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Jeannine

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I can offer emotional support to those suffering from visual impairments--specifically those dealing with retina detachments and cataracts. I am legally blind since birth and have recently gone through many retina detachment surgeries and have had cataracts. I can share with you my experiences, and offer you practical solutions to dealing with retina detachments which I have learned over the past few months. I am still waiting to see if my last detachment surgery is successful, so I am experiencing this along with you and would be more than happy to simply be a shoulder to cry on, if needed. I am also willing to discuss living with visual impairments...and how it effects daily life, relationships, careers, etc.

Experience in the area

I have been legally blind since birth. Just recently had a cataract surgery that lead to four retina detachment surgeries. I have had both silicon oil and PFO in my eye, and have also been through the "head down" positioning that often follows a detachment. I am facing another cataract surgery for the other eye. I have a great deal of experience when it comes to practical solutions for living with this problem. I also know what it is to live day in and day out with a disability, and have learned how to handle it's effect on relationships(romantic and otherwise).

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
TJ	06/24/09	10	10	10	10
zoe	11/21/08	10	10	10	10	thank you
Crazy one	10/22/08	7	8	7	10	Thank you Jeannine!
zoe	06/01/08	10	10	10	10	thank you very much
Lisa	02/13/08	10	10	10	10	Thanks jeannine! Lisa

Recent Answers from Jeannine

2009-09-08 different stages of blindness.:

Jarita, I'm confused about the wording of your question. It sounds like you are saying you have temporary vision loss, in an eye that usually sees well, but also suffers from bouts of vision loss. This

2009-06-22 cataracts and computer screens:

Alan, I can only speak from personal experience...and no, I did not find that the computer screen has any baring on the cataracts. However, I was told by my retina doctor that staring at a computer

2008-09-15 cataract removal abd diabetes:

Dear Uma, God bless you, too. I had been fixed for distance in both eyes. After some trouble I had with the IOL in my right eye, I had it taken out and now that eye has nothing at all in it. I wear

2008-07-21 selection of IOL for cataract:

I had a similar problem, because the pouches in both my eyes were not fully formed and were both very weak. The doctor had no trouble retrieving the natural lens (which is what your doc will take from

2008-05-27 blindness:

Zoe, That could be because your good eye gets tired and dry. My good eye gets a sticky film over it, from my using it too much. Especially after being on the computer for a long time. Because I have

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