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As I've posted in the past my vision has been deteriorating for the past 3 years. It has now fallen off a cliff, so I'll no longer be posting, and if this is in ragtime, transpose.
I have greatly enjoyed being part of this community off and on since a link to the Top Ten Conservative Idiots at Buzzflash led me here in 2001. In a world and especially on an internet that seemed determined to drag us all down the right wing rabbit hole, DU showed me I wasn't alone, that I wasn't the crazy one. Or maybe I was, but their way is crazier.
I will miss you all, whether or not we agreed with each other.
Just keep fighting the good fight.
--Warpy
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,444 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)Botany
(70,588 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,953 posts)Just wanted to let you know if you didn't already.
Good luck to you Warpy.
True Dough
(17,331 posts)There's software out there that will read text aloud.
My uncle who is 90 and can barely see anymore uses it all the time. He is not exactly tech savvy.
Harker
(14,039 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Good luck, Warpy.
Diamond_Dog
(32,085 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,077 posts)Youre a valued member of this community.
Docreed2003
(16,877 posts)You will most certainly be missed in these parts. Take care!
OAITW r.2.0
(24,610 posts)Will miss your comments, Warpie....
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I am so sorry to hear about your sight. My hope is that it won't get worse...
If possible and with some assistance, check in now and again.
Till we meet again--
Yankee
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)spanone
(135,882 posts)KT2000
(20,588 posts)a way of staying with DU. The days of insanity and need for like minded others shows no sign of letting up. I am sorry you have to deal with the loss of eyesight. Best to you with these new challenges.
Hekate
(90,828 posts)blogslug
(38,018 posts)I hope you find a way to stay.
https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
Celerity
(43,537 posts)mcar
(42,376 posts)I hope technology leads you back to us again.
babylonsister
(171,094 posts)So sorry about your eyes. I fear that's to be my fate as well. I was recently diagnosed with the crystals that form with macular, my dad had MD, not looking forward to it.
Please take care of yourself.
CrispyQ
(36,525 posts)I hope you look into it! You're a valued member & I've enjoyed your comments over the years.
The best to you, regardless.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,468 posts)Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)You will be missed.
Haggard Celine
(16,858 posts)Sorry your eyesight is getting worse. Good luck to your future endeavors, and hope you can figure out a way to come back and visit once in a while!
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)2naSalit
(86,798 posts)I wish it were different for you. I will miss your posts very much.
And in case I never told you...
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)hlthe2b
(102,378 posts)There are all kinds of increasingly sophisticated transcribing technologies for those with diminished sight. Your state or locale should have an agency that aids those with visual impairment that could help you identify what might best meet your needs. I hope you will look into it and perhaps we will be able to communicate back and forth on DU in the future.
In the meantime, perhaps you might-- on occasion-- call upon a friend or family member to post under your screen name to let us know how you are doing?
We will surely be thinking of you. All the best.
SheilaAnn
(9,710 posts)luck and love to you.
Champp
(2,114 posts)malaise
(269,182 posts)Look after yourself
Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)I hope something can help stop or reverse the deterioration so your quality of life doesn't change. I'm wishing the best for you, and hoping you'll find a way to duck in occasionally for a visit.
Permanut
(5,643 posts)and have helped the rest of us find a little sanity in this chaos. Thanks.
yonder
(9,676 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)We will miss you, & as others have said, I hope you can find a way to stop by from time to time & let us know how you're doing.
Tracer
(2,769 posts)You have always been one of my favorite DU people and I read your posts all the time.
So sorry you are having troubles. Take care.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)I will miss you so very much.
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)cate94
(2,813 posts)mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)I have always found your posts to be reasonable and readable. Thank you for that. All the best to you..your voice will be missed here.
LeftInTX
(25,559 posts)People were looking for you a few years ago, then you showed up again and I thought everything was OK....
ancianita
(36,137 posts)Thank you for being a poster I've always been intrigued with, and for being someone who's helped keep DU sane and caring.
