Larry, Baby and Me
08-21-2008, 12:34 AM
I complained that I had no shoes, and then I met a man that had no feet.
The above explains a little bit of what I am going through trying to read the print in books. I recently bought a ton of writing books to help me along with plots and character formations... but I am in constant struggle trying to see the words. I have cataracts forming and my glasses aren't doing the job. I have to read the sentence and then re-read it so my brain can understand what I read. This is new to me as I have had no trouble in the past doing speed reading and ripping through door-stopper sized technical books. But now my eyes just won't allow this.
So - I get frustrated with not being able to see clearly until I remember a college friend of mine who was in a Master's program (a textbook every two weeks instead of one a semister). He got his Masters with honors and he was legally blind. He could only see a small pinpopint from the center of his right eye. He held his books within an inch of his face and read each letter at a time.
I do get frustrated - but I do think of him... often.
Lar
The above explains a little bit of what I am going through trying to read the print in books. I recently bought a ton of writing books to help me along with plots and character formations... but I am in constant struggle trying to see the words. I have cataracts forming and my glasses aren't doing the job. I have to read the sentence and then re-read it so my brain can understand what I read. This is new to me as I have had no trouble in the past doing speed reading and ripping through door-stopper sized technical books. But now my eyes just won't allow this.
So - I get frustrated with not being able to see clearly until I remember a college friend of mine who was in a Master's program (a textbook every two weeks instead of one a semister). He got his Masters with honors and he was legally blind. He could only see a small pinpopint from the center of his right eye. He held his books within an inch of his face and read each letter at a time.
I do get frustrated - but I do think of him... often.
Lar