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Edwina Nearhood is a long time Fort St. John resident sharing her vision loss journey. Please remember, every person’s vision loss experience is as unique as they are. In the months preceding transplant, I lived in a neighbourhood close to St. Paul’s Hospital. I noticed a number of visually impaired people learning to navigate their world. I find it ironic that this was on my radar. There was also a feed of a visually impaired woman that showed up on my social media feed

Hi! My name is Edwina Nearhood. You may remember me from my previous column named Life at Ground Zero. I ended my column with “So Long or Now”. Who knew it would take me nearly five years to return. As you know when one leaves home for an extended period, they return changed into a community that has been evolving as well. I left my home on a healthcare journey. I needed to be closer to more specialized care while awaiting a heart transplant. When one has been given t