THE BLIND CAN SEE AGAIN....

In the other to be there for somebody, few medical experts think beyond what they were taught in school.They look inward and the gem in them is released for the benefit of others. Someone somewhere thought it possible to help the blind see again and here is the result...

Have you been thinking about what you have within that can help others or are you so into yourself that you cant be bothered of thinking about the need of others to which you have a solution? This is a new year, there is every opportunity to try out something you have never done before but that you know you have the potential of doing. 

Stand for that which is good today and you will just be one minute closer to what can change lives.

Be inspired by the article below and act fast, someone needs your help!!!

Blind woman sees again after cutting edge ‘bionic eye’ implant operation

Rhian Lewis said it felt like Christmas’ when she was able to read a clock and see her kids’ faces

Vision on ... implant has let Rhian Lewis, right, see again

A BLIND woman fitted with a “bionic eye” has been able to see for the first time in six years.

Rhian Lewis, 49, can now read a clock, make out cutlery and look at her children’s faces again.

The op, the first time a UK patient has been given a permanent implant to cure blindness, offers hope to thousands of Brits with sight loss.

Afterwards, Rhian cried as she was able to see the time on a large clock. She said: “That felt like Christmas Day.

“It’s been maybe eight years that I’ve had any sort of idea of what my children look like.

“Now when I locate a spoon or a fork on the table it’s pure elation. I just get so excited that I’ve got something right.”

Rhian, who has a son and daughter, both 18, has suffered from inherited disorder retinitis pigmentosa since she was five.

It gradually deteriorates light-detecting cells at the back of the eye and can lead to blindness.

It had left Rhian, of Cardiff, completely blind in her right eye and she has had almost no vision in her left for six years. Surgeons implanted an electronic chip the size of half a grain of rice on Rhian’s right retina in a six-hour procedure.

The device has 1,600 light sensors that pulse information to her optic nerve.

It allows Rhian’s brain to convert these flashes of light into meaningful shapes and objects.

She can now make out grainy black and white images.

Describing post-op tests, Rhian said: “They said I might not get any sensation and then all of a sudden there was like this flashing in my eye.

“I was just so excited, I was quite teary.”

Medics said the technology is already available and could soon be rolled out on the NHS if approved by regulators.

Prof Robert MacLaren, of Oxford Eye Hospital where Rhian had the operation, said: “It could help thousands with sight loss.

“We’re at the very beginning of a very exciting technology.”