DARK BAWGS Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I was wondering if anyone out there has recently lost sight in one eye? The reason for my question is purely selfish, you see I am blind in one eye and have been since birth. The result is I have nothing to compare to. I don't give it much thought, never have, played Hockey, Lacrosse, Football and Boxed at pretty highly competitive levels, and this was in the days before helmets, face masks etc. I even joined the Canadian Army, until they discovered that I was blind in one eye - hell to pay then for the medical corporal who pasted my medical! What got me wondering was last weekend I had a "boys gaming day", I called it "Hunger Games" because I love to cook and put on quite a spread, in fact when my sister-in-law saw the menu she asked if the boys were staying all weekend or just Saturday! Great fun we set up three Xboxes and had at er! At one point since not everyone had BO3 the guys were at my console and when it was my turn my nephew said; "...hell didn't you see that guy?" of course I didn't as he was in the bushes and until he stepped out I couldn't see him. Well my brother-in-law and stepson both said he was very visible and I should have got him. I have often gotten killed in just this way, I don't see him until it is too late. Now I don't know if you all realize it or not, if you are blind in one eye you cannot watch 3D, that is unless you want to suffer from vertigo. So that brings me back to my point, if someone has had vision in both eyes and now only one is there a difference in how you see things in the game? Do you lose the 3D type of image quality? Obviously since I have been this way forever my brain has found ways to provide some level of compensation, for instance my depth perception is very good almost normal, my peripheral vision although lacking is better than most people would think, much to their embarrassment! Anyway it is an interesting question, at least to me. Now, I am never going to say my poor play is because of this supposed limitation, I have a plethora of excuses, reasons and justifications already! Regards, DB PS when I played old timers hockey the nick named me "Dead Eye"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A7Legit Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I had surgery on my right eye, macular tear, I couldn't play effectively at all. It was too much a strain on my left eye and it gave me headaches, my field of view wasn't affected too much but my brain wasn't "computing" fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca65 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 One a completely different topic, which regiment were you in, or almost in before you were busted I was in Canada a couple of times in the 70's and we served with, if memory serves, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry. We had a couple of months at Suffield and another place in the Rockies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARK BAWGS Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 One a completely different topic, which regiment were you in, or almost in before you were busted I was in Canada a couple of times in the 70's and we served with, if memory serves, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry. We had a couple of months at Suffield and another place in the Rockies. I was at Camp Borden, Provost Corp School. I was in almost a year before I was asked to take on a new assignment but the Colonel told me they would have to get my glasses to correct my poor vision in my right eye - man did he get excited when I told him that I was totally blind and had been since birth! Six weeks later I was given an honorable discharge, I was not happy at the time as I enjoyed the service. DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARK BAWGS Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I had surgery on my right eye, macular tear, I couldn't play effectively at all. It was too much a strain on my left eye and it gave me headaches, my field of view wasn't affected too much but my brain wasn't "computing" fast enough. Thanks for that, I hope it is much better now. I had a detached retina in my good eye - got hit with a tennis ball... can you imaging all the hockey and lacrosse I played never got hit in the eye; go out to play tennis and I get hit dead on, knocked me out and I woke in the hospital with a patch over my eye for two weeks they were concerned that I might have lost it. It all turned out well in the end, thank heavens. Did you ever try to eat peas with a blindfold? DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy clam Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Normally when you go from vision in both eyes to only one the first thing that changes is your depth perception and the second would be your peripheral vision,but that shouldn't be a big issue as your right in front of the tv or monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARK BAWGS Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Normally when you go from vision in both eyes to only one the first thing that changes is your depth perception and the second would be your peripheral vision,but that shouldn't be a big issue as your right in front of the tv or monitor. Thanks Fuzzy, like I said since I have been blind since birth both those thing have been accommodated quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy clam Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Thanks Fuzzy, like I said since I have been blind since birth both those thing have been accommodated quite well. Sounds to me like you got it figured out and from what I've read from your other posts nothing is gonna slow you down,keep on doing what your doing brother... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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