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Press yellow to clear

Posted on by One Vision
Women holding blurred coins in hand

Debit cards and using cash are frustrating now.
For a while I’ve had to feel the shape if I’m not sure. Or just pay in pound coins or 50ps as they are easier to fathom.
If I’m feeling rushed… As in there is a big cue waiting, I would always hand over a note.
So, that means there is always lots of change weighing me down.
I’m getting rid of this by using coins at the shop, when it isn’t busy and there is only me or another person in there. I have time to concentrate and just tell myself to think ☺
This was mostly before our current situation. The Virus.
The little shop near me now prefers card payments to keep the rate of infection down. They have a screen up and there’s only 2 people allowed in the shop at one time with the shopkeeper.
The card machine is hard to see and usually I’m stood there and my pin number is wrong or I’ve pressed the wrong button. Press yellow to clear they tell me.
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Sunshine on a rainy day – Sunglasses

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Sunglasses are very good to block harmful blue light, that affects the progression of condition. You also can get apps to pop on your devices with screens to filter this out.

Any little helps as long as to keep the eyesight we have.
This is why you will see me on an overcast day wearing sunglasses.
The light is sometimes still too bright. Just enough to make my eyes feel uncomfortable and will probably bring me alot of pain via headache or eye socket pain later on.
This is something I did pre diagnosis.
During my consultant appointment last September (2019). He told me that I had photophobia due to my condition and probably always had been but didn’t think anything of it.
This is where your eyes are super sensitive to light.
It has probably got progressively worse as the dystrophy began to show itself to me, 5 years ago.
So, if you see someone with sunglasses on and you think they are either trying to be ‘cool’, don’t shout over… ‘It isn’t that sunny love’..
just remember, it maybe because they’re are protecting themselves from discomfort whilst out and about, and preventing themselves from alot of pain later.
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Visual Impairment and social distancing

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Hi everyone.
I do hope you are keeping well and safe.
The UK are still in partial lockdown and social distancing is still here for us all.
I’ve come across a article that maybe helpful to some whilst these measures are in place around the world for people out and about with Visual impairment.
It’s extra stressful when in a shop trying to keep away from people and the added factor of having to study items for longer whilst aware not to take too much time in the shop because others are queuing outside waiting for you to exit before they can go in.
Makes you flustered and made me buy yogurt instead of cottage cheese yesterday 😔.
That will be nice on a jacket spud won’t it 😔