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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...

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...

Dry and wet macular degeneration at the same time

My eye which has had dry macular degeneration for a decade recently developed the wet form as well. Now that I receive injections for the wet form, my specialist never...

Having both eyes injected on the same day

If you are having injections in both eyes for wet or dry macular degeneration (or both wet and dry), do you have the injections on the same day? Was that...

Tips on communicating visually with people with AMD

Hi all I don't have AMD, but I regularly produce literature for people with AMD and other vision impairments. My job is to produce materials for people considering a clinical...

Wet AMD Patients: Injection Schedule

How often are you receiving injections? Do you feel that they're happening too often, or not enough? How does your doctor feel about the cadence of injections? Your response may...

Stopping injections for wet macular degeneration

Has anyone with wet macular degeneration been asked by their doctor to consider stopping injections if they aren't working any more? A Community Member is facing this decision after more...

Changing to Vabysmo

I'm thinking of asking my RS to change me from Eylea to Vabysmo (if appropriate) to try to get a longer break between shots. Has anyone's doctor changed them to...

Are there different types of Macular? Visual differences?

As a Red discussions, it seems that I am hearing there are different kinds of macular, with different symptoms. I am not “losing” my vision. Oh, when I look at...

CNV

I was diagnosed with CNV mayopic cnv. Is that a type of Macular degeneration? This site does not clarify that....

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