When some people hear that Sue rides a bike, they don’t believe she’s visually impaired! With geographic atrophy which means she has blind spots and visual acuity of 20/63 and 20/80 in her right eye and 20/200 in her left, I assure you she is legally blind. She is also a very careful person so she plotted out her route ahead of time so there are no dangerous crossings and she doesn’t ride too fast. Even with this, she fell off her bike but not because of her vision.
Spoiler Alert – why should you read Sue’s Journal Pages?
After less than a year of learning how to deal with her visual impairment both physically and emotionally, Sue has a ‘normal for her’ life: At age 65 and with advanced dry AMD/geographic atrophy, she works, attends regular exercise classes, rides her bike safely, travels, walks her dogs, kayaks, attends social events with her friends. We are not suggesting that reading her journal will ensure you the same results, but we hope that Sue’s Journal of Her Journey will be educational and inspirational.
We’ve compiled the first part of a series of Sue’s Best Pages. If you don’t think you are ready to tackle all 600+ of them, here’s our suggeson of where to start.