My wife has this same condition. It started in one eye and she described it as a "grey blind over the top of her vision". A year or so later, it happened in her other eye, just not as bad. She's on medication and she sees the retina doctor every six months. Fortunately, her condition is stable. I watch your channel almost daily and I wish you the best and, hopefully, your condition will not get worse.
I hope doctors will be able to stop that process. You are so kind, sincere and honest man, and such an inspiration for both reading and writing. Hold on, and believe in the best possible outcome!
My girlfriend and I watch your channel, she has a chronic degenerative lung condition. She cried when we watched your going blind video. We adore you. I wish you great luck and love and hope you are able to manage and at the very least, halt your disease.
I love your high quality on screen graphics. I would have thought carrying those two giant tomes in either arm would be enough exercise to help a person. Take care of yourself.
This was an excellent explanation of the disease. I learned something new today, so thank you for that. Also, I'm so massively sorry this has happened (preventable or not). I hope the meds buy you time - lots of time - before you lose your sight.
Thank you for spreading awareness on this topic. I’ve never heard of this condition prior, but it seems to be one that effects millions of people around the world. Stay strong and healthy.
Love ya man. Don’t think this’ll stop you. I want you to keep writing. After Five Warrior Angels I want more. I even want to read your too long horror novel.
As a working artist who is trying to learn writing, I have to say you've been an incredible inspiration. I am deeply sorry for this can only wish you the best for the future, and I hope you find happiness in whatever the outcome the future might hold for you. Just know that you've left your mark on the world and inspired others in a way few people can.
I’m sending healing vibes, Brian. I hope the doctors are able to slow the progression of the disease. Thanks for the good explanation of retinal vein occlusion; it was very helpful to understand what is going on. I hope you feel the love and well-wishes of all your subscribers. Know my thoughts are with you.
So sorry to hear this. It is a terrible tragedy fir anyone, but more so for any writer and reader. I hope the doctors can help you keep your sight and even recover it. All best to you at this difficult time.
Thank you for the information, its definitely an important lesson that people can learn from to prevent such a horrible disease. We are all sending all our love and prayers your way. 🙏🏻
You just offered another valuable recording, Brian, and I know you're helping people with your information! Thank you! I've been praying for you to be helped along the best paths in life as you encounter anything ahead, and I'm glad you know how many folks love ya. You rock, man.
Brian, Thank you for the video, it is very helpful to understand the disease. I look forward to your videos everyday and very much look forward to reading your books. You are courageous and an inspiration to many people. God bless you. I pray that your vision will improve and that a cure will be found.
Really sorry to hear this Brian. I love your channel & think you have the best book collection on here. I was very sad to here this news. Hope things keep in check for you & wish you all the best for the future. Hope you can keep making videos. Lots of love from the U.K.
Your graphic visuals while low tech were very informative about your condition. That's wild, I can't even imagine going through that. Thank you for sharing your journey and the info you have learned along the way!
I appreciate you sharing this preventable disease and how it affects your vision. Sorry to hear about this and I wish you the best. I really enjoy your reviews and especially your books.
I’m a Type 2 diabetic, so I know all about how eating right can help prevent many health problems. Solid advice but, alas, many of us are too weak to consistently follow it.
Seeing your reviews before work every morning is like my morning coffee. You always put me on books I havent heard of. It is crazy how much of all out health is associated with diet. I hope these shots end up helping in the best way possible!
Great of you to post a video for others who might be going through it presently or in the future. Best wishes, you’re my favorite book reviewer and I look forward to more of your reviews. Something about your energy that draws me in to your book reviews. And clearly from the success of your own writing you know exactly what you’re talking about.
Hugs to you as a ways I cannot imagine what you’re going through in those shots sound terrifying you are a very brave man and there has got to be a way for you to continue your writing regardless if you can see in the end or not there’s got to be a way but for right now the most important thing is to just keep going and know that you have a Lot of support
I’m not trying to make you sad about what’s going on I have conditions myself that I have had to give up some of my dreams and so if I can find a way for someone who is also possibly going to not lose something I will try my best I am not trying to bring you down or anything and I totally understand if in the end it doesn’t work but I’ve got to try because like I can’t imagine not being able to do something you love and it not taking a huge toll
I'm sorry to hear about your eye condition. There are a lot of blind youtubers out there for you to watch. The first one I tend to recommend to people is The Blind Life. Life After Sight Loss is also a great channel. If you go in the youtube search bar and type in blind youtuber, you'll find a lot of creators. Hope this helps.
