4/30/2024
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.