deafdyke,
I am totally blind. I made an error by using the word "regain" instead of "gain." It was an honest mistake on my part. Sorry. 
As Aleser pointed out, when someone says they were "born blind" it doesn't mean total blindness. It means visual acuity of 20/200 (legal blindness) to total blindness.
By the way, some opthalmologists consider those with light perception to be totally blind since light perception does not aid in mobility/daily living tasks or allow a person to read print/recognize objects.
In addition, no two people with identical visual acuity see the same. For example, a person with 20/400 vision may be able to read print and travel without a cane while another person may not.
