Liz Dawson was known as energetic, careful and fit— famous for helping others, for getting things done— and suddenly face to face with fatal illness, and then blindness. She was told cancer would take her life. Temporal arteritis stole her eyesight: a disease doctors too often overlook. This book includes her incredible story of carrying on regardless. Deprived of her retirement years, she went on anyway to found a housing project for the homeless, and a dental scheme for people who can’t afford treatment; still a model grandmother, active in a huge circle of friends.
This book has stacks of practical tips for people with impaired vision and bleak outlooks. It has first-hand contributions from doctors, carers, blind people and community leaders. Above all, it is an inspiring way to explore the present and future. Not just a guide to coping, not just a motivating story, it’s a powerful boost for people saddled with the worst, for their friends and their families.
