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George Abraham

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Hi, my name is George Abraham, and welcome to this edition of Eyeway conversations. My guest today is very special lady from Hyderabad and her name is Payal Kapoor. So Payal, you know, one thing we have in common is both of us had meningitis, of course, I had meningitis when I was 10 months old that impacted my retina, my optic nerves, and right from the time I can remember, I had a very very strong visual impairment. Tell me a little bit about your experience with meningitis.

Payal Kapoor

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I was just sort of 22 years old when I first had this problem and in my case, unfortunately the meningitis was not even diagnosed, there was no official diagnosis of meningitis which was what caused half the problem and it eventually you know, ended up with me losing my eyesight, my spinal fluid pressure rose because of that and because it was undiagnosed and untreated, and it hit the entire sensory system of my brain which in a span of a week took from me my eyesight, which was until then 20/20 and brought it down to zero. It impacted my other senses as well, you know, my sense of taste and smell, my hearing as well as my sense of touch. So it pretty much destroyed my entire sensory system to a great extent.

George Abraham

02:08

Total Payal lock down.

Payal Kapoor

02:10

Completely! I know we have to be with the time so we can make fun of now, yes it was total Payal lockdown.

George Abraham

02:18

But you are speaking now, you can hear now, so how did all that happen?

Eyeway Conversations with Payal Kapoor