I pray that your story will reach others and prevent this from happening to them. May the treatments you receive bide you time until they can find a better option and preserve what eyesight you do have. You are right High Blood Pressure affects your eyes, kidneys, heart, lungs etc… it is no joke and the scary thing is you can have high blood pressure and not even know it.
I really appreciated this video. Learned a lot. I had a basic idea of what retinal vein occlusion was, but this explanation really helped me to understand what you are having to deal with. Thank you for this. I wish only the best moving forward.
Thanks for the update Brian. I loved the sizzler story hahah was laughing so hard. Its great to see you still have your humour even with this terrible disease. Do you know if there is any research being conducted at the moment looking for a cure? In my thoughts Brian wishing you the best
A very understandable and thorough explanation of the condition. It helped me better understand the process happening in the eye, but perhaps even more importantly, it conveys a greater understanding of what it's like to experience vision loss.
I just wanted to say, you’re a great man. I love your videos. Your genuineness. I encountered a woman who happened to be the librarian for the prison. Instantly thought of you. I have a different appreciation for that work due to a close friend and you. Keep your head up and know that people watch and do care.
I wish I had had a teacher like you when I was at school you explain everything so well you are amazing Brian and I hope and pray you don’t go blind all the best love your Chanel x
Thank you for sharing your experience. It was very informative but also heartbreaking to hear your struggles with your vision. I will be praying that the injections take effect asap and you regain your vision. As a well-wisher, channel viewer and reader of your books, my appeal is to please please take care of your health. Sending good wishes and prayers.
Brian, you always have a wonderful attitude towards everything. Thanks for the lesson, you really explained your condition. Hoping the shots and other medical research will reverse the condition. All my prayers are with you. P.S. My brother started blood pressure meds at 21, and he's been on them 45 years, so no you are not old. Also, remember when it tastes bad, only check one more time, LOL.
Yeah, mine encroached from the upper left quadrant and eventually crossed the center line on a diagonal, leaving me with peripheral vision only in my bad eye. That stayed stable for several years until one day, bloop. All blackness. So it was glaucoma that finished off what retinal cancer began. I've had the fun of radioactive plaque sewn to my eyeball for four days, I've had the joy of needle-in-eye stoicism, and I'm down to one eye now. Whole things gone, taken out. Along with socket tissue, so I can't even get a cool Sauron false eye. But hey, it's a GOOD life.
Hi Brian, I’m so sorry you have to go through this, and I hope it will get better or at least not get worse. Thank goodness for audiobooks though and how awesome the narrators have become, as it’s such a treat to listen to stories as well to give our eyes a rest and our minds the space to visualize what’s happening to the max.
Excellent explanation and thanks for that. I sincerely hope that the medication stabilizes your condition and you can continue to read for a long, long time yet. All the best!
Thanks for sharing this. This was great info and it's good to hear you reiterate the message of the importance of diet and exercise. This is something I need to hear often as I always slip back to the burgers too! You're always an inspiration. Also that's the biggest mf'n marker I've ever seen! Much love to you my friend!
I hope doctors and the treatment work specially well for you man, the eye shots sound awful but is good to see that you keep you sense of humor and you work. I hope you get some kind of permanent solution for your illness.
Thank you for sharing more information on your condition. Although the injections are painful I'm glad they are helping and I hope that your condition can remain stabilised. Sending all the good vibes your way 👍 I agree that changing your diet can help your body in many ways. A couple of years ago my ibs and rosacea were out of control. I was the sugar and carb queen! I've been on the keto diet ever since and the change has been phenomenal. It's hard getting started with any diet change though, so I understand your struggles with that. A lot of people think it's easy and it's not. Hope you are having a good day and take care 👍
Thank you for explaining your condition, it was very informative. I have learned myself how a bad diet can mess me up in ways I never would have thought. Hope you can maintain a better diet, it sucks to give up the food we love, but the penalty for it can be terrible in the long run.
I love how you reach out to your fans directly on RUclips. I really love your writing, and that is actually enhanced by getting a glimpse into your life. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you, hopefully this is reversed, and you can write that space opera someday (if you still want to write one that is).
