When I Lost My Eye – Tony Henfrey
Tony Henfrey
When an eye is removed as a result of ocular melanoma, the symptoms can be minimal and the diagnosis can be devastating. Often the best treatment for melanoma in the eye is to have the eye removed while the tumour is still encapsulated.
Once you make the decision to have the eye removed it is understandable that you would want it done A,S,A,P. Unfortunately, as a result of congested theatre lists, the surgery can be delayed and the patient has the further fear of a melanoma waiting to metastasise.
These are just some of the fears Tony Henfrey confronted when he lost his left eye in February 2008. You can read his full story from his web site here
even i m lost my one eye ,,in the accident pls share ur comments im really sad
hii my name is kumar i have lost my left eye in car accident .. really i m sad due to this
after my accident my left eye is totally removed , now i havesingle vision only ,, eventhough i studied bachleors degree and i put my effort and studied ..whenevr i think abt this , i get sad ,, hw i m going to survive rest of life ,,, bcoz by one eye its very ough for me to handle everything ….pls share ur comments with me ,, reply me anybody
my mail adress is skraja2009@yahoo.com
Dear Kumar,
I had an accident when I was 2 1/2 years old. My eye was not removed but it became diseased and very ugly with a scar and cataract. When I was 46 years old, I had it removed. My prosthesis is beautiful. I AM BEAUTIFUL. I am sure you are too. No one ever knows about my eye unless I tell them. You have your life ahead of you. You will have to adjust to not having depth perception and that will take a little getting used to, but Kumar think how much luckier we are than people who have no vision. I hope you can get over your grief and appreciate that we are really lucky. My friend just got hurt in an accident and will never walk again.
I lost my when i was playing a game in my childhood now i am 20 and studied in b.a i just want to know can i use an artificial eye? Is that shape similar to my remaing eye. hope for your commonts
rajawajid45@yahoo.com
Hi,
My name is Neil.I am in the N.Y. state guard.Having one eye can be difficult.I lost mine when I was 2. We had a maytag repairman fixing the washer and I picked up the screwdiver from his toolbox , ran down the hall and tripped on the rug.I don’t think I need to explain further….I didn’t get my first artificial eye until I was 5. I am 44 now,married with 2 kids.Everything happens for a purpose, rather to give us determination to press ahead or just make us stronger.Most people think its a lazy eye until you tell them—but I have to tell you-I have had doc’s shine a light in my eye to run out and get another doc! There are alot of doc’s that haven’t seen them and just think your eye is nonresponsive. You can really have fun with it sometimes ! Think of it this way—Everyone has something different about them-we’re all unique in our way and some people find others with things in common to help with Q & A’s.If you want to chat you can e-mail me at : neil941x@frontier.com
I understand somewhat how you all feel. Although i did not lose my eye i was born with an under developed eye. I went through my childhood being teased by other students on how i only had one eye, for me i didn’t have to adapt to changing from seeing with two eyes to just with one eye,i never had that experience. So my life is just adjusted to seeing with one eye but i get around great i even drive like this, my vision in my right eye is above average with a 13/20 or 20/13 not sure how u measure it. Now im a teenager,16, and i also get doctors who give me something to cover my eye when they’re testing my vision, i just laugh and play along then they realize that i cant see either way and apologize so much. it’s funny at times. But having a prosthetic now a days people cant even tell unless i tell them about it and they cant even tell which eye it is that is fake. Feel free to comment. at Arellanog1@live.com