Patients' perspectives

Our archived NB magazine content looking at sight loss issues from a patient's perspective.

Patient perspective: Alexia

Here, optometrist Joy Myint describes how she feels about the patient care and support she's received since being diagnosed with sight loss

Patient perspective: Birdshot uveitis

Six years ago, Steve Page was diagnosed with birdshot uveitis, he explains how he has coped with the eye condition.

The point of the stick: how people with sight loss feel about cane use

Ann Lee looks at the experiences of blind and partially sighted people, and talks to Mhairi Thurston, a researcher on the impact of sight loss, about some possible solutions.

Living with macular disease

Danny Gleeson started having difficulties with his eyesight at the age of 24, but it wasn't until 10 years later that he was told that he had a form of macular disease.

Last updated: 28 February 2013

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