My step father became blind at 58 , he was robbed and got his eye glasses crushed into his eyes (in Stockholm ,Sweden)...he went thru 3 operations with his hopes up, never got eye sight again...never lost his sense of humor though...and we kidded about blindness alot (for instance, "the eyes are the first thing you go blind on"...when you didnt see something)....just because you lose your eyesight , doesnt mean you lose your sense of humor....