I guess it's time to hang it up.

Sad to hear! Sounds like you've had a hell of a run though. I'd find a young player that's truly interested in the game and maybe donate some instructional material to them. The cues, sell them, or donate them to someone who would truly use them and may not be in a position to buy a cue. If they are expensive customs then keep them or sell them for what they are worth. Of course keep one, in case you get a surgery that takes care of the glaucoma and the eyesight gets ya back to the table. Best wishes!
 
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Sorry to hear about your game, keep positive and strong.
Hold on to your items or forward some items to quality person/persons who you know that will help or improve their game.
If I was you I'd keep the item you give away local in your area.
Selling your items is a option, everyone likes to have some extra walking around cash'


Rob.M
 
Don't get rid of your stuff! I went through the same thing. My eyesight varies with how tired I am but it's always bad. I've missed the entire object ball before (and it wasn't a cut shot).

I stopped playing for a while but always missed it. I've come to learn that any pool (even bad pool) is better than no pool.

While I'm certainly not competitive anymore, I still enjoy playing.

Just adjust your mindset, don't quit!!
 
Best of luck to you, EP. I've never met you, but you seem to have a good heart, and that's one thing a good man will always have. Keep in touch.
Your pal, Tramp. :smile:
 
I feel for you man, but I can relate to what you are saying as I have a 19 year old daughter who is blind. I get frustrated sometimes when I don't play as well as I think i should, but when I think of her I realize how blessed I am just to be able to shot balls around the table. Don't give up it might be frustrating but it could be worse.
 
Have you looked into surgery options at all? There have been huge advancements in laser eye surgery. I'm sure you have, but I would get rid of anything until all options and second and third doctor opinions were heard.

Eyesight is a sense we all take for granted. I hope your condition improves and your enjoyment of the game can be found once again.
 
some of the players I know went to carom billiards when their pocket game declined !
 
Cardigan Kid said:
Have you looked into surgery options at all? There have been huge advancements in laser eye surgery. I'm sure you have, but I would get rid of anything until all options and second and third doctor opinions were heard.

Eyesight is a sense we all take for granted. I hope your condition improves and your enjoyment of the game can be found once again.
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They perform miracles on eyes these days.
...hold onto your stuff and follow Kid's advice.

It looked like it was all over for Efren a few years ago....then he had his eyes fixed....
....and it was all over for his opponents.
 
In a case like this I'd sell all the pool stuff and put the money towards something else that I can still enjoy.
Be it seasons tickets to the symphony or whatever else I enjoy.
Move from hobby no 1 to hobby no 2...and make 2 the new no 1.
 
Couple suggestions, Preacher:

You were playing great up until recently, then your vision suddenly changed dramatically. There might be a positive aspect to that in the sense that some new treatment approaches could alleviate the causes(s) of that sudden change and result in an equally sudden improvement. I'll explain:

Glaucoma is a worldwide problem and as can be expected, there is a huge profit incentive for medical companies to research and produce excellent new means of helping visual patients. There are an amazing amount of new glaucoma amelioration products in many immediate pipelines. There are dozens of promising new drugs, as well as implant solutions. read more here:

http://tinyurl.com/oahqxkx

Hold onto your pool equipment. That will promote an optimist view of the possibility that you'll be playing well again in the near future, which in turn helps your attitude and most important-- your immune system, thereby making any treatments you receive as maximally effective as possible.

Try playing less than you were, but don't abandon playing altogether.

Play more Straight Pool with its bonus of shorter shots and shots closer to the pockets.

Some of this may sound a bit easy to say, but I can relate a tiny bit after being virtually blind for several months a few years ago after an accident (retinal detachments, spider web floaters, plenty of surgical eye procedures -- everything). So I had lots of time to deeply contemplate the prospect of losing pool and all else that was visually-dependent in my life, both occupationally as well as leisure time pleasures (reading, billiards, painting, pleasure traveling, photography, woodworking, etc.)

Don't give up, and do stay even more proactive and medically informed about treatments than any single ophthalmologist can be. Doctors will respect your will to conquer this, and they in turn won't give up on "an old guy" as sometimes happens if they sense mere layman information or that you've given up your will to conquer the problem.

I'm turning 80 in a couple months and have learned more than I ever thought I'd want to know about medical facts and possibilities. With plenty of good results for any procedures that go along with being in "a more advanced state of youth."

Stay in touch if you care to.

Arnaldo
 
He tried 1-hole... I'd say take up banks =D a friend of mine is having similar issues and is resigned to playing banks which he still is playing at a good enough level to get him out of the house.....
 
ExilePreacher said:
My glaucoma has gotten to the point where I can only play worse each session. After playing at a high level for decades it's just too disheartening to play as bad as I have for the last two months. When your progress is all downhill maybe it's time to sit on the rail instead. So, as much as I'll miss it, I'm hanging it up.

The question now is what to do with my stuff. I got an almost new set of cues and a ton of instructional material, training aids etc. Anyone got any suggestions? I suppose I ought to sell it but I'm open for other ideas if it'll be a service to the game.
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im sorry that your going trough this hardship I know what it's like to have to quit this game because your body will not do what it's supposed to doctors told me I would never play pool again 9 years ago 😱😱😱😰😰 so I just started hanging out at the pool rooms talking to old friends watching and Thank God he proved ever one of those doctors wrong. ..,,, this game has a way if getting in people's blood I know I hurts not to be able to preform your best but when people who love pool quite it seems to leave a huge hole in there's lives maybe you can still play 3 cushion bigger balls might be easier to see or even keno pool just for fun Any way. I will pray for you
 
I hope you look into treatment before you give up the game. I hope everything works out for you.
 
You will find that a lot of the over 65's on here and some of the younger players have quit due to injuries, and can no longer play at the level they had been for decades. I myself quit several time, and once went so far as cutting up my Valley table with a saw and sledge, because I couldn't stand not being able to play as much and as good as I once did, due to injuries.

I bought another table 6 months later and got back to "A" level again for about a month, then the old injuries started popping up again. I've quit about 10 times in the last 15 years. Make sure you just don't need a rest before you pack pool in all together. Johnnyt
 
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