Posts tagged Diabetes

“Fifty-nine-year-old Trish Vickers lost her eyesight to diabetes seven years ago. With an imagination that “runs riot,” Vickers, began writing a book in long hand. Her son Simon would come over once a week to read her work back to her. But during one visit last year, Simon realized that 26 pages his mother thought she’d written were totally blank. The ink had run out. […] A few weeks later, they presented the manuscript back to her. Working during their spare time, staff at the police station had used a combination of bright lights to reveal the indentations made by the pen.” [the rest can be read here, also image source and portuguese info +]

“Fifty-nine-year-old Trish Vickers lost her eyesight to diabetes seven years ago. With an imagination that “runs riot,” Vickers, began writing a book in long hand. Her son Simon would come over once a week to read her work back to her. But during one visit last year, Simon realized that 26 pages his mother thought she’d written were totally blank. The ink had run out. […] A few weeks later, they presented the manuscript back to her. Working during their spare time, staff at the police station had used a combination of bright lights to reveal the indentations made by the pen.”

[the rest can be read here, also image source and portuguese info +]