Living

Wow! What a year it’s been! For all of us! Prior to the pandemic, I was fit and had a pretty decent diet compatible for eye health. It was close...

Many of us enjoy scrolling through social media or binging our favorite Netflix series in bed before falling asleep. Research says that’s probably not a good idea if we want...

The usual saying is two steps forward and one step back. However, this past week it was one forward and two back. My step forward was getting out of the...

This month’s visit to the Retinal Specialist was its own kind of “special.” Having become almost used to this routine visit and not really paying much attention, I was signing...

Recently I was giving Robert, my husband, a haircut.  It was so painful because of arthritis in my hands that I told him this was his last haircut at home...

Reaching out to others on the forum page is so helpful for me. Hearing the stories that others share as I go through my own personal journey with myopic degeneration...

As COVID-19 eases up in Australia, it’s time for many of us to re-emerge from our shells, but that’s easier said than done. At times, I feel as though I...

Over the last few years, I’ve become extremely passionate about the impact our feelings and emotions have on us due to our failing vision. Two years ago, when I started...

This pandemic is getting to me. The other evening I was just hanging out bored and I noticed I could see my floater. Now, I normally cannot see my floater...

When that moment hits, I just have to go with it. I typically reach for a fresh, clean piece of paper or if the project warrants it, a brand new...

I was speaking to someone yesterday about visual impairment. I made the comment “Well, at least we get free books!" We laughed together. I'm not sure if it was the...

Like one of our members recently posted, “it’s not cancer, and we’re not dead!" - harsh, but true. I try to remind myself of remarks like this when I start to...

One of the hard truths about battling macular degeneration is it oftentimes accompanied by loneliness. For many of us, craving human contact with others can feel painful, uncomfortable, and even...

We know how macular degeneration (MD) makes it harder to see in darkness. The more light, the easier it is to see. We can make physical changes to see better...

That awkward moment when you are used to doing something a certain way and then someone throws a monkey wrench into the mix. That happened to me recently. I am...

I’m really super excited about spring and warmer weather! I’m not really super excited about the dry itchiness that always seems to accompany this change in seasons. I don’t have...

"Don't agonize - organize!" This is a great slogan, and it wasn’t invented by me, but I use it every day for my own purposes. With age-related macular degeneration, I...

My friend is not just legally blind, she is almost completely blind with just 2% vision. On the test where people like me worry about one line less or one...