‘The last thing I saw was my wife’s face’
TYPE 2
Neil Hansell, type 2, went to bed one night with normal vision. When he woke up, the world had turned dark
When I woke up one morning four years ago, everything was black. I couldn’t see a thing. I thought, ‘Maybe I haven’t actually woken up yet? Maybe I’ll lay here a little longer…’ But after some time, I woke my wife Dearne and said, “Look, you better get me to the hospital. I can’t see. Everything’s totally black.”
Let me go back to the beginning…
Approximately 30 years ago, when I was in my early 20s, I was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes. We believe I’d had diabetes for longer than that, but that was the first time someone had picked it up.
But it wasn’t until the end of 2014 that everything started to change.
Although I was wearing glasses, I’d had no previous issues with my sight. This meant I didn’t get my eyes tested as often as
