A couple of cures for blindness and a new one enters human trials!

[thewayne]

This is pure awesome! I'm personally interested as I have a condition called epiretinal membrane that, if it gets seriously worse, will mean that I will no longer be able to see straight lines. Don't tell me that won't screw me up as a photographer! And I have no idea how that will affect my ability to read, and photography, reading, and

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[fairy69]

I don't have time to read all of this at the moment but let me just stop you with the "not being able to photograph if I can not see" thing and look at the work of the almost blind John Dugdale: https://holdenluntz.com/artists/john-dugdale My point is that while no photographer wants THAT to happen, it will never be impossible for you.

[thewayne]

Nice work at a glance. My concern is the distortion: what I have will result in severe linear distortions, not blindness. While I'll find it interesting, it not only will change the way that I will perceive the world, I don't know that I'll be able to reproduce HOW I see the world to show others. If I can find a way to reproduce the distortion, then things become much more interesting.

[fairy69]

well let's hope you don't end up with problems with your sight at all but if it does happen, you will adapt. Is there a choice? ;)

[thewayne]

ALL of my medical problems have boiled down to 'is there a choice?' and the answer has been to adapt.

[thespian15]

In my case, there is a treatment for epiretinal membrane, but it is extremely high risk: they literally scrape the unwanted membrane off the retina.
YIKES... Anything would have to be better then that. :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

Let's just say that I wasn't happy being diagnosed with it.