Patienthood and Communication is an engagingly personal narrative detailing the author's experience living with, and adapting to, a degenerative and incurable eye disease (MacTel). Beyond the personal, this poignant story more broadly illustrates the ways in which communication enables individuals to adjust to serious health threats.

Acknowledgements - Introduction: Health Communication-An Eye-Patient's View - Year 1: Mid-May 2011 to Mid-May 2012 - A Double Bulls-Eye - Six Months to Rebalance - First Injection: December 23rd 2011 - Second Injection: January 20th 2012 - Third Injection: February 17th 2012 - Fourth Injection: March 20th 2012 - Fifth Injection: April 20th 2012 - Year 2: Mid-May 2012 to Mid-May 2013 - Sixth Injection: May 25th 2012 - Seventh Injection: July 27th 2012 - Three Month Follow-Up: October 26th 2012 - Six Month Check-Up: April 26th 2013 - Year 3: Mid-May 2013 to Early July 2014 - The Summer of Love - Stability: Living and Working as Well as I Could - Year 4: July 2014-July 2015 - Unanswered Questions-In Search of What, When, and Why? - A New Diagnosis and Learning Self-Advocacy - Disease as Relational and Family Narratives - Getting to the End of a Good Year-Getting to Miami - Year 5: July 2015-July 2016 - Sharing Experiences - Red Dots, Invitations, and the Communication of Care - Social Media, Connectedness, Struggle and Hope - Towards the End of Year Five - Index.