Andrea Junge

For many of us, one of the scariest parts of living with a degenerative eye disease is the thought of struggling to read small print. Thankfully, there are assistive devices...

Being diagnosed with macular degeneration can feel really overwhelming. There are so many things thrown at a person when they’re first diagnosed that it’s hard to know what to do...

Zinc sensitivity is quite a topic in the macular degeneration world. For starters, it’s listed as an essential nutrient for the health of our eyes and is listed as an...

Let's be honest... when it's early morning, we're tired, we're busy, and we're thinking of the bazillion things we have to do that day. It's so much easier to slap...

You all! I had no idea pizzerias made pizza with cauliflower crust. No, I haven’t been living under a rock, and yes apparently it’s a thing! I have heard of...

Gasp! We’ve all been there. That moment where you first learn that you have this thing called macular degeneration. You may be thinking, ‘I was just told I have macular...

I recently wrote an article about a conversation I had with a group of my friends. It was surprising to me to hear that they don’t see an optometrist annually...

Impossible Burgers? Beyond Meat? Plant-based meat? What is that? You’ve probably started noticing Impossible Burgers and Beyond Meat at fast food and chain restaurants lately. You may even be seeing...

I just spent my morning packing for our family’s upcoming vacation to the beach. I’ve found myself sitting here chuckling because I have an entire bag dedicated to ‘eye necessities'...

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately focusing on gratitude. I’m finding that I’m having to literally retrain my brain to think of the positive rather than the negative...

I recently had a huge scare with my eyes. I started having some pretty severe vision changes that felt really scary so I rushed in to see my doctors. Even...

In a recent article I wrote called Macular Degeneration Isn’t My Only Hardship I explained how life can be really brutal sometimes. This is why it is so very important...

Can I be real with you all for a moment? Mental health therapy is wonderful - huge fan here, but... I often find that when I’m having a bout of...

In the world of macular degeneration, there are so many 'new things’ to learn about that it can start to feel really confusing. New words, new phrases, new doctors, new...

I had an interesting conversation with a few of my friends recently about eye doctors that I simply can’t stop thinking about. They were all in agreement on something that...

It’s hard to believe that summer is already here. Phew! Is it just me or does it seem like this last few years have flown by in a crazy way...

You guys! I’m feeling really overwhelmed today. I’m not just talking about the everyday to-do’s like work and keeping up with the house and kids. I’m talking about all of...

Many of us enjoy scrolling through social media or binging our favorite Netflix series in bed before falling asleep. Research says that’s probably not a good idea if we want...