Richard Hallberg

Early detection and treatment of wet macular degeneration (AMD) are so very important. Catching it early is essential to keeping your baseline vision intact. The shots do work! I am an...

Hopefully the first treatment for geographic atrophy or GA, the advanced form of dry AMD, is on the horizon! Apellis Pharmaceuticals is now sharing the results of the phase 3...

Trying to calm someone newly diagnosed with AMD works about as well as trying to baptize a cat. Don’t feel bad, we all were gobsmacked when we got our initial...

Recently the editorial staff of our community posted a prompt. A prompt is an effort to stimulate your responses about our community. Prompts are our way of engaging the community by asking...

How little we knew when we were first diagnosed with AMD.  More importantly, how little we were told!  Many of us stumbled out of that eye doc visit totally scared...

Most of us won’t but some of us may actually become legally blind in one or both eyes. One of my eyes progressed from dry AMD to geographic atrophy (GA)...

How has your vision changed since you’ve had macular degeneration (AMD)? My vision has changed a great deal in the 9 years Since I was diagnosed with AMD. In this short...

The purpose of this article is to explore other eye conditions besides AMD (age-related macular degeneration). There are many and they do not all fall into the category of dry...

OK, let’s talk about some thoughts and ideas about AMD that are simply wrong and deserve to be exposed and discussed.  I recently read an article on this website by...

It’s paradise down here. Well, most times anyway.  There are those pesky hurricanes to deal with. I’ve lived in “hurricane country” for most of my life. I grew up in South Florida...

Giving me a printed book is not a good idea. It would be like giving a monkey a calculator! I mean, really, what am I supposed to do with it?...

Some of you know my story. I’ve had AMD (wet in one eye, dry in the other) for going on 9 years now. And just recently my dry AMD eye...

This is just me we’re talking about, OK?  Only 5% of those with AMD will decline into geographic atrophy (GA). This will be my account of what happened to me...

I remember the day after my first visit to a retinal specialist. He confirmed I had wet AMD in one eye and dry AMD in the other. This RS guy...

Well, to me personally, their response has been “underwhelming” and a bit disappointing. But wait! They’re all good-hearted people and there’s got to be a reason we get the “thousand-yard...

Hey Doctor so-and-so, “Am I going to go blind?" "Do I qualify for any clinical trials?" "What does my future hold?” These are all questions I’ve recently asked my retinal...

I’m not a doctor, I’m just a regular 72-year-old guy that’s had AMD for about 9 years. Certainly, I’m not qualified to give you medical advice, so I won’t. What...

Recently, I had a $1,000 hamburger! It was delicious and I really enjoyed it! Maybe I better explain this a bit. What do I mean, a $1,000 hamburger? The previous...

Part of me thinks, “If I’m an advocate for MacularDegeneration.net, I need to stay positive and upbeat and offer encouragement to our members.”  And that’s on all the articles I...

Staying positive doesn’t mean you have to stay happy and giddy all the time. Just remember that even on your hardest days that there are better days to come. Really...