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I was almost blind. 93 year old Eniola Aragon tells about how
she avoided eye surgery at her age.
Eniola did not expect many people to go to
her 93rd birthday. She has been living alone. Her only daughter died 16 years ago. Her
grandchildren and great-grandchildren live far away.
At the age of 93, Eniola feels young. A couple of years ago, her eyesight improved, even though
she had had eyesight problems for 45 years. How did she do it? She shared her secret with our
reporter.
“For the last few years, I have been able to
see well again and work in the garden again. I grow and sell my vegetables, chickens and so on.
Correspondent: Eniola, the main question is
how do you maintain this joy, health and energy, even managing to do gardening at such a
respectable age? What is your secret?
I haven’t always been like this. I worked as
a teacher most of my life. To put it lightly, it is a very stressful job, and you have to move a
lot. When I was about 40, my eyesight began to worsen: at first, near and far objects looked
blurry. Over the years, the situation worsened!
Doctors prescribed me eye drops. Now, I don't even remember which ones. They helped a little,
but if I suddenly forgot to use them even once, everything was cloudy again.
At the same time, I kept working, although I felt like an old woman. And once they even drove me
away from the school in an ambulance. During class, everything started to get so cloudy that I
could barely see my hands when I spread my arms out. They injected me with something and put a
bandage on my eyes. I stayed in hospital for a month. When the blindfold was removed, I could
see again, but still it was rather blurry. Then, they discharged me and referred me to a doctor.
He added to the drops I had with new ones. If I remember rightly now, I took six different eye
remedies every day. I spent a lot of time and money buying them. I went to the pharmacy like
people go to the grocery store.
I had to use more and more medication as time went on. But in spite of all this medication, the
problem did not disappear and, of course, it could not disappear. Upon reaching my 55th
birthday, I was made to retire due to health reasons.
In fact, I was told my eyesight would never improve. They said it was impossible to change the
situation. My problem progressed.