If there’s one sense I treasure most it’s my eyesight.
So, when I began struggling to read with my right eye, I set out in search of new prescription glasses. What I found instead, 50 km from home at Vision In Focus in Stellenbosch, was the optometrist who literally saved my life.
Leigh Fourie is not only thorough, but compassionate, patient and remarkably skilled. While testing my eyes she detected both a detached retina and a choroidal melanoma, an eye cancer that often spreads to the liver and lungs.
Thanks to her swift action and referral, I was sitting with one of the continent’s top ocular oncologists within a week and received radiation therapy in time to preserve my health and future.
What struck me most was not only Leigh’s clinical expertise, but her humanity. Daily WhatsApp check-ins, clear explanations of complex medical terms and an unwavering commitment to my well-being; she truly went above and beyond.
Eye cancer is often silent, and my records showed the tumour had been developing for more than two years without detection and was missed by my previous optometrist. Leigh’s keen eye and her high-tech machines quite literally saved my life.
If you notice changes in your vision, floaters or anything unusual, don’t delay; book an eye test today. And if you want to be in the very best hands, you’ll find a brilliant team at Vision In Focus, Stellenbosch. Shani, Ray, Pauline, Nicole and Adriana are wonderful people.
Leigh Fourie is my hero and a credit to your Matie town and her profession!
JC de Gouveia-Meyer,
