Every morning the twosome can be found trekking four miles through the Northshore subdivision. Four times a week, during a break in classes, Coggeshall turns to the pool for a relaxing class of water aerobics. At her age she is so active and viable. She can match me step for step. Coggeshall suffers from a degenerative eye disease.
Macular degeneration causes sight- sensing cells in the macular zone of the retina to breakdown.
The result is a debilitating loss of vital central or detail vision. For most musicians, losing the ability to read music could be devastating. I am hoping we can stop the degeneration so I can do music. I have to accept what has happened. I don't want people to feel sorry for me because if for some reason I can't play, at least I can listen.