A moment that changed me: losing my sight was devastating – until my brother pranked me with a spider

The doctors didn’t know why my right eye had failed. They tried several treatments and I was waiting to see, for want of a better word, if the latest one would work. I’d already had a steroid injection into the back of my eye, which proved fruitless. I was then prescribed a huge dose of oral steroids – and if they didn’t work, my future options appeared limited. I had no idea if I would ever be able to see again. I was envious that all my friends were moving forward with their lives: new relationships, new jobs, travelling. Everything I had thought my life was going to be had changed and my future felt like it was no longer in my own hands.