What You Can Do For Your Eyes While Your Treatments Are On HoldOne of the newly recognized effects of stay at home orders during a pandemic is having to cancel, reschedule, and worryingly wait for pushed out doctor visits. For months, many...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Taking CoQ10 and Other Supplements for Macular DegenerationA few years ago, I started really diving in deep trying to figure out which supplements I needed to take for optimal eye health. You see, as of right now...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Summer Eye Healthy Tomato Basil Pasta with Zucchini NoodlesSummertime is the BEST time to get super fresh fruits and vegetables for light and healthy, but filling meals. Remember that the general rule for fruits and veggies is the...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
How Do I Know Which Supplements I Should Take to Preserve My Vision?Anyone who is part of the macular degeneration world has probably heard a lot of different information about ‘taking vitamins’ or vitamin supplementation. But, vitamin supplementation is just not an...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Perspective ShiftIn a recent article, I wrote about how my diagnosis of myopic macular degeneration cured my chronic negativity. Macular degeneration has affected my life in so many ways... sometimes in...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Mental Health: A Different PerspectiveHi, friends. It’s me, Andrea! You know, the one who likes to talk about the sometimes uncomfortable topic of mental health? It’s a topic near and dear to my heart...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Sunglasses 101Wearing sunglasses seems like a simple task. But is it? Signs of spring are everywhere! Longer days, chirping birds, and warmer temperatures have arrived here in the Midwest and I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Grief, Loss, and Surrendering to What ‘IS’ During COVID-19Confession: I cried all day today. Oh, and also...I’m still crying right now. I am a teacher who lives in Illinois and our schools were just canceled for the remainder...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
May is National Salad Month! Let’s Celebrate (Quarantine Style)!May is National Salad Month! I bet you didn’t even know there was such a thing. But there is...because salads are important, that’s why! For those of us battling macular...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mediterranean Honey Cilantro SaladNot too long ago, I traveled out of state for a concert and tried a new and amazing salad dressing; honey cilantro. I just HAD to go home and recreate...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Difference Between AMD and MMDHere at MacularDegeneration.net, we all have one thing in common... we are struggling with vision loss. Either we, ourselves, have been diagnosed with some form of degenerative eye disease or...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Running RonMy family decided to quarantine in Ohio with some close friends. President Trump declared a state of emergency, school was called off, and the next day I was headed two...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Stuck at Home? Ways to Keep Your Eyes, Mind, and Body Healthy No Matter What!These days we are all spending a lot more time at home. Social distancing for the greater good...which is a wonderful showing of solidarity in my opinion. But, that means...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Eight Types of WellnessI am an educator by day. Something wonderful that my school principal does is send our staff helpful literature each week. This encourages us to think outside the box with...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Tips for Clearly Communicating With Visually Impaired Loved OnesI’m going to go out on a limb here and say that we, as humans, often don’t know how to communicate with others. We aren’t always great at having the...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Unfinished Quilt2019 was an especially difficult year for me. It was just one of those years that seemed like the universe was determined to put a picture of me in the...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Have Somebody Do Your Grocery Shopping for You!Are you someone who could use some extra assistance with grocery shopping? Whether you’re just busy or have medical reasons for needing a little extra help in this department, there...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Storing Eye-Healthy Fruits and Veggies ProperlyMany of my articles are centered around eating healthy food in order to help preserve our vision. Eating healthy food is so important and can be so delicious, but I’m...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Why Didn’t Someone Tell Me BEFORE It Was Too Late?Many people who are diagnosed with macular degeneration don’t know much, if anything, about it before getting that shocking news in the doctor’s office. And, once the news is delivered...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Happy Leap Day! What Will You Do With Your Bonus Day?We are lucky enough to get an extra day this year and you know what that means? An extra 24 hours for great things to happen! First of all, I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
