My View

This picture though not really an accurate description

of how I see but it should give you an idea of how my view looks on a normal day when walking or riding in cars.

My view when looking at things is much better than this because I still have some central vision left. With central vision gone or impaired its extremely difficult to focus on one object or person. Unless I'm standing directly in front of a person or within 3-5 feet I usually don't recognize them. However, if they speak to me I have learned to recognize people's voices. Just part of the adjustment stage.

When reading text without any type of magnification this is how I see normal text.

I normally have to have lots of light when reading and doing anything tedious as screwing in a small screw. I think reading and not being able to drive were the hardest things for me when this first happened. But I'm adjusting quite well now.

For parts of the eye and its functions click here