How did short sightedness impact your life?

PATRICIA WINFIELD DISCUSSES HOW HER SIGHT AFFECTED HER LIFE

Worn glasses since I was 12 and sight deteriorated quite badly over the following couple of decades and to the point where my glasses were quite thick. Hard lenses and not great to wear, very heavy.

I went on to wear contact lenses, which obviously was a lot better, but along with contact lenses, you have the day to day routine of cleanliness, which does sort of take some thought. I did end up with some eye infections.

And more recently, my eyesight deteriorated quite considerably and I was offered vouchers by the NHS towards glasses, which I found quite a shock. So I decided to look into the various options and laser treatment was obviously one of the options, but my eyesight was too damaged for sort of laser treatment. So I then progressed to looking into other options.