Never play dice with Mother Nature. That’s good advice. Sorry this happened to a fellow reader or anyone. As a show of support I’m going to get the audiobook of the Forgotten Moon. I’ve got Audible credits.
Its tough , but with simple lifestyle changes you can possibly get off the BP meds. For me I mostly stopped eating processed food, only have fresh meat at dinner if I have meat that day. (no processed lunch meat for lunches) I also pretty much stopped eating bread., I quit chips and junk food. no pop/soda or anything sugary. No beers/ alcohol during the week, only weekends.(2 beers max at a sitting.) I allow myself a junk day which is usually Saturday when I treat myself to chocolate covered almonds, drink more water. Started biking because my knees hurt when running. Lastly try to reduce stress if your life, I still struggle with this because I just stress-out over everything and get anxiety etc.
I only share this out of good intentions, but apparently John Milton wrote paradise lost when he was blind. I hope I am not a fool and incorrect about this. But maybe the path with writing can go on even if the issues regarding your vision get worse. Love your work, and the videos you post, often when I’m depressed I flip on one of your reviews and it makes me happy. Probably preaching to the choir you probably already know this.
I'm 27 and have dry-eye disease which, unfortunately, is an autoimmune condition. Basically I have to go through many hoops to stop my eyes from feeling like sandpaper all the time. I understand what you're going through, it really sucks when your primary sense is compromised. I mainly listen to audiobooks because of this condition. I highly recommend audiobooks if you have trouble reading. If you can find a good narrator they're great. Good luck with everything.
I take blood pressure meds for like 15 years, I'm only 51. My father and mother are normal people and they took meds too. So I dont feel ancient LOL!!!! I hope you feel better bro
In 2004 at age of 24 I had a vein growing into my retinae causing swelling. Symptom was that a straight line was no longer straight. When you would look at a raster it is like one part you see a distortion like a water drip is covering that part of your eyesight. At that time the only solution was burning the bleeding by lasering. As you said it wont heal anymore, my sight in my left eye is down to 70%. About 4 years later I got it in my right eye. Luckily medication was developed where they indeed put a needle in the white part of your eye and put in a very small amount of medicine. Bad thing is... Its not preventable. I used to have good bloodpressure, excersized a lot and ate quite healthy, but still got it... That said, I have had strong eyesight issues my whole life and did wear contacts at the time. Since I stopped wearing contacts it hasnt happened again... This is slightly different from your affliction. But I guess the treatment is the same. Luckily for me the treatment really worked. Wish you all the best, take your vitamens, excersize and take care of yourself, you cant trade in your body and eyetransplants is something I've never heard about yet...
Brian! This was such a great explanation- I really appreciated it. My question is: can the shot halt the swelling right where it is so that you have some vision left? Or is it just a matter of buying you time and slowing down the swelling? OR is it more of a wait and see how you react to the medication thing? PS: Thanks for including a link to buy some of your art! I just ordered a beautiful eagle notebook from your shop.
I had a retinal pin hole that destroyed the vision in my right eye. Because of my age, it never healed. I know how devastated you feel. We are both avid readers so this is really cramping our style. I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. Could stem cell work help?
It sounds awful. I hope you can still write. Although I haven't read any of your work yet. I have heard many great things. Love your videos a wish you the best. Thank you for the recommendations I have enjoyed many of the suggestions.
Hey man, I know I'm just another person that is yet again preaching and you probably heard this many times, but if you have those crazy blood pressure spikes and if your doctor recommends you a diet/ lifestyle change you should really think about it. And it doesn't have to be boring, just buy a fitness watch as walk a little, you don't need to hit a gym. It's easiest to make small changes, don't go from 0 to 100% and never try to reach 100%, just 80-90% of your goal. Same with food, don't need to go crazy just change of junk meal to something you make at home. I'm saying this because I've seen my both grandparents go through regular stroke and while it's not the worst way to go, what often happens is that you have minor stroke, it damages your functionality and brains but you carry on and it slowly takes a little bit of you. Seeing my grandpa after a stroke, while being very lucky because he had all his physical function... He was just so out of it mentally and it took almost decade for him to come back to more his regular self, but then he had second one. I know it's a bit of a downer comment, but it's suppose to be. That shit made me look at my health seriously. I hope you can make some changes because this shit can get worse.
