Living with a visual impairment causes you to use your memory a lot more than you normally would. I have to remember that one particular shirt in my closet is green, another black. If I set something down, my iPhone for example, I have to remember where it is as…
Sitting in a chair out of the way in the Eyewear Department at Costco, I waited for my husband to find new frames he liked. Although I can’t really see his face, I am able to take photos of the options he selected for both of us to look at…
Stopping at a candy store I had read about online, Damask Candies in Swedesboro, New Jersey, my husband and I selected a few chocolate treats to take home. The smell inside the shop was divine, the greatest advertising campaign there ever was. Given that it was a few weeks before…
Did you know that if you are a US citizen and have a permanent disability you can apply for a free National Parks Access Pass? The process is quite simple: upload your ID and documentation of permanent disability and pay a $10 processing fee. My pass arrived not long after,…
During the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live show, at one point they showed different performers in a montage. I sit close to the TV to help me see the screen a little better, but it is still difficult for me to tell who people are. Trying to use all…
My eyes have been itching so badly due to allergies that I wanted to pop them out, lick them and put them back in. Rather than going to Philadelphia to one of my physicians there, I returned to the practice close to my home where I went prior to my…
Entering the outpatient center of my local hospital for my mammogram, I went to the iPad stationed by the registration desk for sign-in. Moving my face close to the screen, I could make out the fields “Last Name” and “First Name.” I filled them in and hit “Submit,” the next…
I have never had a colonoscopy, instead I have done Cologuard testing. My primary care physician, who is very conservative, approves of this practice. I am not afraid of a colonoscopy, but if I can do this testing instead, that is what I choose. I won’t go into the details…
I gravitate towards the color blue because it is the only color I can see, but sometimes its darkness makes it hard for me to find things that I have purchased in that color. The iPad case I have been using is dark blue. I often have difficulty locating it…
I have a friend who is blind and her name is the same as our next door neighbor. For the first few years after meeting the woman with the visual impairment, I called her Blind Denise to differentiate her from Neighbor Denise, when speaking of her to friends and family….
