...“people with one eye,” “prosthetic eye” and “eye removal surgeries,” something I never thought I would be searching for myself.

I now face a life-altering change and have basic fears of the unknown. Am I strong enough to endure this? Mentally, will I overcome this?

Cancer doesn't discriminate. "Lucas received 6 rounds of Chemotherapy at Buffalo Children's Hospital in an attempt to save his eye."

I did have surgery, which allowed me to keep my eye, but I never regained vision.

As a baby, I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Retinoblastoma.

Once the stitches were removed I could finally see the new full me.

I never fully regained my eyesight and went on to undergo numerous operations and pain relief treatments.

I know they often worried about how having monocular vision impairment would affect me while growing up...

Last month I celebrated my 10th anniversary of being tumor-free. The anniversary marks 8 ½ years of wearing an eye patch.

Sunday July 9, 2017 will be a day etched in my mind for the rest of my life. I awoke to find two doctors standing over me.

He was on the top of the house and I was down in the street. He dropped a stick from the top and suddenly the stick crushed my eye.

I had a really hard time with bullying and it got to the point where I believed what people were saying about me.

I wasn’t hit or poked in the eye I just got dealt this type of hand.

Initially, the hardest part of my accident was having lost so much, including a career that I loved.

It is extremely hard for me when people think that I’m not able to do something or deny me access to things like job opportunities...

Growing up with a blind eye was hard.

My eye story started the day I entered the world! This is a long story, but that’s because it has taken my whole life to get to this point.

I was driving my car alone in the evening and had a car crash. The airbag hit my eye so violently that my eye was cut.

I lost my eye at the age of 8 after they tried desperately to save it.

I am self-conscious about my eye and try to avoid eye contact with people, however, I am learning that this scar is nothing to be ashamed of