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Awareness Month 2024 - Introduce Yourself

February is Low Vision/Macular Degeneration Awareness Month! This is the month that we focus on how we can amplify our voices and share with the world what it's really like...

Iron Supplements and worsening AMD

Some studieshave suggested that iron supplements or eating large amounts of red meat can make your AMD worse. Has anyone had this experience? If so, didnot taking the supplements help...

photobiomodulation

I am going for a consultation to see if I am a candidate for PBM. My left eye has some atrophy, but my right eye is intermediate dry and stable...

zi am 92 years and last week I went for my injection with Eyelea in my left eye

As soon as I got there I was told that the charitable company who was paying for my co-payment $330.30 no longer would pay because they ran out of money...

Update -- injection for wet amd-right eye

5th injection - Jan 20 - doc says sees improvement. I guess Eyelea works for me - for those who have this dreadful disease, while we may not cure it...

AMD Awareness Month 2025: Early Signs & Symptoms

Welcome to our forum dedicated to Macular Degeneration Awareness Month 2025! This forum aims to raise awareness about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and educate the community on its early signs...

Wet Mac Degen...both eyes....jcataract surgery next week.....

Anybody else in my situation??? I had mono vision lasik 25 years ago with great results. At age 5j0 needed readers. Age 70 started mac degen in near eye. Age...

Myopic Macular Degeneration

I have MMD in one eye. If I have cataract surgery in that eye, is it possible that my MMD could get worse from the cataract surgery? Also, if I...

How to Lower VEGF Levels with Food, Supplements, and Lifestyle Changes

I wondered if there was a way to lower VEGF levels in the body to lower the chances of getting Wet AMD due to high VEGF levels and so I...

Valeda Ligh System for Dry AMD

Approximately 85% to 90% of those with AMD, have the dry version. To my understanding, the Valeda Light System is a recently approved FDA treatment for DRY AMD. However, when...

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