Come With Me for Your First Eye InjectionHow did we get here? Ok, so by now we’ve seen our optometrist and he/she discovered some anomaly’s during the eye exam. The optometrist then referred us to an RS...Bookmark for later
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. There are 2 kinds of AMD: dry AMD...Bookmark for later
Come With Me for Your First Eye InjectionHow did we get here? Ok, so by now we’ve seen our optometrist and he/she discovered some anomaly’s during the eye exam. The optometrist then referred us to an RS...Bookmark for later
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. There are 2 kinds of AMD: dry AMD...Bookmark for later
Come With Me for Your First Eye InjectionHow did we get here? Ok, so by now we’ve seen our optometrist and he/she discovered some anomaly’s during the eye exam. The optometrist then referred us to an RS...Bookmark for later
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. There are 2 kinds of AMD: dry AMD...Bookmark for later
My Magic Shoes: An Answer to Pre-Injection WorryYup, me too. I get the pre-injection worries, angst, fear and disquiet. Not quite the blues but close. I worry that my vision will be worse than it was at...Bookmark for later
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 of something we were sure we knew anyway...Bookmark for later
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 and phrases used here. One was “Better than...Bookmark for later
Shoot. A Shot.Sometimes, the time between retinal rechecks feels like a honeymoon of sorts. Definitely not the holiday at the beach kind of honeymoon, more like an escape from the real world...Bookmark for later
What Is the Treat and Extend Method for Wet AMD?Wet macular degeneration (AMD) happens when the macula, or central part of the retina, is damaged by the growth of new blood vessels. Those blood vessels can cause swelling or...Bookmark for later
My RS Has a New Strategy for MeHi, it's me again. I'm Richard, and I'm the guy that's had AMD for a little over 8 years now. I have wet in one eye and dry in the...Bookmark for later
The Betadine Conversation and My Injection ProtocolDid you know that someone from the MacularDegeneration.net team reads all the comments and responds when possible? I do this when time permits, researching and then answering any questions I...Bookmark for later
Hooray! I’m Stable, or at Least My Eye IsYippee, whoo hoo, congratulations to me! No bleed! For those of you who’ve read my previous story, We Begin Again, you’ll remember that after a few months of stability, my...Bookmark for later