Left eye could have been saved if you had visited the doctor earlier 😩 also didn't you have regular checkups? Didn't the doctors notice it beginning in the right eye, before the thing could spread? 😩 Anyway I hope the medication works better...got to say, the immense courage and fortitude you are showing is phenomenal.
My wife has this same condition. It started in one eye and she described it as a "grey blind over the top of her vision". A year or so later, it happened in her other eye, just not as bad. She's on medication and she sees the retina doctor every six months. Fortunately, her condition is stable. I watch your channel almost daily and I wish you the best and, hopefully, your condition will not get worse.
We pray for your early vision rehabilitation,Brian.
Amen
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Lol, indeed!🤣
I hope doctors will be able to stop that process. You are so kind, sincere and honest man, and such an inspiration for both reading and writing. Hold on, and believe in the best possible outcome!
My girlfriend and I watch your channel, she has a chronic degenerative lung condition. She cried when we watched your going blind video. We adore you. I wish you great luck and love and hope you are able to manage and at the very least, halt your disease.
I wish you guys all the best!!
You will be alright, my friend. Take care!
I love your high quality on screen graphics.
I would have thought carrying those two giant tomes in either arm would be enough exercise to help a person.
Take care of yourself.
I wish you all the best, Brian!
Prayers to you, my friend. I'm rooting for you. Technology will help you keep writing long into the future. Keep fighting.
Sending great vibes. May good luck be on your side sir.
Just pre-ordered Lonesome Crown. I'll be taking the day off when it's released. I can't wait.
Praying for you ever night. And will continue to.
You got this big dog. 👍🙂🙏❤️
I am so sorry you are dealing with this.Thoughts and prayers.
all the best Brian, we're all thinking about you :)
I hope the medication will work. Or at least prevent you from going blind totally. 🫂 big hug and lots of love. ❤
This was an excellent explanation of the disease. I learned something new today, so thank you for that. Also, I'm so massively sorry this has happened (preventable or not). I hope the meds buy you time - lots of time - before you lose your sight.
Will pray for u my friend. I consider u my friend and love ur channel and ur books.
Brian, I watch your channel only for the high techiness of it. 😊 I always enjoy your t.v. show and thank you for the great book reviews.
I pray 🙏 that you
Get your vision.
Thank you for spreading awareness on this topic. I’ve never heard of this condition prior, but it seems to be one that effects millions of people around the world. Stay strong and healthy.
Hi Brian, I'm a fan of your work and knowing that you're going to be blind makes me very sad. You don't deserve such sorrow
Love ya man. Don’t think this’ll stop you. I want you to keep writing. After Five Warrior Angels I want more. I even want to read your too long horror novel.
As a working artist who is trying to learn writing, I have to say you've been an incredible inspiration. I am deeply sorry for this can only wish you the best for the future, and I hope you find happiness in whatever the outcome the future might hold for you. Just know that you've left your mark on the world and inspired others in a way few people can.
You have been in my prayers.
Good luck
I’m sending healing vibes, Brian. I hope the doctors are able to slow the progression of the disease. Thanks for the good explanation of retinal vein occlusion; it was very helpful to understand what is going on. I hope you feel the love and well-wishes of all your subscribers. Know my thoughts are with you.
You inspire me so much! You're one of the most entertaining vloggers in here, one of the real ones!
So sorry to hear this. It is a terrible tragedy fir anyone, but more so for any writer and reader. I hope the doctors can help you keep your sight and even recover it. All best to you at this difficult time.
I wish you the best and admire your strength.
Thank you for the information, its definitely an important lesson that people can learn from to prevent such a horrible disease. We are all sending all our love and prayers your way. 🙏🏻
You just offered another valuable recording, Brian, and I know you're helping people with your information! Thank you! I've been praying for you to be helped along the best paths in life as you encounter anything ahead, and I'm glad you know how many folks love ya. You rock, man.
Brian, Thank you for the video, it is very helpful to understand the disease. I look forward to your videos everyday and very much look forward to reading your books. You are courageous and an inspiration to many people. God bless you. I pray that your vision will improve and that a cure will be found.
Really sorry to hear this Brian. I love your channel & think you have the best book collection on here. I was very sad to here this news. Hope things keep in check for you & wish you all the best for the future. Hope you can keep making videos. Lots of love from the U.K.
