I Think I'm Going Blind

Personal Stories, Advice, and Support from 9 Members

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dukea
Meowsicles
shell02
startinover1 feeling aggravated
LovelessDeluxe feeling blank
dustmason feeling doomed
sinders
RPMom feeling alive
JaydenM feeling scared
mysplitpersonality feeling drained

sinders

Scared

hi have just discovered i have RP and have night blindness, and blind spots in my eyes, and christmas and all have just been told i have to hand in my license. Am a single mother of three, and am scared and am not sure...

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Written on December 26th, 2009
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dukea

Vision Loss But Hopeful

I turned 40 and started falling to pieces. Long story short, I started having vision problems and my eye doctor, out of all the docs that told me I was fine, suspected cancer and saved my life. The eye doc ordered a rare and special...

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Written on February 16th, 2013
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mysplitpersonality

Almost Yearly

I get new glasses almost yearly and each year the prescription gets stronger. Maybe this is why I don't go to Starbucks, I can't read the freaking menu!

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Written on February 17th, 2008
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JaydenM

Shot In the Dark

I have pigmentary glaucoma. I won't bore you with medical jargon, but suffice it to say it is quite common in young adults who develop glaucoma. Although it is incurable, it is treatable. The problem is my insurance...

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Written on July 13th, 2008
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RPMom

I Have a Teenager Who Is Going Blind

Oct. 8, 2008
This is it. This is the day I have to start telling someone; anyone, that this is harder than I knew it was going to be.

My son has RP or Leber’s or whatever; they don’t know. Auto-somal...

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Written on October 8th, 2008
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shell02

Losing My Vision

My vision is getting worse and worse. I can now only be correct to 20/60 for distance and this is going to get worse, according to my doctor. I am also losing my peripheral vision - at first that was only happening in my right eye...

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Written on July 30th, 2012
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