I was letting myself go blind
May 19, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS: FRANCES LEATE
Yawning, I rubbed my eyes and tried to make out the outline of my chest of drawers opposite my bed, only, all I could see was a blur of colours and shapes as I clumsily reached for my glasses.
Even after I’d put them on, I still found myself squinting into the distance, unable to make out my bedroom furniture. It was unsettling and frightening, but something I’d been experiencing every morning for months and my eyesight would usually clear after a few minutes.
‘I was mortified, unable to say a thing’
It was June 2016 and as well as blurred eyesight and double vision, I’d been
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