Having Serious Problems

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Between Internet Problems and health problems I am unable to use the computer very much. I have serious vision problems that are being treated and I hope to be back in a month or two with the aid of modern science and technology.

I miss you all very much and am sorry to not be around.

What kind of trouble are you getting into with out your favorite granny halfling rogue to tell it the way it really is?

I will be back they can't keep a Balder's gate fan down.

Ps: I haven't spell Checked or reread so I hop this makes sense and explains my absence. Hard to read, type or play.

 

Hope you get better soon Nakia! We miss you

 

Godspeed! Hope to seek you back soon.

 

Best wishes, Nakia. Please get well, and come back soon.

 

Well, given your lengthy and sudden absence, I was fearing worse than just poor vision, so in a way, I'm relieved.

Good luck with your treatments, and I look forward to having you back on the Boards!

 

My poor computer is upgrading so I [m still around. Thanks for the kind words. I'm one of the lucky ones. The condition - macular degeration is treatable and I have responded well. It is a slow and frustrating process but not painful. The tests are the most unpleasant part. Reading is slow and tiring so I can't go to my favorites ie: AoDA and AoLS and cause trouble there.

I can enlarge things on the Internet but get annoyed at the time and effort it takes to read things. I'm not a patient person and from being a speed reader I've become a snail.

Based on the response to the treatment I am sure that given a bit of time I'll be back to voice my always honest and never humble opinions.

There are people with a lot worse problems than mine and I have learned a lot from this experience. It is amazing how humans can adapt to things.

Splunge, you are correct it could be a lot worse.

 

Hope the road to recovery is as smooth as possible.

 

We were getting worried about the halfling granny, hope all works out.

 

Come back as sneaky as you've ever been, Grandma Rogue. Cheers.

 

It must be a scary, scary thing to have your sight degrade like that. I hope the treatment works well for you. Best of luck.

 

I'm very sad to hear you're not too well. I hope you get better, and can return to us.

 

There's also a nifty "magnifying glass" that you can get from here

Although Tal's suggestion is probably better.

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I just realized that my second-last post could be construed as being dismissive of the problems Nakia is going through ("just" poor vision). Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

I certainly didn't take that way. The main reason I decided to try posting is I know that many of you have become friends and knowing my age might assume the worst. Believe me there are much worse things than what I have. Right now I think the thing that is getting me down is the frustration and the boredom. I hate being bored.

 

For those not familiar with Macula Degeneration I thought I would post a short and simplistic explanation.

from the American Macular Degeneration Foundation.

It is the leading cause of blindness in people age 55 or over. It causes more blindness than cataracts and glacoma combined. It can happen to younger people but is fortunately rare.

Simply put there are two types, wet and dry. At this time the wet can be treated to some success but not the dry. There are some experimental treatments for the dry but it is early stages.

Lazer treatment may halt the degeneration of the abnormal blood vessels underlying the fovea but do not cure Macula Degeneration and can cause permanent vision loss in the areas treated. There are a couple of drugs which are injected into the eye that have proven beneficial in halting the degeneration. That is what I am currently receiving and it has been helpful. A couple of weeks ago the very idea of coming here and trying to post was ridiculous. I am one of the fortunate ones.

I ask one thing of you. If you come across someone who has Macula Degeneration please do not start telling them about the wonderful 'cures' you have heard about. There is no cure for Macular Degeneration and each person is unique and only a retina specialist can diagnosis and treat this type of disease.

Ps: Tal, I didn't thank you for your suggestion re enlarging the type. No I didn't know about the ctrl button + mouse wheel. It is much more convienent than a 'magnifier' which is needs changing. This rather fun.

 

Hugs and prayers, Sis, hugs and prayers.