“You’re my hero!” “You inspire me every day.” Sometimes, I hear these sorts of comments. They always strike me as strange. I’m just doing the same sorts of things you would do when you have to deal with this sort of thing in the future. People don’t always stay the…
This section is an anecdote that happened to me recently. It would be more fitting in the Life Through A Thicker Lens collection, but that book is finished, so I will place it here for your brief entertainment. I was helping out at an after school program as I often…
“Maybe he should use a white cane.” they said, in hushed tones, as if because I was legally blind, I also may not be able to hear them. When I was ten years old, I even got as far as trying one out. I found it cumbersome, and a bit…
One of the super fun things that happens to people with progressive myopia is that their retinas slowly get longer as time goes by. With all this stretching, sometimes holes can occur. It is important to treat these holes when they happen, otherwise your retina could completely detach, causing you…
You should know right off the top that more often than not, I don’t really like math. This will not be complicated. Perhaps this would be a good time to explain the scale I’ll be using. If you have 20/20 vision, they would mark you at zero on this scale. …
Welcome to the fourth installment of my series on Myopia and eye related things. In case you want to catch up, you should read the others in the following order. Life Through A Thicker Lens; Blurred; -22: Q&A About Myopia and Beyond; -24: The Realities of Living With Progressive Myopia…
Q: Is shaving hard for you? A: No… Every guy in the world shaves. We all figure it out no matter how much vision we have. The difficult part would be on those occasions where I do miss a spot, and folks point it out all day when I don’t…
Q: Did you get your myopia from too much screen time? A: No. I’ve had Myopia since the beginning. Before I could get into watching TV, before the internet was publicly available, and certainly before you could connect your cellphone to it. So I cannot so easily “blame” my myopia…
Q: If you could change one thing in society to make things easier for legally blind people, what would it be? A: The first thing that I can think of off the top of my head comes with a story. So, if you like stories, this is your lucky day! …
If you’ve ever had questions about living with Myopia that you’ve wanted answered, now’s your chance. Feel free to leave any questions you might have in the comments below, and I’ll answer them in future posts. It’ll be fun, because I’ll be talking about things you actually want to learn…