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's husband David Furnish has given a health update on the singer, saying he is 'battling on'.
The hitmaker, 78, contracted a severe eye infection in July 2024 which left him blind in his right eye, with 'limited vision' in his left, leaving him unable to see, watch or read anything in over a year.
Speaking to Variety, David said Elton has been doing well lately and is focusing on spending time at home with the couple's sons Zachary, 15, and Elijah, 13.
'He's great. He's battling on. He's keeping busy and moving forward. He's happy being at home as a family with our sons. That's why he came off the road,' David said.
'We really love parenting, we love our family, and we love being together, and that's everything for us.'
In November, Elton told how the last year had been 'challening' amid his battle with blindness.
Elton John's husband David Furnish has given a health update on the singer, saying he is 'battling on'
Speaking to the same publication, he said: 'It's been devastating. Because I lost my right eye and my left eye's not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven't been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything.
'I've had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I've just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I'll be fine. It's exactly like the AIDS situation.
'You mustn't give up hope, you must be stoic, you must be strong and you must always try and batter the door down to try and improve things.'
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The hitmaker, who played his final shows last summer, revealed his eyesight issues in September 2024.
He took to his Instagram with a lengthy post, explaining how he spent the past few months 'recuperating at home'.
Elton wrote: 'Over the summer, I've been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye.
'I am healing, but it's an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.
'I am so grateful for the excellent team of doctors and nurses and my family, who have taken such good care of me over the last several weeks.'
'He's great. He's battling on. He's keeping busy and moving forward. He's happy being at home as a family with our sons. That's why he came off the road,' David said
Elton concluded: 'I have been quietly spending the summer recuperating at home, and am feeling positive about the progress I have made in my healing and recovery thus far.'
The singer spoke about some of his other health problems at the New York premiere of his documentary Elton John: Never Too Late in October 2024.
'To be honest with you, there's not much of me left. I don't have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don't have a prostate.
'I don't have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee. In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip,' he said.
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'But I'm still here. And I can't thank you [enough], you're the people that made me.'
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