#TEDTalkTuesday: What are stem cells? - Craig A. Kohn

In my last post I talked about clinical trials, more specifically clinical trials that are currently being done in regards to Stargardt's.

My previous post - Video: Clinical Trials

Video: Clinical Trials

Before I go into more detail about clinical trials involving Stargardt's I made the below video giving an overview of clinical trials.

Video: Hope for a Cure & Living Life

"Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it to,

doesn't mean your future can't be better than you ever imagined.

Slowly losing my central vision to Stargardt's Disease is something you can imagine I'm not exactly thrilled about but its the reality I live in. I created this blog to document my experience and also to learn more about living with visual impairment.

Video: My Last 2 Videos

2014 so far is a low productivity year for this blog. I've been venturing out on other territories on this grand social media sphere but rarely do I touch down on home base (this blog). I've started other projects some are winding down so I'll have a bit more time. 

Video: The Prospect of Bring a Mom

I snapped a photo of my niece holding on to my fingers with her adorable little hand.

Its Friday so that means a new video post. Every Thursday a new video on my Essceejulies channel is published. Last week that wasn't the case because of several factors One of the reasons was two Mondays ago (July 14) I became a first-time aunt.

Video - Being Aware of Other Senses | Essceejulies

Thanks to advances in technology over recent decades and the growth of social media we are sharing more information than ever. Most of this information is visually based. This often creates circumstances where we're increasingly not in "touch" with our other senses.

Video - Reasons To Smile | Essceejulies

In last week's video I talked about why I had reasons to smile over the past few weeks. This includes family milestones, visiting my eye doctor and finally meeting with my state's commission for the blind to help me to have

No video this week & other things.

I didn't post a video this week on my youtube channel. Its been a busy week with birthdays, graduations and meetings and I didn't feel it necessary to make a 30 second video just to say that. 

One of the meetings I had this week was one it seems like I've been waiting a year to have. If you follow me on twitter (@Essceejulies) I posted the below vague tweet:

Things are starting to move forward. :)

— Sharina Julien (@eSsCeeJulies) June 26, 2014

Things are moving forward to helping me become more independent. I'll talk more about it in the following week's and months but I'm really excited!

Oh and also I wanted to remind you that if you're really into Google+ I created two Stargardt's groups over there. One is a public awareness group and the other is a private support group. I encourage you to join either group as a moderator or contributor.

Awareness Group: 
https://plus.google.com/communities/106991972989952787499

Support Group:
https://plus.google.com/communities/100039691993030726093