Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)

Canthonye
Canthonye Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited July 2024 in Talk about your impairment
Hi! My name is Craig. I’m married, 60 years old, and I am living in Florida. I just permanently lost most of the vision in my left eye to Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION), which means my optic nerve no longer works. So far, the right eye is 20/20 for now, but there is now a chance of losing it as well. Like many people, I have been fearful of blindness, but now, I must turn that fear into acceptance, as I learn from others.
Thank you for allowing me to enter your space.

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  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    Hello @Canthonye

    Welcome to the forum! I hope you continue to join in in Coffee Lounge with general discussions, would love to hear more about your life in Florida :) 

    I am so sorry to hear you lost your sight in your left eye, I hope that the chance for the same to happen to your right eye is low, or disappears completely as new medical advances come to light! We have a few people on the forum with visual impairments, I hope you are able to find support in our community to help with that fear.
  • AngieH
    AngieH Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    Non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy

    I have lost the sight in my right eye 4 weeks ago due to this caused by high blood pressure

    I am due to go on holiday 31st October. Has anyone been advised not to fly with this condition

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