Elton John, 78, says he can no longer see his young sons play sports after eyesight loss: Very stressful time

Elton John is getting candid on his health situation.The musician, 78, suffered from an eye infection which has left him with irreparable damage.“I can see you, but I can’t see TV, I can’t read,” John told the Times of London on Friday.

“I can’t see my boys playing rugby and soccer, and it has been a very stressful time because I’m used to soaking it all up.”The “Your Song” artist, who shares sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish, called his current situation “distressing.”“You get emotional, but you have to get used to it because I’m lucky to have the life I have,” continued John.“I still have my wonderful family, and I can still see something out of [my left eye].

So you say to yourself, ‘Just get on with it.’”In November, the hitmaker first revealed he had lost most of his eyesight.“I had an infection in the South of France,” he shared with ABC News’ Robin Roberts at the time.“It’s been four months since I haven’t been able to see, and my left eye’s not the greatest.

I’m, kind of, stuck in the moment.”Due to the nature of John’s eye infection, the EGOT winner didn’t know if he would be able to make music again.“I can’t see a lyric, for start.

We’re taking an initiative to try and get it better, but at the moment, that’s really what we’re concentrating on,” the star explained.“It’s never fortunate for anything like this to happen.

It kinda floored me, and I can’t see anything.I can’t read anything, I can’t watch anything.”A month later, at the premiere of his production “The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical,” John spoke candidly to the crowd about his eyesight loss.“As some of you may know, I have had issues and now I have lost my sight,” the icon said to the audience while onstage at the Dominion Theatre, per the Daily Mail.“I haven’t been able to see the performance, but I have enjoyed listening to it,” John added.Furnish, 62, w...