retinitis pigmentosa

Through Glasses

June 5, 2009

I’ve been wearing prescription eyeglasses for the most part of my life. I started using them since 10 months old, when I was diagnosed with an inborn congenital defect which I inherited from the maternal side of my family. I’ve gone through more than a dozen pairs of glasses since then, primarily because back then [...]

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Inspiring Story of a Blind Man

February 3, 2009

As the years pass, boyfriend’s eyesight is deteriorating like any other RP patients. He’s been diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa in the year 2000 since it was only that time that RP was discovered. He’s been wearing eyeglasses ever since 10 months old. Even before we met, his eyegrade was 700/750 and has a tunnel vision. [...]

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ASTIGmatism

January 22, 2009

When I was a kid, I thought it’s so cool to wear eyeglasses. I thought people who wear one are so cool. All the prohibitions my Dad told me, I did otherwise. Don’t watch too close to the TV. Read with lights on (either Books or the computer). Don’t read lying down. Don’t scratch or [...]

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