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Re:Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare? on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:50PM (#22949479)
Photobiomodulation seems promising

PHOTOBIOMODULATION IN INHERITED RETINAL DEGENERATION (2012)

"A growing body of evidence indicates that exposure of tissue to low energy photon irradiation in the far-red to near-infrared (NIR) range of the spectrum, (photobiomodulation or PBM) acts on mitochondria-mediated signaling pathways to attenuate oxidative stress and prevent cell death. "

https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=...

I have no experience with it, just lots of reading during this downtime.