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Lady_Wu · 06-17-2010, 12:53 PM

I have a number of autoimmune disorders. The most visible ones are MS and the damage caused to my eyes by MS. With the MS, I generally walk with a forearm cane, sometimes two if I'm in a flare. The one I use the most is decorated with flowers and butterflies and the Human Equality sign. When I'm in a store that has them, I use a motorized scooter to keep from getting utterly fatigued. Also when I'm out in the sunlight and/or a store, I wear a black patch over my right eye. If I don't, I get literally blinding pain in both eyes and a severe migraine. I'd like to get a nicely lined pink patch with lace!*smile*
People around here are known for their friendliness. But when I go out,say, grocery shopping for instance, I get DOUBLE points-one for being crippled and another for being half-blind!Amazing how friendly people turn out to be then! They TALK to me-gasp!-they offer to get things from the high shelves. They even offer to help my friend who drove me to the store carry the groceries to the car!I'm not meaning to make light of what being disabled is like. But I do try to find humour in my situation when I can. That makes bearing it much easier.
Later I'll write a post on what my diseases have taught me. This doesn't mean that I WANT to have them, or that I don't sometimes scream in frustration over my limitations now. But I HAVE learned lessons from them that I might nit have learned otherwise. But that's a different post.
Lady_Wu

06-17-2010, 12:53 PM	#144
Lady_Wu Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Queer Stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: M'Lady Relationship Status: given up looking sigh Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere buried under a pile of books Posts: 197 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 285 Thanked 300 Times in 105 Posts Rep Power: 155956	Two points! I have a number of autoimmune disorders. The most visible ones are MS and the damage caused to my eyes by MS. With the MS, I generally walk with a forearm cane, sometimes two if I'm in a flare. The one I use the most is decorated with flowers and butterflies and the Human Equality sign. When I'm in a store that has them, I use a motorized scooter to keep from getting utterly fatigued. Also when I'm out in the sunlight and/or a store, I wear a black patch over my right eye. If I don't, I get literally blinding pain in both eyes and a severe migraine. I'd like to get a nicely lined pink patch with lace!smile People around here are known for their friendliness. But when I go out,say, grocery shopping for instance, I get DOUBLE points-one for being crippled and another for being half-blind!Amazing how friendly people turn out to be then! They TALK to me-gasp!-they offer to get things from the high shelves. They even offer to help my friend who drove me to the store carry the groceries to the car!I'm not meaning to make light of what being disabled is like. But I do try to find humour in my situation when I can. That makes bearing it much easier. Later I'll write a post on what my diseases have taught me. This doesn't mean that I WANT to have them, or that I don't sometimes scream in frustration over my limitations now. But I HAVE learned lessons from them that I might nit have learned otherwise. But that's a different post. Lady_Wu __________________ I'm the Yin in the Yang and the Yang in the Yin.