how to live with one eye?

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garycurr36@yahoo.com - 07 Jan 2007 05:09 GMT

I'm 38 and just lost my complete eye and i'm scared because i haven't
been able to remember how it felt or how i should feel about it. It
bother me but its so hard for me to still sleep at night, panic
attacks, alone with depression. How should i face this. Because every
one in my family just don't have no care about my feeling about this.

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Ann - 07 Jan 2007 21:52 GMT

>I'm 38 and just lost my complete eye and i'm scared because i haven't
>been able to remember how it felt or how i should feel about it. It
>bother me but its so hard for me to still sleep at night, panic
>attacks, alone with depression. How should i face this. Because every
>one in my family just don't have no care about my feeling about this.

I've only got one eye too. When did you lose your eye? If it hasn't
been long then it's understandable that you feel bad about it. It
takes time.

I read a forum at http://www.losteye.com/message_forum/ where there
are a lot of people with the same problem.

Ann

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Dan Abel - 08 Jan 2007 04:42 GMT

> I'm 38 and just lost my complete eye and i'm scared because i haven't
> been able to remember how it felt or how i should feel about it. It
> bother me but its so hard for me to still sleep at night, panic
> attacks, alone with depression. How should i face this. Because every
> one in my family just don't have no care about my feeling about this.

Both my wife and I only use one eye. It works OK. Two is better, but
one works.

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Nicolaas Hawkins - 08 Jan 2007 07:18 GMT

>> I'm 38 and just lost my complete eye and i'm scared because i haven't
>> been able to remember how it felt or how i should feel about it. It
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> Both my wife and I only use one eye. It works OK. Two is better, but
> one works.

I should expect that USING only one eye is a tad different to physically
HAVING only one eye.

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Ann - 12 Jan 2007 17:20 GMT

>>> I'm 38 and just lost my complete eye and i'm scared because i haven't
>>> been able to remember how it felt or how i should feel about it. It
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>I should expect that USING only one eye is a tad different to physically
>HAVING only one eye.

It is totally different. Losing any part of your body is a shock.
They say that losing half a little finger has to be grieved over so it
isn't surprising that losing an eye takes time to get through. It's
not a minor thing.

I've just had another op to replace the implant with a graft taken
from my hip. Got out of the hospital yesterday. I feel like I am
starting all over again with a really sore, swollen mess of what used
to be an eye. Felt down yesterday when I got home but feel better
today although very tired.

Had a weird reaction to the general anaesthetic resulting in what
might be called closed eye hallucinations so couldn't sleep for seeing
things. Is wearing off now so I might sleep tonight.

Good luck to you. Let us know how you are doing.

Ann

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Dan Abel - 12 Jan 2007 21:08 GMT

> Good luck to you. Let us know how you are doing.

Good luck to you also. I used to work with a guy with one eye. I
commuted with him so I knew him pretty well. I was surprised when he
removed his eye. I guess he could only tolerate it for part of the day.

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