Martin Imbalambala: How I lost My Eyesight
Former AFC Leopard player Martin Imbalambala narrates how he lost eyesight
Former Kenya international and AFC Leopards captain Martin Imbalambala narrated how he lost his eyesight. Speaking to one local media on ‘Mikiki ya Spoti’ radio show hosted by Fred Arocho he recalled how he went on to become blind in one day.
“After leaving AFC Leopards I went to Nakumatt FC where I played for one season then I left for Kakamega Homeboyz where recurring injuries started affecting my involvement in the field “
“It was on 10th November, 2018. I was coming from training with Bidco United at Thika. Where I went for agility training after fracturing my right knee. After training I went back home and at around 6:00PM, I had a bad headache where I took some painkillers but it went on aching me to an extent I didn’t take supper that day with others. I only took the painkillers and went back to sleep because in the morning we had trained in the rains so I thought it was training in the rains was affecting me but it worsened.”
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Imbalambala added “We went to sleep and at around 3:00am in the morning, my head was still aching and also my entire body was painful. So, I took painkillers again and I went back to sleep.”
“When it reached 6:00AM in the morning, the headache and body pains had disappeared completely. I told my wife to switch on the lights because I wanted to prepare for the morning training session, because we used to attend training sessions at 7:30AM every day.”
“My wife told me the lights are already on, I got shocked. So, I requested her to hand me my phone but to my surprise when I scrolled through it, I could only hear the vibrations but I couldn’t see the light,” “We even quarrelled with my wife.” He added.
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“After my brother was called by my wife, he asked me which colour of the cloth he had put on but I couldn’t see, we went to the balcony and I was just hearing voices of people talking but I couldn’t see them, it was at that moment when I realized I had lost my eyesight.”
Imbalambala continued “However, those 15 minutes turned into years. I went back home where I was under medication taking up to 24 tablets a day, hoping I will regain my eyesight but that didn’t happen.”
Martin went back to rural areas to seek further medication at Sabatia Eye Hospital where they did an MRI scan on his eyes where he was informed his optic nerve had damaged resulting to reducing of his sight without him even noticing.
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