Anxious About Those Eye Injections?When I moved from the Northeastern part of the US to the Southeastern part, I had to decipher some of the words...5 min read
We Begin Again: Restarting Treatment for My Wet AMDI’m not superstitious, I’m sure it was just a coincidence. I had pressed the “send” button for my personal story on MacularDegeneration.net...3 min read
My First Injection for Wet AMDEditor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. This community has taught me everything...3 min read
Scared and ThankfulI had made an appointment with my regular eye doctor because I noticed very blurry vision in my right eye and noticed...2 min read
The Betadine Conversation and My Injection ProtocolLately, I’ve been seeing numerous negative comments about the injections for the choroidal neovascularization (wet) type of macular degeneration. Many of our...3 min read
Wet AMD: The Treat and Extend Approach for Fewer InjectionsWet macular degeneration (AMD) happens when the macula, or central part of the retina, is damaged by the growth of new blood...3 min read
Reducing Injection Anxiety and PainSometimes what we think of as being intuitively obvious and “common sense” is dead wrong. Other times the researchers prove the truth...3 min read
Come With Me for Your First Eye InjectionHow did we get here? Ok, so by now we’ve seen our optometrist, and they've discovered some anomalies during the eye exam...3 min read
Stretching My Treatment ScheduleI think time is a funny thing. One minute, time seems to fly by so very quickly and in another moment, time...2 min read
What Is Anti-VEGF Therapy?Macular degeneration, especially age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is one of the most common eye conditions that causes vision loss in older people...3 min read
