Category Archives: Reading
Audible books: The fun way to read!
“I want to tell you about this wonderful book I’m reading. It’s a big book, and I am half way through. I’m reading it with my ears! I joined an audio book club. I am so excited about it!” That’s … Continue reading
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Is this all in my mind?
Oh, man, I’m not going to make it! How often those words came to my mind during 2004. I’d try to relax and read a magazine, or work on my websites, and I just couldn’t stick with it.
I went from one project to another. I don’t know what is wrong, but I do know that if I don’t get help soon, something is going to break! I’d think. In a way, I looked forward to the day when things would break. At least then we will know what the problem is, and I can get help! Continue reading
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20/20 vision and all is well
“Your vision is 20/20, we can’t do any better than that!”
So, I surmised, my inability to read very long must not be related to my eyes. After all, my glasses corrected my vision to 20/20. The problem must be my mind.
I’ve got to do better, I thought. I’ve got to get a handle on this. If I just try harder, I can read longer. I would find myself reading the same page over and over…. Continue reading
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Books, books everywhere, and not a one is read
The doctors I saw were often hesitant about strabismus surgery. They frequently warned me that it is such a precise surgery that it could make things worse instead of better.
As I entered my 50′s, I still bought books, but it was getting harder and harder to read them. The internet was coming into bloom about that time, and I found it easier to read things online. The nature of web pages is that they are brief and concise. I could often read an entire website without losing my focus. Continue reading
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If your strabismus gets bad enough…
During my 20′s and 30′s I continued to be an avid reader. My family used to quickly steer me away from books when we were shopping. “Don’t let Mom start looking at those books, or we’ll be here all day!”
I had discarded my prism glasses while I was in nursing school. My Ophthalmologist said they would weaken my eye muscles by allowing the eyes to drift and still see. By forcing my eyes to focus without them, I’d be strengthening the eye muscles. Continue reading
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