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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> nfbc-sj-bounces@nfbcal.org <nfbc-sj-bounces@nfbcal.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Quintana<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2022 5:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB San Jose/Silicon Valley Chapter <nfbc-sj@nfbcal.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nfbc-sj] REMINDER: OUR NEXT CHAPTER MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3PM VIA ZOOM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another item for consideration is the 1999 movie starring Val Kilmer called At First Sight where he too has a surgery to restore his sight and the aftermath of that decision.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132512/">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132512/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to the discussion on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BQ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:buhrow@nfbcal.org">Brian Buhrow</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Sunday, November 13, 2022 7:20 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfbc-sj@nfbcal.org">NFB San Jose/Silicon Valley Chapter</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nfbc-sj] REMINDER: OUR NEXT CHAPTER MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3PM VIA ZOOM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> hello. In preparation for Saturday's discussion, here is an item to read to<br>
provide food for thought.<br>
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Crashing Through: One man's journey from blindness to sight. (Available on Bookshare)<br>
By Robert Kurson<br>
Throughout human history, a vanishingly small number of people have made the transition from<br>
being a blind person to being a sighted person. This book describes the journey Mike May, yes<br>
the same Mike may you know as the one who creates GPS navigation tools, as he takes that<br>
journey. This is a fascinating read which explores all the issues that have ben touched on<br>
in this discussion: thoughts on how to decide what to do, questions about the pros and cons,<br>
and the implications that come with each of the steps in this process.<br>
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When I was 17, long before this book came out, an eye doctor proposed that he could restore<br>
much of my eye sight by performing a corneal transplant and thus eliminating much of the damage<br>
caused by my congenital glaucoma. I was about to graduate from high school and had already<br>
applied to a number of colleges. Since he could only say there was a 50-50 chance it would<br>
work, and, if it didn't work, I'd assuredly lose any remaining eye sight that I still had, I<br>
elected to not go forward with the surgery. I wanted to get on with my life, which was just<br>
getting underway, from my perspective, and not have to deal with the unknowns anymore. After<br>
reading this book, I now know that I made the right choice. Even if the surgery had been<br>
successful, I would still be living as a blind person because I lost my eyesight at a very<br>
young age.<br>
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When considering this question, I agree with what David said. I would add that as part of that<br>
consideration, it's worth thinking about how much the cost of sight restoration might be. Not<br>
just the monetary cost associated with the medical aspects of the procedure, but the cost in<br>
terms of time lost in recovery, potential retraining, not to mention the potential cost of the<br>
failure of the procedure. <br>
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Looking forward to hearing evryone's thoughts next week.<br>
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-Brian<br>
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