12/23/2025
AMA: what is my eye condition?
When I was 4, it was discovered that I had juvenile onset cataracts. Starting in 1990, a few months into kindergarten, I had my first of what would be 27 surgeries. Shortly after having the cataracts removed, glaucoma was discovered, and unfortunately, I was too young to just smoke w**d, so we tackled that with a surgery when I was 12. Proceeding that, was years of eye drops, that would make a dripping faucet jealous! Fast forward to being an adult (term used loosely) I suffered a retinal detachment while sleeping,and decided to undergo an experimental surgery, but that was only temporarily successful. My second cornea transplant was attempted 11 years ago, and after it failed; I honestly embraced being blind 1000%, and haven’t looked back since! I now see what can only be described as, that moment when super bright lights are in your face, except that’s what I see all the time! 27 eye surgeries, 2 failed cornea transplants, 15 years of child abuse,and a tree branch to the cornea during a training run after dropping kids off at daycare; and as Paul Harvey said,”now you know, the rest of the story!”
