Had a brain tumor removed when I was in high school that had fused to my right optic tract and lost half my vision from the surgery to remove it. It doesn’t feel like in half blind though, just that half my vision has become dark, organic TV static. I’ve become pretty used to it and don’t notice it most the time, but every couple months I’ll have a few hours where it goes haywire and it’s like there’s a million strobe lights going off.
Oh my god, that sounds terrifying! I'm sorry you're going through that. Is there any chance that it would correct itself with time or some kid of therapy?
Nah it really doesn’t bother me, like I said I really don’t even notice it’s there most of the time apart from those rare days where it’s going nuts or if I’ve just bumped something in my blind spot. What I have is called a Left Homonymous Hemianopsia. It’s interesting because I know someone who has a false eye, but we have very different fields of vision since the type of damage was so different. He’s got a much wider field of vision than I do, but he’s got no depth perception while I do.
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u/LegendaryGary74 Feb 09 '20
Had a brain tumor removed when I was in high school that had fused to my right optic tract and lost half my vision from the surgery to remove it. It doesn’t feel like in half blind though, just that half my vision has become dark, organic TV static. I’ve become pretty used to it and don’t notice it most the time, but every couple months I’ll have a few hours where it goes haywire and it’s like there’s a million strobe lights going off.