Coming to grips with loss of sight
About 8 weeks ago I had a bad accident in my garage and a part I was working on exploded in my face. I suffered orbital fractures and one of my eyes was badly damaged. They removed my displaced lens about 1.5 weeks after the accident and now that the eye has healed enough I've been informed that my central vision is permanently lost. I can see some peripheral vision (all super blurry), mostly on the outside but my cental focus is just a black spot.
We are going to try some Aphakic contact lenses to try to get the peripheral vision in focus but if that doesn't work I'll need a lens to be put in. I have 2-3 more surgeries ahead of me to deal with some other issues as well.
This is all super overwhelming and I've been struggling with coming to grips with life never being the same. I'm about half way through my life and I never imagined this could/would happen. Everything is super difficult, driving, working on a computer, etc. I was an avid mountain biker before and that will likely not be the same. I'm slowly adapting and I know over time it will get easier but man do I wish I could go back in time.
Thanks for listening, it's been a rough 8 weeks.