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About the vision impairment

For those of you who are curious, here is a brief, very non-technical overview.  Among other things, I have vitreous floaters which are causing severe aberrations in my field of vision.  These floaters, along with some scarification behind my lens (both eyes) result in a foggy, waxy film over my vision that is very difficult to see through and turns opaque in diffuse light. This has been very debilitating, making most basic tasks a challenge. 

 

I have finally (!!) found retina specialists who can help*.  Major surgery is required in each eye to remove the vitreous floaters and scar tissue that has formed behind the lens.  The degree to which this will correct the problems is unknown to me--and it is a lot of scary surgery. But I am hopeful that I can remove this page from my website eventually.


Here are some examples of what you might see versus what I see (note: the foggy, milky, waxy and glowing film covers 100% of my field of vision 100% of the time):

Image 1: What you see                       Images 2/3: What I see indoors in diffused/dim light        
                                                                           (offices, stores, restaurants, home)

Image 4: What you see                                   Image 5: What I see in full daylight

* It has been difficult to obtain any sort of help.  I really like this article:

If you have, or anyone you know has, post cataract surgery issues I recommend finding a top notch retinal specialist. It seems that the average ophthalmologist does not understand the issues and, as a result, may be dismissive and unhelpful.

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