We're still all fighting the good fight together with you, near or far.
cojoel
(957 posts)Hoping for a vision miracle in your future. My eyes suck (keratoconus among other things) and I can certainly relate, but so far I'm able to hang in there.
Native
(5,943 posts)You've simply got to figure out a way to stay with us. No two ways about it.
ornotna
(10,807 posts)Be well Warpy.
rurallib
(62,450 posts)Read to you, do some posting for you?
We will miss you. Hope you can find a way to overcome this huge obstacle.
tavernier
(12,406 posts)So you just better figure something out.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)Cyrano
(15,060 posts)The thoughts, concepts and intelligence you shared with many of us here, will not be forgotten.
It seems to me you have an inner light that will prevail.
With gratitude and my thanks for your having been here on DU,
Cyrano
orleans
(34,074 posts)hate to see you go
like others mentioned at top of thread--voice software might be worth checking out
have a friend read posts to you and write replies for you. (if you know of someone who would do that. my mom never used the computer but i used to read her a lot of du posts and replies)
take good care!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,145 posts)Would that cost a fortune?
duhneece
(4,118 posts)Im so sorry to hear about your vision. You have been such a wonderful part of my world. I always figured that Id there was an Albuquerque DU meetup, wed meet up.
BadGimp
(4,019 posts)Glad you're a community member here.
Be well!!!
Paladin
(28,275 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)Atheists and Agnostics. Science, Skeptics, etc.
Not sure what else to say but you keep fighting the good fight too!
Joinfortmill
(14,464 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,464 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)woodsprite
(11,927 posts)You will be sorely missed!
Maybe you could give the app NVDA a try so you could keep up with friends, news, etc. Its a free screen reader for windows systems. We use it in our testing for website and forms accessibility at work.
I wish you well
Metatron
(1,258 posts)Your perspective and wit will be missed, but I will always remember how genuinely nice you have been. My best to you, Warpy.
NJCher
(35,744 posts)Whenever there was a Warpy post I would always be sure to read it.
Original in every way.
Damn.
Nevilledog
(51,201 posts)Your voice is needed here.
Wishing you the best with everything.
Fla Dem
(23,761 posts)Good bye dear Warpy, peace to you.
JudyM
(29,279 posts)So sorry for you and its our loss, too.
chowder66
(9,082 posts)pwb
(11,291 posts)As you have always stood. Peace, Warpy.
Wicked Blue
(5,853 posts)I hope you will find some way for your eyes to heal.
orangecrush
(19,620 posts).
And I love your posts.
Grieve, then get angry and start fighting.
I look forward to your return.
Evolve Dammit
(16,773 posts)Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)I sincerely thank you for sharing so much of it with us.
You have enriched my life with your posts; best wishes for the future.
with others, I hope you can find a way to stick around - your voice is a good one for DU. if not, may the changes be only a challenge and not an unscalable obstacle.
KentuckyWoman
(6,695 posts)Over the years your wisdom has made a physical difference in my family.
Thank you.
Iggo
(47,568 posts)Heres hoping for a turnaround in your situation.
But if not, I know that sometimes the breaks is just the breaks. (Im going to be 60 next month and Im starting to understand and accept certain realities. For me, its my ears. Too many rock concerts, too close to the stage.)
Anyway, Ill miss you.
All the best, I really mean it.
Iggo.
PJMcK
(22,050 posts)Ive read many of your posts and Ill miss you. Thanks for being an active member of DU.
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)I had blind students in one of my computer classes. Most communities have resources for aiding those losing their vision. You will be missed.
DFW
(54,445 posts)Select the ones that sound interesting, have them read out to you, and dictate replies?
I don't mean hire a slave secretary, but my mom-in-law has gone blind, too, and she somehow finds a way to continue on at her home, living on her own, and she will be 94 this Friday.
If you leave, fair winds. If you find a way to stop in every now and again, don't hesitate to take any help offered. You'll end up paying it back somehow, and feel better for it.
