Previously…

⚫ May 2015… At Diagnosis. 20/20 best corrected (ie… With distance glasses)

Latest eye test.

⚫ 21st September 2017… 20/30 (Best corrected).

⚫ Faces aren’t clear but I can see features as if it’s a photograph smeared in vaseline, like I want to clean my eyes.

⚫ Still picking things up 😉…#standard.

⚫ Black blob sometimes right side, my worst eye, think people are stood next to me.

⚫ Getting better at telling people I have bad eyes. I really don’t want anyone to know. Would they treat me differently? I hid it initially because I could and I wanted to get it straight in my own head. I’m better. My close friends and family know. But sometimes, I can’t be bothered to explain and just say ‘oh yeah” to strangers fuzzy little photos.

⚫ When tired or stressed faces have two black holes for eyes usually when I\’m watching TV.

⚫ Not confident it’s my friend or the bus in the distance, so won\’t wave or flag down till I’m very sure ☺

⚫ Kerbs are becoming a problem.

⚫ Getting nervous crossing roads. Moreso my right side.

⚫ Just about ok in the dark, nervous If it’s really dark.

⚫ I won’t want to go up or definitely not down stairs or walk on uneven dark ground.

⚫ Lights, of any sort hurt my eyes. The glare is brighter now than before. I actually wince if glare from a car in the sun or window , car lights. Shop lights. Happens, day or night.

⚫ I keep seeing the doggo in places she’s not there. She’s a black labrador so looks like the black blob when its dark to me.

⚫ Stars 25% of the time, look like crystal chandelier drops…cannot make out constellations when this happens. Quite beautiful in its own way, but no good when I’m trying to find them.

⚫ Live in the dark. Because I can’t bear bright light. I trip over the dog and once nearly full sat on her but lights are my main problem. So is the dark! Even lamps annoy me.

⚫ I’ve started doing a weird thing. Recently, when I’m sat close to someone, my eyes seem to dart to each eye as if they can’t focus on one. I’m getting self conscious about it.

⚫ Huge font on my devices. And if you show me a photograph, just magnify it, and don’t be surprised if I ask you ‘what is it’ still.

⚫ I don’t know what I’m looking at if it’s very small or similar colours. Need a few seconds to focus on what you are showing me. So, please be patient.

⚫ Coins. Makes giving the right change difficult. So usually end up with a load of change in my purse. As I said will just give a note instead unless I feel I’m not or anyone else isn’t in a rush. If there is a queue, I put pressure on myself.

⚫ Stopped driving recently. Didn’t feel safe.

⚫ My eyes have to look above something to see it, especially in the dark, this is called eccentric viewing. I explain this on another post. You can learn this before this happens yourself, but in my experience, my eyes started to do this naturally. ..bless them 👀