When they said I was going to lose my eye, I was almost relieved – I thought it was going to be so much worse.”
Eloise Patterson was nine years old when she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (eye cancer), which typically affects children under the age of six. As a result, unlike so many children who have experienced Rb, she is able to remember her diagnosis and journey through...
“Finally we can have the Christmas we’ve been waiting for”
UPDATE: Shortly after this story was published, Laila, Ollie and Noah were featured on BBC South East Today. The BBC kindly sent a recording of the piece to us to share with everyone: Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy and celebration, but for Laila Gaudry and...
Living Life Past Rb
Kyle Bonanno’s family travelled from Malta to the UK for his Rb treatment when he was two years old. Now aged 20, he shares his experience of growing up with an artificial eye. It all started when my mum was bathing two-year-old me and noticed an unusual glow in...
“Rb isn’t something to be afraid of – I grew up thinking it was”
US-born Eve Smyth is a 62-year-old second-generation Rb survivor living in Scotland. She shares her advice, as well as her fascinating story of growing up blind and how she managed to find the strength to adopt after tragically losing her son to trilateral...