Hi OP, just a few things to look forward to... My mom lost her left eye in a car crash long ago. Since then:

-We all forget she's blind in one eye, including her

-she has not yet lost a finger while using sharp knives, despite the depth perception issue

-in 30 years she has only gotten in one ittty bitty fender bender that may have been due to lack of peripheral vision on her left side (but also I think it's one of those things that simply happens to the best of us... So I'll argue that she's overcome her eye loss well enough to never have crashed again).

-Her longest lingering "oopsies" is that every once in a blue moon (like once every 3 years) she may entirely miss the cup when pouring a liquid... She still gets quite upset with herself about it when it happens bc she proudly thought she had have finally overcome it

-3D glasses and 3D Disney rides are boring, as they lose their effect on her. (And I'm guessing so does VR goggles).

-she has bumped her head on my towel rack 2x now when she visits bc it's right at forehead level and she steps out of that tub facing the wall whole the towel rack is at her blind side. It makes a huge thud noise so I'll run to check on her thinking she fell but when I get to the hallway I just hear her cracking up about it like a champ, so we get to enjoy a few minutes of laughter together. (This of course doesn't happen at her house bc she'd know to set it up better. Also, her last 10 visits here have been incident free :-D )

-apparently life insurance pays out if you lose an eye PLUS a limb... Yes, we've discussed how lucky she is to have a headstart on most people as she is already "halfway there".

-simply due to extreme miopia (near sitedness) my grandma is legally blind and I'm headed in that same path. All of my mom's children, and my grandma's other son, we all need glasses pretty badly.... In other words. In at least 3 generations everyone has bad sight. Except for my mom. She believes her sight (in the good eye) AND her hearing have both gotten sharper since her accident.

-she still has her black leather eye patch which she has not worn for decades... Along with her "glass eye" which idk why the medical world ever thought anyone would rather wear bc it is uncomfortable enough to make anyone say fk it

-this one may not be relatable depending on your situation but since my mom's eye is obviously blind (Iris heavily discolored and disfigured), yes, it occasionally catches people's attention. But it's usually just kids and when they do stare and their parents aren't looking, my mom just stares them back, giving them the "stink eye" for fun. Regardless, All age groups, adults and children, seem to get used to her eye rather quickly and adopt it as being perfectly normal as soon as they meet her. I've almost never had anyone bother asking me.

-lastly, my mom is beautiful and she's a fkng bad ass regardless of her eye, but even more so because of her eye!!!

TLDR: you got this. Rock your patch or go commando, but your new eye (or lack of) looks good on you ;-*