<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Don't feel bad Bill, I have never seen anyone sign that for chemo either and I am Deaf from birth. That is just because I have never neede to talk about chemo. ;-)<BR>Adam<BR></P>
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From: <I>"Bill Reese" <wreese01@TAMPABAY.RR.COM></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [sw-l] ASL Sign for Chemotherapy?</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:02:27 -0500</I><BR><BR>
<META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator>Cherie, I was thinking that chemo is awkward, so an awkward sign would provide the tension needed to show that. I'm late-deaf, not cultural deaf - sign language is my second language and I've never seen anyone sign chemo yet, so I really don't know.<BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR><BR>Cherie Wren wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid20060204165103.82396.qmail@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com><PRE>The 4 hand would be fingers splayed, it is a
classifier that can mean flowing liquid. The port was
on the right in my daughter's case, although it wasn't
for chemo. That (right hand on right shoulder) feels
really awkward as a sign, though. I would tend to
sign it right hand on left shoulder, because that
feels more natural to me... What say you Deaf folk?
cherie
--- Bill Reese <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:wreese01@TAMPABAY.RR.COM"><wreese01@TAMPABAY.RR.COM></A> wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><PRE>"Open four hand, palm up, tap pinky to the chest
where a port
would be - just below the shoulder joint, in the
meat of the
pectoral muscle"
That's a little ambiguous to me as I don't know
which hand or shoulder,
if the fingers are splayed or if the little finger
touches once or
twice. If I take it to be the right hand's little
finger touching the
chest just below the right shoulder, palm up, thumb
tucked, fingers
splayed, touching just once, would this be correct?
Bill
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