Ability to read with Dry AMD
I have one good eye. So far anyway. I can read with bad eye closed and use my good eye. Looks perfectly normal-no distortion. Are there others on this forum with a similar experience? Seems pretty straightforward. Good eye - good reading...If that is not the case, then something else must be going on with that dry eye. Would be interested in other's experiences. Thanks and good wishes for healthy eyes to all.
I have heard some community members say that they have to close one eye to read with their "good" eye, so you're not alone here. My better eye (the wet one) still compensates for the dry one (which sees the wobbly letters), and I read normally. I wonder if there is a stage when the better eye can no longer compensate? It sounds like you may be at that stage. Wendy, Patient Leader. Hmmm. Don't understand your answer. My better eye works fine -- so I can read fine. Mostly I use both eyes - just can't use the wet one alone. If the dry one goes south, hmmm again. Bad stuff. Thanks!!
I misunderstood you, sorry. I'm glad you can read well using both eyes together. Wendy, Patient Leader.
Oh, not a problem. 😀 I have a friend who has a friend -- with AMD. She has been receiving treatments for a number of years and is able to read, write and drive. I am so encouraged by that. Caught early (which my eye wasn't) it all comes together. I will make sure if anything changes in my dry eye , I will be in quick contact with my doc. Best wishes...
my father had injections until his mid nineties. He drove until he was 90, but it was a fall, not his eyes that stopped him driving. I hope I can still drive at 90! I'm sure you will be vigilant with your good eye. We learn so much as we go along. It's a shame that no-one seems to get all the facts about amd from the very beginning. Warmly, Wendy, Patient Leader.
That is another good story about the efficiency of the injections. So they obviously work. Sad that his driving ended with a fall. To keep driving until 90 - wow.
Yes, agree. I was told that my eye had atypical drusen and the term macular edema was not vocalized to me. I saw it on the pt portal writeup. I did not realize that is actually wet amd. I should have pursued after 6 months but thought I was ok to wait for annual optometrist visit - which came at 9 months.-- So ended up with bad retina damage. My fault.
Hope you get good treatment in Australia!!we have good treatment here in Australia, especially in the cities. It can be expensive but I'm very happy with my specialist. Warmly, Wendy, Patient Leader.
