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I sometimes thought that the WORST thing that could happen to me...

Would be to go blind. I am a VERY visual person. I USED to be an artist. I LOVE reading and I LOVE playing Sherlock online, and love reading posts and comments on SW.

I LOVE beauty, especially the beauty that God has given us, in the sky, in the trees, the ocean and in beautiful rocks and minerals.

Now I have learned that I am already in the intermediate stage of macular degeneration.

My Uncle had it, and he went blind.

It will be slow and gradual. I have about 8 more years before the center of my vision goes black. I SHOULD be able to see enough with my peripheral vision NOT to walk into the furniture...but I will be legally blind.

WHILE I am waiting I am going to try to SEE more beauty.

See MORE of what GOD has made. I will be looking at a LOT of photos!!!

I won't lie, I am in mourning for my sight...but that time is NOT now!!!

I want to SEE a.photo of the most BEAUTIFUL thing YOU have ever SEEN!!!

SHOW ME!!! 😊😊😊
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Gibbon · 70-79, M
To your north on Mount Desert Island
The summit of Cadillac mountain

Gibbon · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the United States to see the sunrise from October 7 through March 6 each year
4meAndyou · F
@Gibbon And it is breathtaking!!!
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou sadly I'll never be back there. The whole area has turned into a tourist trap and is no longer an enjoyable place to visit. Since the early 2000s the damn cruise ships destroyed the experience of visiting a quaint town and having an inexpensive dock side lobster meal. I remember driving in and spending a day in bar harbor and up on the mountain now parking is paid and mostly unavailable
MarineBob · 61-69, M
Last year I got a glasses restriction placed on my license
4meAndyou · F
@MarineBob I am not QUITE there yet...but it's coming.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Just make the most of what you have. I am so sorry that this trial is ahead.
ABCDEF7 · M
I hope you are taking adequate care of yourself. Taking green leafy vegetables, wearing sunglasses outdoors that blick UV and blue rays, maintaning blood pressure levels and required supplements like AREDS2 formula.

Take Care. 🤗
daydeeo · 61-69, M
The time is NOT now. 8 years is a long time. Who knows what treatments might be available by then? Plus, God still heals today.
4meAndyou · F
@daydeeo Yes, HE does!!! You made me smile!!!
Prison1203 · 61-69, M
Sorry to hear that I had a friend that had that and did eventually go blind but he lived his life like he wasn’t
Be careful not to condemn yourself to blindness. One never knows what really will happen, but you - as the holder of your own sight - have to power to condemn yourself to blindness so please be careful here.

Sorry, I know this is a sensitive topic, but I must warn.

 
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