Your graphic visuals while low tech were very informative about your condition. That's wild, I can't even imagine going through that. Thank you for sharing your journey and the info you have learned along the way!
I appreciate you sharing this preventable disease and how it affects your vision. Sorry to hear about this and I wish you the best. I really enjoy your reviews and especially your books.
I’m a Type 2 diabetic, so I know all about how eating right can help prevent many health problems. Solid advice but, alas, many of us are too weak to consistently follow it.
Man, so sorry to hear about this happening to you Brian. I hope like hell that the treatments will keep your blindness at bay.
Excellent tutorial. Better than a doc could have explained it.
🙏 the shots help !!
I am so sorry that you have to go through this, I hope the medication works to reverse your right eye a bit! Thank you for sharing to help others!
Praying for you, Brian! I’m an aspiring author and you’ve been so inspirational to me! Hang in there, brother!! 📚 🙏 🎨 ♥️
Godspeed Brian, somehow you'll get through this. Hopefully, the condition remains stable. Idk if you're religious, but you're in my prayers.
This was really informative Brian. Thanks for sharing this. Hope you’re doing ok brotha.
God bless you Brian! Wish you all the best with your recovery!
Hope the treatment reverse the spreading and regain your peripheral view. One eye saved.
Seeing your reviews before work every morning is like my morning coffee. You always put me on books I havent heard of. It is crazy how much of all out health is associated with diet. I hope these shots end up helping in the best way possible!
Great of you to post a video for others who might be going through it presently or in the future. Best wishes, you’re my favorite book reviewer and I look forward to more of your reviews. Something about your energy that draws me in to your book reviews. And clearly from the success of your own writing you know exactly what you’re talking about.
We all love you, Brian!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So sorry you’re going through this. I hope the treatments do well and stave off the blindness for a long, long time.
Thanks for Sharing your Story Brian. Your Book Reviews are really inspiring, Long may They continue.
I’m so sorry to hear about your vision.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Mr. Brian!!!! I hope that your vision improves sooner, if not later.
Hugs to you as a ways I cannot imagine what you’re going through in those shots sound terrifying you are a very brave man and there has got to be a way for you to continue your writing regardless if you can see in the end or not there’s got to be a way but for right now the most important thing is to just keep going and know that you have a Lot of support
I’m not trying to make you sad about what’s going on I have conditions myself that I have had to give up some of my dreams and so if I can find a way for someone who is also possibly going to not lose something I will try my best I am not trying to bring you down or anything and I totally understand if in the end it doesn’t work but I’ve got to try because like I can’t imagine not being able to do something you love and it not taking a huge toll
Keep up the positive attitude. Thank you for opening up and sharing. I always appreciate you and your videos, and I wish the the absolute best.
Thank you Brian for the update. You and your medical condition will be on top of my prayer list
I'm sorry to hear about your eye condition. There are a lot of blind youtubers out there for you to watch. The first one I tend to recommend to people is The Blind Life. Life After Sight Loss is also a great channel.
If you go in the youtube search bar and type in blind youtuber, you'll find a lot of creators. Hope this helps.
Still praying for you. Just got The Forgetting Moon, I can’t wait to read it.
I pray that your story will reach others and prevent this from happening to them. May the treatments you receive bide you time until they can find a better option and preserve what eyesight you do have. You are right High Blood Pressure affects your eyes, kidneys, heart, lungs etc… it is no joke and the scary thing is you can have high blood pressure and not even know it.
My prayers are with you brother.
I really appreciated this video. Learned a lot. I had a basic idea of what retinal vein occlusion was, but this explanation really helped me to understand what you are having to deal with. Thank you for this. I wish only the best moving forward.
Thanks for the update Brian. I loved the sizzler story hahah was laughing so hard. Its great to see you still have your humour even with this terrible disease. Do you know if there is any research being conducted at the moment looking for a cure? In my thoughts Brian wishing you the best
A very understandable and thorough explanation of the condition. It helped me better understand the process happening in the eye, but perhaps even more importantly, it conveys a greater understanding of what it's like to experience vision loss.
I just wanted to say, you’re a great man. I love your videos. Your genuineness. I encountered a woman who happened to be the librarian for the prison. Instantly thought of you. I have a different appreciation for that work due to a close friend and you. Keep your head up and know that people watch and do care.
