Hi Lowell,
I was born with no optic nerve at all as far as doctors can tell, but I
was able to see a small amount til approx age 11 or 12 where vision just
slowly faded over a year or so. As you say, there is nothing as of yet for
regeneration of these nerve cells but there is a lot of work being done for
people with spinal cord injuries and many scientists have commented this is
somewhat in the same direction so you never know. God is certainly the
answer but scientists are on the edge of many breakthroughs and one doctor
said he'd be surprised if they didn't come up with something while I'm still
alive. I'm age 52 now so they had better hurry. Dave w4ci
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: OT Optic Nerve Regeneration
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Torgerson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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