I have been blind in my right eye for nearly two years. My blindness occurred suddenly due to a terrible accident. Learning to live with vision loss definitely has a substantial adjustment period.
The brain needs time to adapt to this major change, yet in my experience there is not much that can be done to facilitate the process.
While I do see some light and blurry objects out of my injured eye, a significant amount of my central vision is gone along with portions of my peripheral vision.
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