Shooting Blind
<p>During a routine yearly eye exam In 2017, when I was 56, I learned I had Stargart’s Disease, a genetic disease that degrades the central part of the retina. It has no treatment or cure and usually causes blindness by age 20. At the time of my diagnosis, my vision was near 20/20, so I naively did not worry too much about my eyes and what might happen to them.</p>
<p>Flash forward to the summer of 2020, and my genetic timebomb of Stargart’s caught up with me. In a six-month period, my vision deteriorated rapidly. By fall, I had lost the ability to drive, and by December, two weeks shy of my 60th birthday, my doctor told me I was legally blind. The next day I retired.</p>
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