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9/9/2015 3:56:31 PM
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I have degenerative eyeballs, and will be blind within 15 years AMA
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1 ReplyWill you have no eyes, or will they just break down internally and stop working?
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FWIW, 95% of your vision is in your brain. When electronic retinae become practical, people who grew up with eyesight will be able to utilise them immediately, and people who grew up blind will [i]never[/i] attain anything close to normal vision. See, for instance, the work in the seventies by Richard L. Gregory, wherein he worked with a man who'd grown up with fully-occluding cataracts, and it was expected that implanting a pair of the newly-perfected artificial lenses would give him eyesight, and therefore vision. Turns out it only gave him eyesight, and he had to start from scratch, with the visual abilities of a newborn, and the mental plasticity of an old man. He never did develop vision that would be considered normal. Conversely, sighted TV presenters can learn to see better than would be considered "visually-impaired" using a webcam that activates an electrode array on their back or their tongue. In the course of an afternoon.
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1 ReplyI would travel the world before I went blind if I were you
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3 RepliesSorry to hear that. My most recent visit to an eye doctor said that my optic nerve or whatever it is in the back of my eye is slowly expanding. They don't know if it will keep expanding, or if it will stop, but it could wind up with my vision becoming heavily impaired
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1 ReplyHopefully technology will be advanced enough to replace your eyes at an affordable cost to turn you into an eyeborg. I have a similar problem with my eyes where they don't have any pigmentation in my retinas, and I'm at a high risk of going blind if I'm exposed to too many UV rays, so I can sympathize.
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1 ReplyCan you see this?
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2 RepliesWill you wear eyepatches?
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Become black, take up piano, and become Ray Charles.
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Edited by Molag Bal: 9/11/2015 12:50:44 AMLasers don't hurt that much. Had to get laser surgery to weld my partially detached retina back in place
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2 RepliesWhat are you going to do? No more reading books, seeing movies or playing video games.
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1 ReplyBy then they'll be able to give you bionic eyeballs.
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2 RepliesWow, that sucks. Sorry u got rekt m8.
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1 ReplyWell that sucks man. Um, I really don't know what else to say. Stay up!
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1 ReplyYou just have to remember to always look on the bright si- [i]Oh[/i].
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What's your 3rd favorite food?
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5 RepliesWhat's your middle name?
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We already have rudementary technology to help the blind see somewhat, in 15 years I'm sure you'll be fine.
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Didn't they make some glasses you blind people can wear so they can see? I don't think it was full vision yet but it maybe it won't be AS bad as you think. 15 years is longer then you think and science is improving every day. I'm with those other people and say go out there and see all you can see.
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4 RepliesSee children, masturbation [b][i]does[/i][/b] make you go blind.....
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1 ReplyGo see all the worlds wonders like the northern lights niagara fall ect. Seriously m8 start traveling all over and seeing things for the 1st time also hope u can get cured so u don't go blind
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1 ReplyIs 15 years a long time to you?
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3 RepliesHave many times have you used that to get sympathy sex from girls?
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I can understand where you're coming from. Without my contacts or glasses, I cannot see a damn thing. My eyes keep getting worse and worse.
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You'll be fine dude medicine and science is improving everyday, there will be a cure :D
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Don't say that man. Modern technology is advancing rapidly. A cure in the future might be plausible.
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3 RepliesIs anyone working on preventative medicines or anything? ;/ I'm sorry, really.
