Hello Mark,
Well, when I was born, the doctor forced my birth and destroyed my optic
nerves in each eye.
Doctors told my parents that I would never see. However, when I was about 4
years old, I began to see a little and each year it continued to increase.
By the time I was about 8 years old, I had about 7% vision. I was able to
see colors in bright sun light. I rode a bicycle and other things I should
not have done with so little vision. The bad thing is that at about 15
years old, my sight began to fade and by the time I was 25 or 30, I had only
light perception left. Even that disappeared in another few years until I
was a total as I am today.
No, there is no way to regenerate vision apart from a miracle from our Lord.
That's my story and I am going to stick with it, HI HI.
Best 73.
Lowell W8QIY
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From: "Mark Torgerson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: OT Optic Nerve Regeneration
> Hi
> I wasn=E2=80=99t really sure where to ask a question like this, but =
> I know that hams are resourceful folks. So, here it goes.=20
> I went blind at age 4 from an apses that crushed my optic nerve =
> where it crosses. Thus, I went totally blind in both eyes. The doctors =
> back then (41 years ago) said that optic nerves can never regenerate or =
> grow back. So, I would be completely blind the rest of my life... Well, =
> I accepted their sentence on my life, and got on with creating the best =
> life I could. After all, The doctors had told my parents several times =
> that I would not survive, and if I did, I would not be able to move, =
> smell, hear, ETC. I would be a vegetable. Well, God intervened, and all =
> I am is blind.=20
> Well, all this being the case, you can imagine my surprise when my =
> family and I were driving down the freeway, and suddenly there was a =
> flash of something in my face. It was in the middle of the dark night, =
> and we had just met a car with its lights on bright. I must have been in =
> my late teens by this point. More time passed and I started noticing =
> lightening. Strange for someone whose optic nerve could not regenerate. =
> So, I went to an eye doctor who told me, again, that nothing could be =
> done for optic nerve damage.=20
> Well, time keeps moving forward, and a strange thing is going on for =
> me. Sometimes I can tell a wall is in front of me or perhaps a chair. =
> However, there is little if any shape to them. No color either. Just a =
> visual something is their. Then the next day I am walking along, and =
> walk smack dab in to the same object with no visual sense of its being =
> there at all. I went to another I doctor and asked him to explain. He =
> said that sometimes optic nerves do grow back but whatever =
> =E2=80=9Csight=E2=80=9D I had was about as good as I could expect. He =
> ranked me as having light perception in my right I. Well, at least I did =
> the day I saw him. Who knows about the next day.
> The question I have is this. Is this normal getting some optic nerve =
> regeneration? What can I do to speed up this process? How do I go about =
> finding out more about this topic? Almost everything I read gives me the =
> same old line about nothing being possible. I just think that after 41 =
> years, surely there is more and better information, and healing =
> techniques available.=20
> Any insight or resources are appreciated.=20
>
> God bless,
> Mark and my beautiful wife Noella
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