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Low Vision: Let's share about coping day to day
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I'm grateful that you got this discussion started on Connect about living with low vision. I'd also like to bring in other members, like @pedie @bonitav @peach414144, who might be interested in sharing about day to day challenges and adaptations they've made.
Don, what has it been like for you to give up driving? That must've been a big adjustment.
@treyaj, do you have constant double vision in your right eye or does it change throughout the day?
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Colleen, giving up driving was challenging at first as I felt closed in and more dependant on others to get anywhere. Once I signed up with Uber and tried it a few times, that made me much more comfortable as I can go anywhere and get picked up anywhere quickly. Perhaps the more challenging part of low vision for me is the problem of not being able to recognize people or their facial expressions each across the table unless the lighting is just right. Glare is a constant problem and I always carry a pen flashlight all the time now in order to read anything as it requires a lot of direct light plus contrast. I find that I am not as interactive as I used to be since I can't be sure who people are or what they are doing unless I'm face to face.
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Constant. Drs. Have told me it is from my brain concussion/brainstem concussion and vitriol detachment, that caused a macular pucker. I still have zigzag flashes of light in this eye. Last week about 4 times. Also last week this eye had eyelid twitching, spasms. for two days. I just tolerate it all. No other answers.