Hokuprops

I'm sorry to hear that, but I totally feel you on bruising your blindside haha, I run into shit on the daily.

Hmmm... I really suck at catch now... In all seriousness, one thing that really bummed me out is not being able to read as much? I used to every day, but now my eye gets fatigued too easily and I end up not being able to do work. So I've had to switch to audiobooks, that way I don't waste all my eye energy and still get to enjoy books.

I also, and I'm sure you experience this as well, can't see 3D. I didn't get a chance to ride the new Star Tours at Disneyland before my accident so I didn't get to experience it in all its 3D glory. On the plus side, I never have to spring the extra cash to see 3D movies?

Sadly, the doctors say there is no guarantee that it'll improve, but who knows, the brain is crazy. The extent of the damage was to my short term memory and my concentration, so it's at least manageable.

Thank you, I was honestly just happy to be alive, haha.

It was definitely a huge adjustment, one that I still struggle with to this day. During recovery, it was super disorienting and it took a long time for my body to acclimate to it. For instance, it's very different from when someone just closes one eye for a long period of time, though you can kinda get a feeling for the loss of depth perception that way.

1. I had to have 7 different surgeries to fix all the damage and the basics were just to keep it all clean, long term wise. I'm also supposed to get my eye polished once a year, but I hardly wear it so I haven't really kept up with that.
2. I have really bad nerve damage so the pain isn't too bad, but the eye socket does get irritated quite often just from normal everyday life. It dries out a lot.
3. I usually just say "explosion" and they're left to come up with their own crazy ass ideas, haha. The only thing that really annoys me is the constant people going "Yarrrggh matey" in a pirate voice (because I wear my eyepatch most often), and even then it's really only the people who don't drop it after the first "Yarrrr." I never thought of making up something, so I might consider it now, lol.

Sorry, had to go walk my doggo lol

I've tried to stay positive throughout it all, but I guess if I had to pick something I would consider a low point is when they actually removed my eye and put in my implant. I had a 3 hour drive home in LA traffic from the hospital and I could only take Tylenol to dull the pain, it was one of the worst experiences in my life.

High point would be when I won Twitch Con's 2016 Cosplay Contest, I had never made anything for myself before and I was able to incorporate my disability in the costume and I believe that helped me win. :)

In hindsight yes, you've inspired me.