Vision impairment can happen at any age. I think my vision started to deteriorate when I was just five years old - that’s when I ran straight into a wall. 

Then came the excruciating headaches that lasted for days and the eye infections that caused my eyes to swell, throb and water continuously.

Eventually they gave me glasses, but they didn’t improve my vision. Unbeknownst to our small-town doctor, my eye condition could not be corrected with glasses.

It wasn’t until I was 28 years old that I was properly diagnosed with Keratoconus - a genetic, progressive eye condition that thins and mis-shapes the cornea causing blurred vision and sensitivity to light and glare. 

That day, the optometrist looked at me bleakly and said, “You can’t drive anymore.” 

His voice sounded far away - like I was in a tunnel. 

By 2015, I was using a white cane to guide myself around because my sight had deteriorated so badly I required corneal transplants in both eyes to recover my vision.

In 2016 and 2019, I had my transplants but my vision is again deteriorating.

Still, I’m full of hope and determination, knowing that Fight for Sight, the leading UK charity dedicated to funding research for sight loss, is searching for a cure.

And I’m delighted that they have chosen me to be a member of the London Marathon 2023 team.

As a member of #TeamFightForSight, I will help raise funds for pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease.

I hope everyone can help me raise  £2,000 for this cause, support me as I train and cheer for me as I take on London Marathon on April 23, 2023.