
I'm damn near blind and need to see an optician
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Hey, I'm Marcus, a.k.a Eastgaard. I am male, 31 years of age, and Swedish. I am also in a pickle! I've been wearing the same glasses for the last eight years now, so they're understandably a bit worn. But on December 19th of 2023 (yes - not 2024!), a nurse at the city hospital knocked them off of me by accident, and they've been broken since.
I tried to ask the hospital to reimburse me so that I could get them fixed, but their age rendered them effectively worthless from a financial perspective.
I have repeatedly attempted to repair them, both with glue and tape, and they're in an awful state now. They're scratched, tarnished, and quite literally sharp! Yeah, I tried to remove excess glue with a knife at one point, and ended up sharpening one of the glass' edges.
Me and my partner are too poor to afford a replacement (we are both chronically ill and live on a financial aid program), so I've lived with this for over a year now. But they're quite literally falling apart at this point, and I am hilariously blind without them! I can't read what my phone says unless I bring it closer than you'd otherwise hold a phone, so it's quite debilitating. So are the headaches incited by squinting all the time.
I'm not sure what else I should say. I'm handicapped and bedbound, and my partner has Ehler-Danlos Syndrome. Despite said challenges, we find happiness together. I also love history, comedy, music and TTRPGs. I also want to add that I am notorious in my family for laughing like a pterodactyl screeches.
If you can provide aid on any level, it would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading.
//Marcus
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