Todd Engel

“If we can help one person, then that's a pleasure to Shelley and I.”

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Engel said he and his wife are speaking publicly in hopes of helping even one person.

“Had I known, had my doctor had any inkling that this could have happened ... I'm sure he would have asked me and I would have said absolutely not,”

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Engel said he would not have taken Ozempic if he had been warned about a possible link to vision loss.

“Do the research for yourselves to make sure that my catastrophic injuries do not happen to you or anybody else,”

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Engel urged others to do their own research to prevent similar catastrophic injuries.

“They will take me by my hand and talk to me: ‘Pops, three steps straight. Then we're gonna turn right,’”

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Engel described how his four grandchildren guide him during family gatherings.

“For me personally, it's embarrassing. I'm 64 years old. I shouldn't need ... my grandchildren or my wife to help me get from point A to point B.”

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Engel expressed embarrassment about needing his grandchildren and wife to help him navigate.

“I was extremely mechanically inclined with my hands and in my mind. I can't do that anymore, which is extremely upsetting to me,”

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Engel described losing the mechanical skills he once had due to his vision loss.

“At that point in time, losing sight in both eyes, there was a tremendous amount of concern,”

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Engel described his concern when vision loss suddenly occurred in his left eye about 10 months later.

“I will deal with the diabetes ... I refuse to jeopardize my eyes.”

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Engel stated he would rather deal with diabetes than jeopardize his eyes.

“I first noticed it on New Year's Eve, 2024. I had just gotten out of the shower, was getting ready to go to work. And I said to Shelley, ‘I can't see in my right eye. It's totally black. It's totally dark in my right eye,’”

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Engel told Fox News Digital during an on-camera interview about when he first noticed vision loss in his right eye.

“I didn't go blind — I had my vision taken from me, which was catastrophic to me and to my family.”

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Engel described the impact of losing his vision on himself and his family.

“People want to be able to retire on their own accord when they want to, not when a medical catastrophic injury such as this ... takes away your livelihood.”

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Engel spoke about being forced to retire early due to his medical injury.

“I know that coming in from our parking lot, there are 10 steps ... nine going down into our basement, 13 going up into our bedroom.”

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Engel described learning to count steps inside his home to navigate familiar spaces.

“I was horrified. I was very, very upset that I couldn't see.”

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Engel described his emotional reaction to losing vision in his right eye.

“And that is very, very upsetting to me.”

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Engel expressed how upsetting it is that he can no longer see his family or play ball with his grandchildren.

“The blood work came back in the normal range for me. My blood pressure was fine. They said, ‘You can go back to work,’”

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Engel recounted what doctors told him after blood work and blood pressure tests came back normal.

“I wake up in the dark, I go to sleep in the darkness.”

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Engel described his daily experience of living in darkness after losing his vision.

“I will never be able to see my wife's beautiful face again, be able to see children and grandchildren, be able to play ball with them,”

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Engel described the most painful losses involving things he can no longer do with his family.