“Because of diabetes I am now blind.” It is the story of Elio Tronco, a 74 year old from Caserta, forced to close his jewelery shop in Rome.
“My mother and brothers were all diabetics. However, I was more unlucky than them and due to diabetes I lost my sight. The worsening of my eyesight which occurred two years ago forced me to close the jewelery shop in Rome and return home to live in Caserta where I can count on the support of my children. I completely lost one eye a year and a half ago, in the other I can only see 15 percent, practically shadows that I know will slowly disappear too. I traveled the world looking for a specialist who could restore my sight. So far I haven’t found it and I have to thank Michele Allamprense who took my story to heart and wanted me in his APMO association”.
Correct nutrition could have mitigated or avoided the onset of diabetic retinopathy: “I should have followed a more balanced diet. I didn’t do prevention. The fault is all mine. Today I continue to deal with jewels, I check them with the little light that still comes out of the one eye that has not yet known the darkness. My work helps me not to get discouraged. The illness brought me closer to my family and this, perhaps, is the only great comfort.”
