Comments on: Blind and visually impaired skiers take to the slopes in Vermont in January http://mapvi.org/events/blind-and-visually-impaired-skiers/ Massachusetts Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:13:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://mapvi.org/events/blind-and-visually-impaired-skiers/comment-page-1/#comment-4 admin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:14:09 +0000 http://mapvi.org/?p=30#comment-4 I would talk to your doctor and make sure you're both on the same page. You know your doctor has your best interests at heart. You can also call USABA and see what sort of advice they may have. They may give you specific questions to ask your doctor so you can make the decision together. Good luck! MAPVI I would talk to your doctor and make sure you’re both on the same page. You know your doctor has your best interests at heart. You can also call USABA and see what sort of advice they may have. They may give you specific questions to ask your doctor so you can make the decision together.

Good luck!

MAPVI

]]> By: peg m dejohn http://mapvi.org/events/blind-and-visually-impaired-skiers/comment-page-1/#comment-2 peg m dejohn Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:41:28 +0000 http://mapvi.org/?p=30#comment-2 I was scanning the web to find skiers who only have one eye. I am now one of the them It was due to My Harley motorcycle accident last April that left me with TBI, and damage nerves on the left side . I was in a coma for 8 days and given my last rites twice becase tney thought Iwas not going to make it. I am pushng forward with my therapy - I stll have a bad right arm and wrist therefore I needed to learn the computer with one hand to contine ny paralegal practice I have discovered that I can still hold the ski poles as lomg as I wear my Brace I have been skiing for over 40 years and I am not going to give it up Althoug winter has approached - I live near Bristol Mountain in NY I may not be able to get on the slopes this winter because of my brain rehabiltion or just plain waiting for it to rewired - the doctor said it will take about a Year - Honesty my brain work fine, I have a friend who is a therapist and completety blind but skies at Bristol, We may be able to get to Killingtin for January. I have Skied Killigton, Stowe, Strattom, Okemo and all the rest every winter for the past 40 years Do you think that would a good idea? I was scanning the web to find skiers who only have one eye. I am now one of the them It was due to My Harley motorcycle accident last April that left me with TBI, and damage nerves on the left side . I was in a coma for 8 days and given my last rites twice becase tney thought Iwas not going to make it. I am pushng forward with my therapy – I stll have a bad right arm and wrist therefore I needed to learn the computer with one hand to contine ny paralegal practice I have discovered that I can still hold the ski poles as lomg as I wear my Brace

I have been skiing for over 40 years and I am not going to give it up Althoug winter has approached – I live near Bristol Mountain in NY I may not be able to get on the slopes this winter because of my brain rehabiltion or just plain waiting for it to rewired – the doctor said it will take about a Year – Honesty my brain work fine,

I have a friend who is a therapist and completety blind but skies at Bristol, We may be able to get to Killingtin for January. I have Skied Killigton, Stowe, Strattom, Okemo and all the rest every winter for the past 40 years

Do you think that would a good idea?

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