Janna Seysener (Facebook, Twitter)

I spent year seeing tracersHad double vision and blurred sightDidn't know I had the choiceTo put an end to my plightI tried many optometristsI had eye tests galoreWas once told I was lazyTo just "focus more"I was diagnosed as short sightedGiven a spectacle prescriptionLater I was told of a conditionThe symptoms matched my descriptionKnowing this thing had a nameDidn't come as a bonusIt couldn’t change the factI have keratoconusI researched the diagnosisTo learn the how's and the why'sOf why I'd been cursedWith these two faulty eyesUsually starting in the teen yearsMost agree it's progressiveIt can take years to worsenOr can be quite aggressiveThe key feature's the corneaGenerally rounded for mostIt's more conical for patientsWhere this disease takes up hostI was sent to Marketown OpticalTo meet yet another optomAt first I was quite skepticalOf meeting Heidi or DomI booked a meeting with HeidiAnd soon all my fears diedShe specialized in my problemThere was someone on my sideI said I hate RGP lenses"They're just not for me"She said it would be worth itWhen I could finally seeI pushed past the discomfortAnd now I know she was rightI can't thank Heidi enoughFor restoring my sightNow my KeratoconusNo longer dictates what I seeIt's only part of my lifeThis disease won't define me