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

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.

ll my life I’ve had an artificial eye, until 5 years ago when my eye socket collapsed due to the prosthetic being so heavy.

My secondary implant surgery was on April 2021, I still face some difficulties but it is improving day by day.

I feel I am in a better position now both mentally and physically after having my eye removed.

...when I was struck in the face by a large rock that someone had thrown from the freeway overpass.

I had diabetic retinopathy in both eyes which needed extensive care.

I broke my nose, shattered my orbital bone, broke all the bones on the left side of my face, and split my eye in half.

The hardest part has been looking in the mirror and seeing I don’t look like myself. Accepting the new me.

I was diagnosed with Uveitis when I was 9 years old. Uveitis is an inflammatory eye condition which causes painful flare ups with symptoms.