It is a poignant testimony given by this American, who lost an eye when she was a child. And for good reason: one of his doctors had noted a strange detail on one of his photos.
She seemed perfectly healthy until she was 18 months old. And yet, a doctor noted a disturbing detail in a photo in which Rachel Mayta, now 32, appeared. If he asked for many checks, the doctor had noticed a strange glow in the child’s eye, which could then indicate an eye disease or even cancer. After numerous examinations, the diagnosis falls: Rachel suffers from retinoblastoma, eye cancer. Unfortunately, no chance to save his eye.
Rachel Mayta absolutely needs an emergency procedure so the cancer doesn’t spread to her other eye. “An operation that I expected to result in greater eye mobility and a more realistic looking prosthesis turned out to be the exact opposite.” In fact, she was very disappointed. : “Before this surgery most people wouldn’t even notice my eye, but after that it was very apparent. I was aware of people looking at me, I had people saying mean things and talking to me. differently”.
Victim of many mockeries
At the age of 20 months, the little girl that she was received her first ocular prosthesis. Unfortunately, it has been the target of much criticism. Some children called him “the cyclops”. “After the surgery and the healing process, my eye lost most of its ability to blink”, she says. So even if the young woman was the target of mockery, her doctor still allowed her other eye not to be contaminated too.
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After many tests, the diagnosis falls: Rachel suffers from retinoblastoma, cancer of the eye.
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Unfortunately, no chance to save his eye.
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Rachel Mayta absolutely needs an emergency procedure so the cancer doesn’t spread to her other eye.
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“An operation that I expected to result in greater eye mobility and a more realistic looking prosthesis turned out to be the exact opposite.
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Indeed, she was very disappointed: “Before this operation, most people would not even have noticed my eye, but afterwards it was very apparent..”
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“I was aware of people looking at me, I had people saying mean things and talking to me differently.”
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At the age of 20 months, the little girl that she was received her first ocular prosthesis.
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Unfortunately, it has been the target of much criticism. Some children called him “the Cyclops”.
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“After the surgery and the healing process, my eye lost most of its ability to blink,” she says.
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So even if the young woman was the target of mockery, her doctor still allowed her other eye not to be contaminated too.