Best wishes man! Processed foods cause a lot of health problems. I've done a Keto diet and the changes in my health and weight have been amazing.
I wish I had had a teacher like you when I was at school you explain everything so well you are amazing Brian and I hope and pray you don’t go blind all the best love your Chanel x
Thank you for sharing your experience. It was very informative but also heartbreaking to hear your struggles with your vision. I will be praying that the injections take effect asap and you regain your vision.
As a well-wisher, channel viewer and reader of your books, my appeal is to please please take care of your health.
Sending good wishes and prayers.
Brian, you always have a wonderful attitude towards everything. Thanks for the lesson, you really explained your condition. Hoping the shots and other medical research will reverse the condition. All my prayers are with you.
P.S. My brother started blood pressure meds at 21, and he's been on them 45 years, so no you are not old. Also, remember when it tastes bad, only check one more time, LOL.
Yeah, mine encroached from the upper left quadrant and eventually crossed the center line on a diagonal, leaving me with peripheral vision only in my bad eye. That stayed stable for several years until one day, bloop. All blackness. So it was glaucoma that finished off what retinal cancer began. I've had the fun of radioactive plaque sewn to my eyeball for four days, I've had the joy of needle-in-eye stoicism, and I'm down to one eye now. Whole things gone, taken out. Along with socket tissue, so I can't even get a cool Sauron false eye. But hey, it's a GOOD life.
Hi Brian, I’m so sorry you have to go through this, and I hope it will get better or at least not get worse. Thank goodness for audiobooks though and how awesome the narrators have become, as it’s such a treat to listen to stories as well to give our eyes a rest and our minds the space to visualize what’s happening to the max.
Excellent explanation and thanks for that. I sincerely hope that the medication stabilizes your condition and you can continue to read for a long, long time yet. All the best!
Thanks for sharing this. This was great info and it's good to hear you reiterate the message of the importance of diet and exercise. This is something I need to hear often as I always slip back to the burgers too! You're always an inspiration.
Also that's the biggest mf'n marker I've ever seen! Much love to you my friend!
Best wishes man. I pray for you 💓⭐
I hope doctors and the treatment work specially well for you man, the eye shots sound awful but is good to see that you keep you sense of humor and you work. I hope you get some kind of permanent solution for your illness.
Many prayers going your way Mr. Durfer
holy shit that is scary af, hope things start to get better for you 🙏
Thank you for sharing more information on your condition. Although the injections are painful I'm glad they are helping and I hope that your condition can remain stabilised. Sending all the good vibes your way 👍
I agree that changing your diet can help your body in many ways. A couple of years ago my ibs and rosacea were out of control. I was the sugar and carb queen! I've been on the keto diet ever since and the change has been phenomenal. It's hard getting started with any diet change though, so I understand your struggles with that. A lot of people think it's easy and it's not. Hope you are having a good day and take care 👍
Thank you for explaining your condition, it was very informative. I have learned myself how a bad diet can mess me up in ways I never would have thought. Hope you can maintain a better diet, it sucks to give up the food we love, but the penalty for it can be terrible in the long run.
Hoping that they can help you with this.. You are jst fun to listen to. and I love how Hi tech you are!
I love how you reach out to your fans directly on RUclips. I really love your writing, and that is actually enhanced by getting a glimpse into your life. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you, hopefully this is reversed, and you can write that space opera someday (if you still want to write one that is).
Never play dice with Mother Nature. That’s good advice. Sorry this happened to a fellow reader or anyone. As a show of support I’m going to get the audiobook of the Forgotten Moon. I’ve got Audible credits.
Its tough , but with simple lifestyle changes you can possibly get off the BP meds. For me I mostly stopped eating processed food, only have fresh meat at dinner if I have meat that day. (no processed lunch meat for lunches) I also pretty much stopped eating bread., I quit chips and junk food. no pop/soda or anything sugary. No beers/ alcohol during the week, only weekends.(2 beers max at a sitting.) I allow myself a junk day which is usually Saturday when I treat myself to chocolate covered almonds, drink more water. Started biking because my knees hurt when running. Lastly try to reduce stress if your life, I still struggle with this because I just stress-out over everything and get anxiety etc.
Hopefully with the medication it stops in it’s tracks in your eyes.
