Army Veteran Toni Lavery: Resilience, Vision Loss & Service

You know? Like, he's, he's kicking ass in that arena.

Do you know the name of the affliction that you've got with your eyes?

Yes.

It's called...

Well, okay, I know what they can say with about 90% certainty it is, um, and 90% is on a good day.

It's called central serous retinopathy, which is rooted in high prolonged stress and portal e- cortisol levels and PTSD.

You're in the military.

Mm-hmm.

Your husband's in the military.

Okay? What's the fentanyl problem like?

I don't, I don't know that it's fentanyl.

I know suicide is a big one, and I also know, like, I'm sure it's much underreported, but I would say alcohol still is.

Um-

No, alcohol is always, al- they're always-

Yeah

... having a problem with alcohol.

But the reason I'm bringing it up is the world I live in, we're seeing-

It's sad

... veterans, for the most, a lot of veterans on fentanyl.

Oh my God.

And we're seeing not as many, but active military people saying that they've never taken fentanyl, never, but they're testing positive, and they're not all lying.

Okay? Which means-

I wonder how they're getting it

... would...

It's getting into the, it's getting into cocaine or meth or whatever else it is that they're doing.