Man Regains Sight, Passes Driving Test
But after a complicated operation prevented him from a lifetime of blindness and enabled him to see, the ambitious 26-year-old has passed his test.
Joseph said: “I had always wanted to be able to drive but it seemed impossible, especially once the cataracts developed.
“I just didn’t know how my vision would be after the surgery – before I couldn’t read a car number plate at 10 metres, let alone 20 metres, but now I can see far into the distance, it is incredible.”
Joseph, from Newport, South Wales would not have qualified for surgical intervention on the NHS until he was blind, so he sought advice from a private eye treatment specialist and underwent a risky operation to give him sight.
Joseph said: “Some surgeons felt that I was too high risk to operate on but I knew that I would soon be completely blind if I did nothing.
During the complicated life-changing operation, Joseph’s surgeon removed the cataracts and replaced his natural lenses with artificial ones, which have been surgically implanted into his eyes and work in the same way as the most advanced lenses in a pair of glasses.
Joseph said: “Good vision is a gift and I hope that I never take it for granted.
“I couldn’t believe how many stars there are in the night sky, and most importantly, I have just passed my driving test – only seven weeks after the surgery.
“That was something I never thought I would be able to do in my life.”
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that’s great to hear
cataracts operation’s are readily available in Sussex on the NHS so am unsure as to why Cardiff said that he could not have one
the op itself is straight forward so there again am unsure as to why he has stated too high risk to operate ?
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