Nate Skalman
What’s in the basket?
Losing vision is one of the shittiest things I can think of, stuff in my eye drives me absolutely nuts. I hope the surgery goes well...
The Whining and Bitching Thread
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Worn contacts since I was pretty young, if not would not even be able to see to urinate in a toilet, you might just need glasses or contacts, when you're pretty much blind there's shitloads of types of contacts so you can actually see stuff, when people can't see, who knows how many different types of contacts there are, i have astigmatism so both of the eyes are different, different contacts.
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Cheers. Not looking forward to having my eye cut open but very much looking forward to being able to see again.
I have a cataract.
Dak
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At least there's a solution. I've spent at least a little time debating between permanent hearing and vision loss and came down firmly as preferring hearing loss.
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
viewerfromnihil
Vein-Marbled Tower
Not sure which way I'd go on this. I did a pretty good job of damaging my hearing as a kid, and consequently have tinnitus and trouble hearing people speak when there's background noise. If I had to choose between deafness or blindness, I think I'd prefer to go with blindness so that I could still play music, but then I remember I wouldn't be able to read.
Dak
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I was thinking more in terms of total loss than gradual/partial.
Yeah. Independent mobility and still being able to communicate (reading/writing) trump even missing out on music for me.
dwellerINTHEdark
Curator of the mausoleum
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
dwellerINTHEdark
Curator of the mausoleum
Dak
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My reading speed >>>>>>>>> audible reading speed. Highly inefficient. Plus most of what I read isn't in books, and I don't read much in the way of "popular" books either.
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Something in My Eye
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Who in their right mind would choose blindness over deafness?
Nate Skalman
What’s in the basket?
Funerary_Doom
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Eck, I have terrible eye sight myself and grapple with the fact that I’ll be wearing glasses for the rest of my life. However, I’ve gotten used to glasses though sometimes I do get headaches from them. As bad as my eye sight is, though, i can’t imagine not having it. Losing either (hearing or eyesight) is basically a type of hell I wouldn’t even wish on my worse enemies.
Literally not being able to see well is my biggest insecurity. I see fine with my glasses, but without them? Forget it. If I lose my glasses during some post apocalypse, I’m done for.
@Satanstoenail i feel like I’ve read something about your eyes before. Is it a retina issue that happened? Or did you notice something was off?
Literally not being able to see well is my biggest insecurity. I see fine with my glasses, but without them? Forget it. If I lose my glasses during some post apocalypse, I’m done for.
@Satanstoenail i feel like I’ve read something about your eyes before. Is it a retina issue that happened? Or did you notice something was off?
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
I think I’d probably be dead within six months if I totally lost either.
It’s a cataract. I first noticed that I was relying more on my left eye when reading and my eyes weren’t working ‘in stereo’ as well. Got prescribed glasses that didn’t work, went back a year later and diagnosed with a cataract.
Dak
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Damn that's morbid. Guess I'm just more cantankerous? Although losing my sight completely would give pause.......
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
viewerfromnihil
Vein-Marbled Tower
After days of deep reflection, I have decided I would rather lose my eyesight. Hope this helps you through this shitty situation, @Satanstoenail
