God, yes, in a heartbeat. I want to be able to go out at night and not need help. To be able to drive, to be independent, to be able to go to a library and borrow physical books again, to not cry myself to sleep worrying about whether I'll lost my vision in the future.

to some extent, i can understand why people would state they would remain blind. for a lot of us, our conditions are irreversabile, and there is no cure out there. and spending your life (and, of course, money) on experimental trials and possible cures is no way to live one's life. however, i personally never understood why some blind and vi impaired folks have remained adament that even if there was a working, free, cure, they would still remain blind. i suppose to people who were born blind, or lost most/all of their vision at a young age would be accustomed to that way of life, but as someone who lost my vision in my late teen years, and learned that I could never drive, watch a baseball game with my family, or anything else that required sight, and yeah, i dunno, for me, if there was a cure i personally would take it. but hey, maybe someone could enlighten me on why they wouldn't

Eh.... I don't generally mind the fact that I am blind. It's shaped some experiences in my life that probably had some impact on who I am today, and I generally like me.

So on an emotional level, nah, I'm not too fussed about fixing it. I'm happy the way I am.

However, on a practical level, it would be handy to be able to see better and if I could do that at this point in my life, I would.

On a purely practical level, I wouldn't know how to function in society if I got full sight suddenly. I would need as much rehabilitation to learn to live sighted as I've had learning to live blind. And I can't help but feel that the experience would be very overwhelming what with having depth perception and peripheral vision and all that. I would try it for a bit if I could turn it off or if I could be assured of full rehab to learn how to live with it. But honestly, it's not something I think about. It's not going to happen with my vision condition in my lifetime I don't think and I wouldn't be who I am if I hadn't been through the experiences that being blind has given me, of which there have been more good than bad.

No. As much as I used to fantasize about getting back my vision when I was younger, I now understand that it is fundamentally a part of who I am. Which does not mean that I don’t feel lonely and wonder what my life would be like if I could see.

But every decision I make I make with the knowledge that I have to accommodate my eyes. I am not defined by my eyes, but they have made me the way I am today. I have had to deal with something terribly hard at a very young age. So I am able to put things into perspective. And I often feel alone in life and that I am a burden. Yet I still wouldn’t change myself.

It has shaped me and I have grown into someone who always thinks of others because no one thinks of me. And if I can help other people because I am looking out for those who feel like I do, then it is all worth it to me. Even if life is harder for me then for others.

And my problems are out in the open, other people berry theirs, I can’t. And I think that’s a very good thing. Because I have to ask for help and that is not something I am good at. So I am growing and learning how to ask for help when I need it.

Cured from now forward? You bet!

But to never be blind? No, I love who I am and all the adventures that-got me here.

A cure for blindness is kinda like a power strip – I'm not buying one unless it's pretty cheap, works with my existing equipment, and comes with an energy-saving OFF switch.

I had thought a lot about this issue but I believe that I would not take the opportunity because I am too used to being how I am, and because this is a central part of my identity and I would have much to relearn.

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