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I can see<br />
clearly<br />
Meet the dynamic<br />
optometrist Damien<br />
Bartlett. We sat down with<br />
him and chatted about<br />
the rewards of watching<br />
someone smile when<br />
they receive their first pair<br />
of spectacles or contact<br />
lenses.<br />
“At the age of 11, I received<br />
my first pair of contact<br />
lenses after battling with<br />
an eye condition known<br />
as Keratoconus, which<br />
had gone undiagnosed<br />
from a young age. I was<br />
very myopic but assumed<br />
my vision was normal. My<br />
case was rather unusual for<br />
someone of my age and I was<br />
referred to many optometrists.<br />
Eventually, after feeling I’d<br />
never be able to see properly,<br />
I went to Cape Town where<br />
I was fitted with specialised<br />
contact lenses in the back room of<br />
a contact lens manufacturing lab.<br />
The two optometrists and a lens<br />
manufacturing technician called<br />
Wendy Wilmot, changed my life and<br />
I went home with my new contact<br />
lenses in. I just couldn’t believe what<br />
vision I had missed out on and that<br />
day I made the decision I wanted to<br />
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