I only share this out of good intentions, but apparently John Milton wrote paradise lost when he was blind. I hope I am not a fool and incorrect about this. But maybe the path with writing can go on even if the issues regarding your vision get worse. Love your work, and the videos you post, often when I’m depressed I flip on one of your reviews and it makes me happy. Probably preaching to the choir you probably already know this.
I'm 27 and have dry-eye disease which, unfortunately, is an autoimmune condition. Basically I have to go through many hoops to stop my eyes from feeling like sandpaper all the time. I understand what you're going through, it really sucks when your primary sense is compromised. I mainly listen to audiobooks because of this condition. I highly recommend audiobooks if you have trouble reading. If you can find a good narrator they're great. Good luck with everything.
Thanks for the explanation. That does indeed sound worse than me just being born with fucked retinas.
@BRIAN LEE DURFEE Reviews - hang tough and take care of your body. You've got more writing to do. ;)
I take blood pressure meds for like 15 years, I'm only 51. My father and mother are normal people and they took meds too. So I dont feel ancient LOL!!!!
I hope you feel better bro
In 2004 at age of 24 I had a vein growing into my retinae causing swelling. Symptom was that a straight line was no longer straight. When you would look at a raster it is like one part you see a distortion like a water drip is covering that part of your eyesight. At that time the only solution was burning the bleeding by lasering. As you said it wont heal anymore, my sight in my left eye is down to 70%.
About 4 years later I got it in my right eye. Luckily medication was developed where they indeed put a needle in the white part of your eye and put in a very small amount of medicine. Bad thing is... Its not preventable. I used to have good bloodpressure, excersized a lot and ate quite healthy, but still got it... That said, I have had strong eyesight issues my whole life and did wear contacts at the time. Since I stopped wearing contacts it hasnt happened again...
This is slightly different from your affliction. But I guess the treatment is the same. Luckily for me the treatment really worked.
Wish you all the best, take your vitamens, excersize and take care of yourself, you cant trade in your body and eyetransplants is something I've never heard about yet...
Thanks for your personal story
Brian! This was such a great explanation- I really appreciated it. My question is: can the shot halt the swelling right where it is so that you have some vision left? Or is it just a matter of buying you time and slowing down the swelling? OR is it more of a wait and see how you react to the medication thing?
PS: Thanks for including a link to buy some of your art! I just ordered a beautiful eagle notebook from your shop.
Thanks!!!!
I had a retinal pin hole that destroyed the vision in my right eye. Because of my age, it never healed. I know how devastated you feel. We are both avid readers so this is really cramping our style. I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. Could stem cell work help?
It sounds awful. I hope you can still write. Although I haven't read any of your work yet. I have heard many great things. Love your videos a wish you the best. Thank you for the recommendations I have enjoyed many of the suggestions.
I have diabetes, if I can't get it under control retinal vein occlusion could also occur but so far my eyes have been ok
welcome to old age
Hey man, I know I'm just another person that is yet again preaching and you probably heard this many times, but if you have those crazy blood pressure spikes and if your doctor recommends you a diet/ lifestyle change you should really think about it.
And it doesn't have to be boring, just buy a fitness watch as walk a little, you don't need to hit a gym. It's easiest to make small changes, don't go from 0 to 100% and never try to reach 100%, just 80-90% of your goal.
Same with food, don't need to go crazy just change of junk meal to something you make at home.
I'm saying this because I've seen my both grandparents go through regular stroke and while it's not the worst way to go, what often happens is that you have minor stroke, it damages your functionality and brains but you carry on and it slowly takes a little bit of you.
Seeing my grandpa after a stroke, while being very lucky because he had all his physical function... He was just so out of it mentally and it took almost decade for him to come back to more his regular self, but then he had second one.
I know it's a bit of a downer comment, but it's suppose to be. That shit made me look at my health seriously.
I hope you can make some changes because this shit can get worse.
can reading physical books being a consistent reading of physical books be the cause of the blindness?
No, my friend. You're not old. Just change your diet. I expect many more novels from you! God bless you.
Do you read any Patricia Cornwell
Left eye could have been saved if you had visited the doctor earlier 😩 also didn't you have regular checkups? Didn't the doctors notice it beginning in the right eye, before the thing could spread? 😩
Anyway I hope the medication works better...got to say, the immense courage and fortitude you are showing is phenomenal.
holy piles of sacks of shit!, that is horrifying as hell, i hope you somehow get better