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Post  Richard Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:20 am

TV has been "bothering me" recently. I just cannot watch it ... the many images are sure to cause an episode. Plus Ihave been episoding pretty consistently since Friday night ... a bad episode then plus huge postdrome ... been asleep most of Saturday and Sunday.

And I have missed the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

I love the winter olympics. Short track ice racing with Apolo Anton Ohno, the ski jumping, the figure skating, the women's super G ... I love watching these events ... especially the hockey.

Si I missed Apolo's historic bronze medal and team USA's upset of Canada (sorry about that Risa) and Johnny Weir's performance and Bode Miller's finally getting a medal ... missed it all. Can only look at photographs of the great performances.

Darn these disease. Usually I can accept it and move on ... but man oh man, I miss the Olympics in 2010.
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Post  tecky Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:22 am

I'm sorry you've missed the Olympics, Richard. Is it the changing light of the television that bothers you? It occasionally bothers me. I haven't seen much of it either, and I especially love the ice skating competitions.

You've had some pretty emotional things going on lately. My emotions really wreak havoc on my brain--and this happens subconsciously, without my knowing what triggers things. Please be gentle with yourself.

I have more troubles with reading and the computer. I LOVE to read! Audio books are at least keeping my mind occupied, but I don't apprehend the material as well as if I read it.

This "DDarn disease" robs us of so many activities we love. It so stinks sometimes (actually quite often it does).

Please take care.

Becky I love you flower
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Post  alli Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:30 am

I've been having trouble with my eyes so I haven't been able to watch the Olympics as much as I like, but I have been listening, at least till I fall asleep. Can you listen at all or is it the whole tv experience?

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Post  pen Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:36 am

I cant stand sport so havent missed a thing. But I do understand and can empathise with the problem.
Can you maybe record some and watch it in fragments when you feel a little better.
Thats what I do with things I miss.

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Post  TheBookworm411 Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:06 pm

The TV often bothers me too so I have to limit it but when I really want to watch something....
I record it so I can ff thru commercials which are very "flashy".
I have 3 preset lighting settings on my TV the lowest being "movie". I switch it to that and it is very dim. It keeps switching it out of it every 15-20minutes, I don't know why but I just switch it back.
I have my chair at least 8-10 feet from the tv.
I turn the sound really low and use closed captions because the sounds can get loud without warning.

p.s. If you have On Demand you can catch the Ohno hightlights. I watched him get his silver and he was amazing. That day I watched the Olympics for several hours. Bad idea!!! I won't do that again. I just go to On Demand and watch the highlights. They are online too. Ohno went way around the outside to pass everyone and won by a quarter track. It was so amazing.
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Post  dizzyflower Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:07 am

Sorry you missed the winter olympics.

I've had a shaded lamp just behind the TV for a while, it seems to reduce the effect of flicker by reducing the contrast between the tv light source and the area around it. It helps a lot, but I am in trouble when I stay at someone's house that doesn't have a lamp set up. I can't watch anything much over 42 inches.

Hope things settle soon so you can watch it again.

best wishes

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Post  pen Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:46 am

Actually the big plasma screen now I think of it. The one I use from here on the couch on my mig days.
I dont notice the flicker...not sure if Plasma is better for that, but worth checking out.
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Post  CluelessKitty Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:44 pm

Congratulations to the USA team for winning their well deserved gold medals! may I add Lysacek has got a great bod!

Smile Risa
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Post  HeelerLady Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:51 pm

What did I miss? I've watched bits but hadn't heard anything new or exciting. Other than the US-Canada hockey game was really interesting.
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