of the room.
There are also many things I will be getting rid of, selling, and/or trading now that I no longer have any chance to get sight back. I'll be posting these things here as I get help locating them. All funds I raise will go towards my iPhone, which has a number of blind-friendly tools that allow me to enjoy things without sight. (Now if only Apple would stop doing insane updates and make the darn thing work as a genuine phone) <LoL!>
No longer having the stress of eye surgeries, procedures, and appointments means I can be a better friend, too! I know I've fallen behind on so many posts from pals while not keeping in touch as much as I should. Now I will have more time to be a better pal to all. Yay!
Lastly, or at least what I can think of right now, is how I am, once again, poised to head off for Guide Dog Training! Once I have my definitive, eye appointment on February 10th, which will acknowledge the transition from treatment to comfort, I can have my medical records sent to The Seeing Eye to have myself re-registered for the training that will help me venture outward without relying on a hollow, white stick with an overpriced, metal disc attached to the bottom of it.
I should also mention that, at last, I can truly set out to discover if I can find gainful employment. I'll be trying to see what I can start doing towards this once I can finally meet with my new, Vocational Rehabilitation counselor. I did update my resume a few months back and need only some additional training to ensure I apply as strongly as I can until I am given the chance to positively rejoin the workforce once more.
May you all have a super-happy New Year! I know we have a lot of great things ahead for 2017. I am eager to partake in them all right alongside you. :)
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Most definitely! *Hugs* Thank you so much for helping me to get it all kicked off in all the right ways. :)
Coding was always beyond me, too. My son is in his school's "Coding Club" where they use a program called Scratch to make games and such. Does your cousin use that, too?
You're a talented artist and story designer. No good game works without wonderful visuals and a well designed story arc. :)
Coding was always beyond me, too. My son is in his school's "Coding Club" where they use a program called Scratch to make games and such. Does your cousin use that, too?
You're a talented artist and story designer. No good game works without wonderful visuals and a well designed story arc. :)
Ooops! *Blush* Sorry for the whoopsie.
Your twin does coding and you do art and stories. You two could truly be a most creative pair if the desire to ever make video games, flash animations, etc. ever came up. Your art and her coding could definitely make many things happen.
I've already gotten almost two chapters done for the snowdrop story. I'll start posting them tomorrow, I think. (Getting it up on FiM Fiction is going to be tricky without some visual aids)
Your twin does coding and you do art and stories. You two could truly be a most creative pair if the desire to ever make video games, flash animations, etc. ever came up. Your art and her coding could definitely make many things happen.
I've already gotten almost two chapters done for the snowdrop story. I'll start posting them tomorrow, I think. (Getting it up on FiM Fiction is going to be tricky without some visual aids)
thanks! oo I bought a new adopt, he's a lion he was yellow but I made him tan he has brown patches over the eyes a brown muzzle, a big round brown patch on each ear a brown under belly with a draker brown section and spots in both browns all ofver him mainly in sets of three oh and dark brown back paws and tail floof and light brown front paws with yellow brow eyes and pinkish inner ears he's a rouge cub older than ari and only exists as a feral i call him viazi
Happy New Year, Yosh
I'm really excited that you're excited for it.
This will be a better year for you.
It will be much easier to simply say that you're blind instead of all the complicated deatails. You'll get much more support in having a job.
Having a seeing eye dog would be wonderful for so many reasons.
And it never even occurred to me but it will be quite cool to use a computer without a monitor.
I'm really excited that you're excited for it.
This will be a better year for you.
It will be much easier to simply say that you're blind instead of all the complicated deatails. You'll get much more support in having a job.
Having a seeing eye dog would be wonderful for so many reasons.
And it never even occurred to me but it will be quite cool to use a computer without a monitor.
It's actually kind of neat to use a computer without a monitor. You're imagination drives everything you do. The only thing that takes getting used to is hearing a mechanic voice speak out everything you type, or read.
There is also a slight issue with how compatible the screen reading application is with certain web-sites and functions. Screen readers use a lot of system resources and get overwhelmed on busy sites and applications.
Overall, it's all worth it since, without it, I wouldn't have been able to talk to you for over a year now.
There is also a slight issue with how compatible the screen reading application is with certain web-sites and functions. Screen readers use a lot of system resources and get overwhelmed on busy sites and applications.
Overall, it's all worth it since, without it, I wouldn't have been able to talk to you for over a year now.
I really wish you a great 2017,or at a minimal, better 2017 since you were dealt a lot of bad hands in 2016. I will say this lil ducky, I do admire how you maintain such a positive spirit in the face of adversity, it is very nice to see. I can't say I would be as strong. Probably curled up in a ball, crying, wanting everything to just be done with. I admire how you take the negatives you get dealt and turn them into steps for future growth. I am really happy that you will now be able to get out of that loop of not knowing what each appointment will bring, having worry, extra expense. That really seemed to eat at you and through your journals, that's about the most negative sides I saw of you, is when you were going through those. I hope this can now at least end that viscous cycle for you and as you put it, now concentrate on the next steps forward. Sounds like you have a great plan and I really hope you can make great strides in 2017! Stay strong! *hugs tight*
*Snugs the kind squirrel* Thanks so much, Scooter. It is certainly my goal to start reconnecting more with good friends, like you, now that I can better organize life. It's truly astounding how much working with all those eye appointments and such sucked out of me.
Please know I will soon be sending you a new "Watch". I felt I couldn't keep up with everyone at one point and removed a lot of my Watch list. Now that I know where I stand, I am going to re-add friends since keeping up with journals is going to be so much easier.
Thanks so much for all of your support, Scooter. I do hope, one day, we'll have the pleasure of meeting each other. Perhaps, if I can ride with someone, we may meet at AnthroCon? It'd be nice to go to Pittsburgh for something that isn't an eye appointment, surgery, etc. :)
Please know I will soon be sending you a new "Watch". I felt I couldn't keep up with everyone at one point and removed a lot of my Watch list. Now that I know where I stand, I am going to re-add friends since keeping up with journals is going to be so much easier.
Thanks so much for all of your support, Scooter. I do hope, one day, we'll have the pleasure of meeting each other. Perhaps, if I can ride with someone, we may meet at AnthroCon? It'd be nice to go to Pittsburgh for something that isn't an eye appointment, surgery, etc. :)
Getting a room for a convention is a total pain. I've also found it to be the most expensive part of the whole experience.
I'll definitely keep you updated if I can ever get out that way. The closest I came was being at the convention center when they were setting up for AnthroCon after an eye appointment last year. :)
I'll definitely keep you updated if I can ever get out that way. The closest I came was being at the convention center when they were setting up for AnthroCon after an eye appointment last year. :)
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