A Teenager and an Artificial Eye

"I became more socially interactive to all persons who I encounter and it lead to a way to know how God loves me despite of struggling for 16 years."

In most places in the Philippines, Elementary or High School years is like a jungle, and sometimes, it could be very challenging for a Teenager. Those are the years where bullying, name calling, and other kind of childish stuff happen everyday. And it's more challenging for Teenager who grew up with only One Eye. 

This is a story of a teenager, who grew up only having one eye, where part of his challenges included having difficulty making eye-to-eye contact, loss of confidence, being teased, and also, having a hard time with his Visual Field, and how an Artificial Eye was able to solve some of his difficulties. You will be surprise how he treated the 16 years of having one eye as a blessing and all the very important lessons it came with it.

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"Inborn po siya at nagkaroon po ng failure ang mother ko during her 9 months of pregnancy. Nakainom po siya ng gamot which is restricted sabi ng Doctor niya kaya naapektuhan po ako.

When I was in elementary, hindi naman po ako gaanong bothered sa eye ko kasi hindi pa po ako gaanong conscious sa sarili ko. Normal pa rin naman po yung life ko way back then. Pero as time past by, narealize ko nung elementary ako na natutukso na pala ako ganun at tinatawag na bulag, bulding, or whatever. Sobra po akong na-curious at na-conscious sa sarili ko noon. Hindi ko nga po alam kung paano ko lalabanan to e kasi lahat na ng sakit at pang-aasar naranasan ko noong elementary. Socially, emotionally and physically affected ako dahil sobrang limited lang ng mga friends ko and I can't react the right way sa mga tao kasi nahihiya ako sa sarili ko because I am physically incomplete.

Hanggang sa high school, mas dumami pa ang mga problema ko sa buhay dahil sa mata ko. Natatakot akong humarap sa tao directly, I cannot look them in the eye, I am afraid of selfies, I am shy of taking ID pictures tapos ayaw na ayaw kong nalalait pero hindi ito umiiwas sa akin. Sobrang sakit kasi hindi ka maka-galaw ng tama. High school student na ako yet nahihirapan pa rin ako sa environment ko kasi natutukso pa rin. Yung tipong every move na gagawin mo, maiisip mo na lang na hindi pwede kasi iisa mata ko. Imbis na manguna ka, mahihiya ka kasi iisa ang mata mo.


Although I am trying to be happy as I can, maging energetic lang palagi pero I am still imbalanced because of my case. It helped me to the highest. It completely changed my life positively because I can now do the things I couldn't do, I can do the things that I'm afraid of, I can do the things freely with no fear. The artificial eye became one of my instruments to become a new person physically and emotionally.

It also gained me a boost in energy through my daily living, I became more socially interactive to all persons who I encounter and it leads a way to know how God loves me despite of struggling for 16 years. Hindi man ganun kadali mag-adapt sa pagkakaroon ko ng Artificial eye pero ginawa ko itong madali kasi para sa akin isang napakagandang regalo nito sa aking buhay dahil binigyan ako nito ng sobrang daming pangaral sa buhay. Kahit na hindi ito nakakakita, tinanggap ko pa rin ito ng buong puso dahil para sa ikabubuti ko rin naman ito. Walang ikasasama ito sa aking buhay, maganda at makulay ang naibigay ng Artificial Eye para sa akin.

It gives me a lot of confidence, a lot of hope, a lot of belief in yourself, a lot of trust and a lot of love of course. Yan mga bagay na yan yung nahukay ko sa Artificial eye na to. Maraming salamat dahil nagkaroon ako ng ganito kasi hindi na ako nahihirapang mamuhay sa mapait na mundong. Malugod kong pinasasalamatan si Bishop Mallari and you Doc Mark, sobrang salamat po sa inyong dalawa. BIG PLOT TWIST PO NG 2017 ko to, one of the best experience in my life."

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