If you thought losing one of your five main senses would hold you back, I’m proof to the contrary. I started running 25 miles a week and had my third son after losing my sight. Don’t get me wrong – it’s been tough, but the challenges I’ve faced have made me a stronger woman and that’s what is helping me through my latest battle.
‘My whole world went dark. I was terrified’
I was 19 when the optician noticed something wrong with my eyes. He referred me to hospital, where I was diagnosed with acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR); a rare condition that gave me a 50% chance of going blind in the future. There was no family history of sight problems,
