Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 11, 2018 12:43:07 GMT -5
So the weirdest and scariest thing happened to me some 2-3 months ago : I went blind.
This is no hyperbole or joke, I truely and technically went blind.
Just writing this spoils the happy ending, but I can tell you this was quite frightening to say the least.
As I currently don't live in a fashion that allows me easy and affordable access to health care, this was even more depressing a situation. The worst irony was that I recieved a 45kg package from the US filled with comics... But that's a minor point in regards of the prospective of a long life to live without eyesight. I was seriously starting to think I would have to resort to my love of music to keep going, as this affliction appeared out of nowhere, with no clues to fortell this.
To this day, the doctors I managed to consult were dumbfounded with what the cause of this might have been, as much as they are to observe it copletly gone, a suddenly as it fell upon me.
So I lived over two months in the dark, with a lot of help from many friends, taking much of their precious time to help me accomodate with this new paradigm, keeping me away from the very dark places (no pun intended) I was leaning towards.
For the past week, I've been abe o watch movies, use the computer and read books and comics. The first couple of days felt like a miracle, but were followed by excrutiating headaches (doctors and scanners couldn't find a reason for this either...). I now feel like all is back in order, but I know that this could go away again, and I guess you can imagine how scary that is.
But you can't live in fear, so, I've already placed a new order of books, and am currently going to go into a binge read of Corben nuggets.
This is no hyperbole or joke, I truely and technically went blind.
Just writing this spoils the happy ending, but I can tell you this was quite frightening to say the least.
As I currently don't live in a fashion that allows me easy and affordable access to health care, this was even more depressing a situation. The worst irony was that I recieved a 45kg package from the US filled with comics... But that's a minor point in regards of the prospective of a long life to live without eyesight. I was seriously starting to think I would have to resort to my love of music to keep going, as this affliction appeared out of nowhere, with no clues to fortell this.
To this day, the doctors I managed to consult were dumbfounded with what the cause of this might have been, as much as they are to observe it copletly gone, a suddenly as it fell upon me.
So I lived over two months in the dark, with a lot of help from many friends, taking much of their precious time to help me accomodate with this new paradigm, keeping me away from the very dark places (no pun intended) I was leaning towards.
For the past week, I've been abe o watch movies, use the computer and read books and comics. The first couple of days felt like a miracle, but were followed by excrutiating headaches (doctors and scanners couldn't find a reason for this either...). I now feel like all is back in order, but I know that this could go away again, and I guess you can imagine how scary that is.
But you can't live in fear, so, I've already placed a new order of books, and am currently going to go into a binge read of Corben nuggets.
