Damien Dixon
2 min readNov 14, 2021

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I'm not sensitive at all about questions about my bad eye. It started out as a developmental issue, where the lens did not form properly. Because of its bad shape, it has never been able to focus. As a result of that, my brain learned to mostly ignore signals from that eye.

That, in turn, led to the amblyopia. Since the brain ignored input from that eye, there was no need to give the associated eye muscles directions on where to point.

Up to that stage, the only major issue with that eye was that it could not focus. In my early twenties, I had a histoplasmosis infection that killed off about half the retina in that eye, leaving me with large blind patches in the left field of view. One of those patches is at the very center of the left eye's field of view. Even if the lens could be corrected, there is no retina there to form an image.

Today, what I see out of the left eye is an image that looks more than anything else like a Van Gogh painting, overlaid with grey spots where the retina is missing. When I have both eyes open, I get a double image. That's a strong "real" image from the good eye, overlaid with an offset blurred image from the bad eye.

In full sunlight or brightly lit rooms, I barely notice it.

Looking at movie, computer or TV screens in otherwise dimly lit spaces, the double image is prevalent enough to be disruptive. I bought a leather eye patch a few years ago for just such occasions.

Wow, ask a simple question, get a tome in reply, sorry about that. LOL I can be kind of completionist when it comes to answering questions.

Oh, and I noticed you went over 1000 followers! Congrats!

Enjoy your day!

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Damien Dixon
Damien Dixon

Written by Damien Dixon

All content 100% written by me. No AI content. As it should be. Screw AIs, they are an abomination.

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