Hi I'm Theresa,

My name is Theresa and I would like to post my story on the patient support site so that I may correspond with others in a similar situation to myself.

I lost my eye at the age of five in a freak accident at a birthday party. I am 33 now and have never know what its like to have vision in two eyes. I would be lying if I said that having a prosthetic eye hadn't impacted on my life. There was no support back in the early 80's in Ireland and my mum was the only person who I would talk to about it. All my friends know now and I don't mind at all. Id never let them see me without the prosthesis though!!!!!

I had the Hydroxyapatite implant surgery in 2000, but was disappointed when I was advised not to have the motility peg. My appearance is very important to me and I really wanted to maximize the benefits of having this done, but not to be unfortunately.

I would love to hear from anyone who has lost an eye to see how others manage.

Kind regards,

Theresa

 

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