I am a recipient of a dual cornea transplant because of a condition called: Fuch's Cornea Dystrophy.
In 5-20 years I'll need it again.
I'm not in as bad of shape as the person in TFA. I'm damn lucky, but to be honest, I'm miserable. I remember what it was like to have lazer-sharp vision. Now I can't work with electronics anymore. My soldering iron is gathering dust. I can't do 30% of my job. Hell I have to assemble PC's by feel. I can't see the writing on jumper connections, and spend a lot of time taking a picture of a thing and then magnifying the image just trying to figure out what goes where.
It's a shame I am not a mechanic, bolts are much bigger then jumpers. Working by feel is a fucking bitch.