MLAA
(17,329 posts)beveeheart
(1,371 posts)pandr32
(11,617 posts)You are part of us whether you can see our posts or not. May our shared cause comfort you.
msfiddlestix
(7,286 posts)I have macular degeneration which I never heard of before I was diagnosed a few years ago. I've been taking presservision for the past five or six years, I'm beginning to think it's been a waste of money.
I don't know if it's AMD for you or not, but I did recently learn of new devices designed specifically for AMD sufferers needing to stay connected on line etc
Just curious if your issue is AMD and if so, do you know about these devices?
crickets
(25,983 posts)Yours has been one of the constant voices of sanity here for as long as I can remember, and we all hate to lose you. As others have said, I do hope you might be able to find some text to speech options to help you stay. Strength to you in all of your struggles and please try to find a way to continue posting. You are a beloved member here and we want to keep hearing from you as long as possible.
ZZenith
(4,128 posts)May you soon find an alternate way to digest the news and participate in its discussion.
trof
(54,256 posts)I have ARMD (age related macular degeneration).
My left eye is useless and my right is declining.
Good luck to you.
BigmanPigman
(51,630 posts)you will be able to find technology to help.
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alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Hope you try the voice to text things mentioned.
Yorkie Mom
(16,420 posts)You will be missed.
yardwork
(61,712 posts)tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)Will miss your presence.
denbot
(9,901 posts)We never met but I will miss you like so many others, who along with me got here so long ago pretty much the same way. I got here in May of 2001 through either Media Whores Online, or Buzzflash links. I am less sorry to say goodbye, than I am at why you must, but this place will be a little bit less of what is was, when you leave.
Fair winds and following seas,
denbot.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)You have always been a favorite.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)I don't want to miss you, I don't want you go away!
Demsrule86
(68,691 posts)senseandsensibility
(17,138 posts)send my friend. Although this may useless, I hope you can find a way to keep participating on DU.
Stinky The Clown
(67,819 posts)You've always been a friend.
XanaDUer2
(10,749 posts)NH Ethylene
(30,817 posts)I have enjoyed your posts over the years.
Best of luck to you.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,636 posts)You will be deeply missed.
mercuryblues
(14,539 posts)TygrBright
(20,770 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)If you want to stay, there are DUers who can help you stay with voice-to-text.
Otherwise, Godspeed. Onwards to what's next...
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Every once and a while maybe someone can type out a post for you.
DenaliDemocrat
(1,476 posts)Read your posts for a long time. I dont post much but you, Swamp Monster, Kephra, Greywarrior are some of my fondest DU memories. Not many of the originals left.
Cadfael
(1,299 posts)Hoping against hope that you continue to grace us with your presence somehow.
If not DU will be diminished by your absence.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)question everything
(47,536 posts)Health and the economy, the cooking page and the DIY and Home improvement and so many others that I cannot list now. And, of course, the "regular" political pages.
I hope that your vision will not interfere with your day to day life and that family and friends will be around to help.
And, perhaps, on occasions, do stop by.
Wishing you the best and thanking you for all your comments.
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 21, 2021, 12:30 PM - Edit history (1)
now, as evidenced by all the loving messages from your fellow DUers.
What a difficult change to deal with, and how brave of you to let us know.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)applegrove
(118,793 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)To continue with some recent technology to assist you. Good luck Warpy.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,304 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)I will miss you
take care of you and know that you made a positive impact on so many.
mopinko
(70,235 posts)i will miss you my dear.
be well, as well as you can.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I missed you when you were away before. Your voice will be greatly missed by all at DU.
Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)calimary
(81,506 posts)I hope at least someone can read these to you.
Youve more than earned all this affection and admiration. Thank you so much for all your posts - Ive enjoyed every one!
I hope theres some way that can allow you to stay connected here. Your voice and your mind are still needed. Always will be.
Much much love and many hugs!
herding cats
(19,568 posts)If you decide to use tech to listen in on us (and maybe even make a post here or there) it would be great. Your voice here will be missed.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)senseandsensibility
(17,138 posts)There are many on DU who would like to keep communicating with you, and some who may be able to help.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)You will be missed so much!