So I had my eye removed a year ago, December 1st. The remaining light and color perception in my right eye is fading. I have ROP and cataracts so it's just a matter of time of what's going to take the vision first and likely mean the removal of my remaining eye. I'm looking for advice on dealing with depression and adjusting. I've been a cane user for years now and have very little usable vision, but what I do have I use as much as I can. I wear sunglasses during the day because of light sensitivity, but light sources are a huge help. I'm honestly terrified to lose the remainder of my vision. Any advice or support would be very helpful.
xmachinaxxx4 points1y ago
I don’t have any advice other than maybe get therapy. Just talking it out with an impartial ear may help you come to terms with it. It really sucks and is understandably scary to lose what little vision you have left. Sorry you’re having a hard time.
MalcolmYoungForever4 points1y ago
Sorry to hear that. We're hear to listen. Have you talked to a doctor about an antidepressant? I'm on the smallest dose of a common one, and it has changed my life.
Unpopular_couscous3 points1y ago
You are strong and you are enough, with or without vision. It's not what one is equipped with that matters, it's what use one makes of that equipment.
SpektrumKid1 points1y ago
You can’t get cataract surgery? I don’t know what ROP is.
BlindWizard [OP]3 points1y ago
I can't my retina is thin and scared from being born a few months early. Cataract surgery will most certainly cause a detachment is what my retina specialist and two others have told me. Basically my cataracts will continue to get worse and either my retina will detach or my dormant blood vessels in the retina will rupture. Either way, one of those three things is going to take the eye eventually.
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