My husband lost his vision in one eye from glaucoma and we're both pretending he's adapting fine, but he's bumping into things and won't let me help him and I'm watching him struggle while trying not to hover. We keep having these tense moments where I want to guide him but he gets frustrated, and neither of us knows how to talk about what this means for us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Partners are struggling to find balance between independence and support after significant vision changes.
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