PROTECT THE RETINA!!!

Those who know me well know me well, know about my experience that I had back on January 29, 2009 with "Dr. Bad News", the retina specialist.

Before I saw this man I'd never even heard of a "retina specialist".

Anyhoo...I go see him. He takes a zillion pictures of the inside of my eyes, he grabs a sheet of paper with an eyeball on it and starts scribbling away. "You have one of these, and one of those, and a few of these, yadda yadda yadda".

He throws me a bunch of bad news, tells me there's NOTHING that can be done to repair the damage, and sends me on my way.

Boo "Dr. Bad News"!!!

Well, I don't give up that easily. As a matter of fact, I don't give up. I took his bad news and went straight to the CREATOR of my eyes. I laid my need out to Him, then gave it to Him because this was waaay bigger than ANYTHING that I could fix on my own.

I need Him to sustain my eyesight, today, tomorrow, forever. And I believe He WILL!

Now I have changed some things becasue I know that I have a part in my HEALING. I eat dark leafy greens, take lutein and bilberry supplements, and I always...did you hear me...I said I ALWAYS wear sunglasses. ALWAYS.

I believe that these things, along with lots of prayer, are keeping these eyes of mine working. Thank You LORD!

Kinda bothers me though that the medical world doesn't seem to be making much effort in retinal research. It's as if they feel that losing one's eyesight is "no big deal". HELLO!!! It's not a "big" deal, it's a HUGE deal!!!

Eyesight is MAJOR.

I mean really. I heard on the news that there is research being done to stop hair from turning gray. I just had to shake my head. SERIOUSLY?!? People can get by with gray hair. Do they have ANY idea how difficult it is to live in a world without one's eyesight. Come on people...PROTECT THE RETINA!!!


Okay, so there's my soapbox. Let the DIALOGUE begin! Is there anything that you think the medical field should be researching that it's not? I'd LOVE you if you said retinal repair/regeneration. But I will respect whatever YOU feel is just as important.

Talk to me!

Til next time...