{"id":12720,"date":"2024-03-20T10:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaks.hb-dev.de\/ueber-uns\/wer-wir-sind\/katrin\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:47:37","slug":"katrin","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/kinderaugenkrebsstiftung.de\/en\/ueber-uns\/wer-wir-sind\/katrin\/","title":{"rendered":"Katrin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12720\" class=\"elementor elementor-12720 elementor-4048\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d5d93 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51d5d93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile_extra&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t really remember the beginning of my illness.<br \/>\nI was in first grade at the time and wore glasses.<br \/>\nAt some point, I complained that I could see spots in my right eye.<br \/>\nAfter a visit to the ophthalmologist, I was referred to the University Hospital in Essen with the suspicion of retinoblastoma.   <\/p>\n<p>The confirmation of the suspicion was of course a big shock for my parents.<br \/>\nI remember my mother crying.<br \/>\nOf course, I didn&#8217;t know why at the time.<br \/>\nDespite everything, I remember my parents being emotionally composed towards me.<br \/>\nAs I said, I can still hear the crying today, but I can&#8217;t remember any other situations.<br \/>\nI think their stable behavior gave me security and took away my fears.<br \/>\nI admire my parents for that, I don&#8217;t know if I could do it myself.      <\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t really remember my time in the clinic.<br \/>\nThere are only a few &#8220;scraps&#8221;.<br \/>\nWhen I was there for the study in October, I recognized the waiting area.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t really remember the surgery, treatments, doctors or nurses and so on &#8211; except that my mother stayed with me and my father came to visit in the evening.<br \/>\nI can also vaguely remember the woman who was in the room with us.    <\/p>\n<p>However, I can still remember the making of my first glass eye quite well.<br \/>\nI am still at the Leipholt practice in Essen today and I remember that I was allowed to watch the eye being made the whole time.<br \/>\nThat really fascinated me.<br \/>\nThey also explained to me how it was inserted and cleaned.<br \/>\nMy parents let me do the removal and reinsertion myself right from the start.    <\/p>\n<p>Of course, I was absent from school for quite a while.<br \/>\nLooking back, I have to say that my class teacher at the time handled it very well.<br \/>\nIt was discussed with the whole class that I had been very ill, was now back and that everyone was happy that I was well again.<br \/>\nBut I don&#8217;t think it was about the details (cancer, eye removal, glass eye, etc.).<br \/>\nClose friends already knew that I had a glass eye, but it was never a big issue.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t remember any teasing or exclusion during my primary school years, nor later.<br \/>\nI also felt more restricted than others.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s probably because my parents didn&#8217;t wrap me up in absorbent cotton, although I could have understood that in hindsight.       <\/p>\n<p>Of course, puberty was a time when a lot of emphasis was placed on looks and girls wanted to define themselves by them.<br \/>\nThe squinting sometimes made me a bit stressed and insecure.<br \/>\nYou also ask yourself why something like this had to happen to you, what your future looks like, whether you can get your driver&#8217;s license, etc. But I have to say I have a wonderful family who taught me what makes a person truly valuable, that there are many things we can be grateful for and that self-pity leads to nothing.<br \/>\nThere were also always good friends at school and in the church community who accepted me for who I am.<br \/>\nThis has enabled me to develop a healthy self-confidence over time.<br \/>\nI think one song sums up this idea of uniqueness very nicely.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s by J\u00fcrgen Werth:      <\/p>\n<p>You are you<br \/>Never forget: the fact that you live was not your own idea,<br \/>and the fact that you breathe was not your decision.<br \/>Never forget: the fact that you are alive was someone else&#8217;s idea,<br \/>and the fact that you are breathing was his gift to you.<br \/>Never forget: nobody thinks, feels and acts like you,<br \/>and nobody smiles like you do.<br \/>Never forget: no one sees the sky quite like you do,<br \/>and no one has ever known what you know.