Hi, my name is DavidGoldstein! I have congenital glaucoma and am near-sighted

DavidGoldstein

Hi, I am David, I was born in late 1964 with congenital glaucoma. I am also near-sighted. Quite frankly, that combination sucks. I have had 17 operations on my eyes – including a couple of trabeculectomies, an endothelial transplant, and cataract extraction. Most of the operations were done when I was an infant and toddler, though I’ve had four since 4 December 2008. My left eye is the “good” one. For about 15 years I was able to read the 20/60 line on the eye chart (you know, the DAO6 line.) My right eye was never that great. The best I could do with it was see the 20/400 line – the big E.

DavidGoldstein

I started this podcast named https://www.icantcu.com/, where I am sharing my life experiences so far, along with interviews of famous persons and all. 

Ross_Alumni

Hello @DavidGoldstein

Welcome to the community, thanks for introducing yourself and telling us a bit about what you have been through, it sounds as though it has been quite the journey.

I have sight loss too, and was never a fan of reading from the chart, it was always just a case of taking a guess at what the top largest letter was, and more so in later years i was incorrect  

Thank you for sharing your podcast, that must be such a good outlet for you to share a bit about yourself while providing useful insight to any others going through something similar.

DavidGoldstein

Thank you Ross_Scope

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community 

I too have sight loss blind in one eye and other impaired which just gets worse over time.  I can only read the top letter on the chart 

Thanks for sharing your podcast with us 

DavidGoldstein

Thank you @Teddybear12 and @janer1967