<br \/>Never forget: no one else in this world has your face, and only you have eyes like yours.<br \/>Never forget it: you are rich, whether with or without money;<br \/>because you can live!<br \/>\nNobody lives like you.<br \/>You are wanted, not a child of chance, not a whim of nature,<br \/>no matter whether you sing your life song in a minor or major key.<br \/>You are a thought of God, a brilliant one at that!<br \/>You are you,<br \/>that&#8217;s the highlight,<br \/>yes, you are you! <\/p>\n<p>After school, I studied to become an elementary school teacher.<br \/>\nMy subjects were math, sport and German.<br \/>\nToday I work in this profession and I have to say that I really enjoy being in front of the class.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t have the impression that my disability has any negative impact on my work.<br \/>\nOf course, I know that my eye contact is not clear and that can sometimes lead to irritation.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why I make sure that I address them as personally as possible.<br \/>\nHowever, you actually do that anyway, it&#8217;s only in substitute classes that you don&#8217;t know or new classes that it can happen.      <\/p>\n<p>I generally try to deal with my students in a normal and open way.<br \/>\nHowever, I don&#8217;t introduce myself like this: Hello, I&#8217;m Ms. Th\u00f6ne I have a glass eye, but instead decide on a situational basis if and when it&#8217;s good to talk about it.<br \/>\nMost primary school pupils simply accept you for who you are and their assessment of a teacher is related to the teacher&#8217;s personality and their teaching.<br \/>\nI treat the students with respect and expect the same from them.<br \/>\nIf there are differences, then we talk about them.    <\/p>\n<p>At the moment we even have a child at school who also has a glass eye, but not due to retinoblastoma.<br \/>\nOf course, I have a very different\/special connection to such a child and I have also been a contact person for the mother from time to time.<br \/>\nThe handover of &#8220;Elli&#8221; was a particular highlight&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p>Both professionally and privately, I have to say that I actually feel quite normal and not restricted in any way.<br \/>\nAnd I often don&#8217;t even think about the fact that I can&#8217;t see out of my right eye. <\/p>\n<p>In a few situations I notice that my spatial vision is lacking\/ or it is not quite as pronounced or I notice that my field of vision is more restricted.<\/p>\n<p>I drive a car, even fast and longer distances &#8211; but I find the combination of wet conditions and darkness exhausting&#8230; but so do other drivers.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like pouring wine into wine glasses because I realize that I lack spatial vision&#8230; but if you place the bottle briefly on the edge of the glass, it works too.<\/p>\n<p>I regularly play volleyball in a hobby mixed team.<br \/>\nIn a well-coordinated team, everyone knows each other&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses.<br \/>\nFor example, I don&#8217;t stand in the textbook position I learned in my sports studies, but slightly offset to compensate for the &#8220;blind spot&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m skiing, I can&#8217;t see the bumps as well when it&#8217;s overcast and then I&#8217;m less confident.<br \/>\nIt has to be said that I can get down everywhere, but technically I&#8217;m not the best or most experienced skier.<br \/>\nNevertheless, I enjoy every winter vacation.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not one hundred percent sure-footed in the mountains and I&#8217;m not so good at estimating rock steps when descending&#8230; That&#8217;s why I like to use poles when going downhill, it gives me confidence&#8230; it&#8217;s also easy on my knee joints.<\/p>\n<p>At training courses, lectures, talks, church services, larger table fellowships,&#8230; I like to sit on the far right.<br \/>\nThat way I have everything important in view. <\/p>\n<p>When I go for a walk, I prefer to walk on my right side.<br \/>\nIn a crowd, I like to have someone I know on my left&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>I could perhaps go on, but I hope I was able to convey through &#8220;my story&#8221; that the diagnosis of retinal blastoma does not automatically make my quality of life worse.<br \/>\nMaybe it will even encourage other people affected! <\/p>\n<p>Katrin<br \/>Encourager<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26a740cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"26a740cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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