Why Are Visits to the Eye Doctor Important?I recently wrote an article about a conversation I had with a group of my friends. It was surprising to me to...reactions1comment
Suzanne's Story (Part 2): Treatment, Support, and AwarenessContent Note: This article was written by Suzanne Tremolada, founder of the Facebook support group "Living with Macular Degeneration." The views and...reactionscomments
Juggling Life With Geographic AtrophyAs a child of the 50s, I grew up in the era of variety shows. My favorite was the Ed Sullivan Show...reactions1comment
How to Choose the Best Sunglasses for Macular DegenerationWearing sunglasses seems like a simple task. But is it? Signs of spring are everywhere! Longer days, chirping birds, and warmer temperatures...reactions1comment
Timing Is Everything With Macular DegenerationThey say "timing is everything," but with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), timing is also very difficult. The difficulty is we need to...reactions14comments
Dry Macular Degeneration and ProgressionEditor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. As my dry age-related macular degeneration...reactions31comments
How to Use an Amsler Grid for Macular Degeneration MonitoringIt goes without saying that regular visits to your eye doc are essential to maintaining your vision and protecting it from the...reactions7comments
When Your Eye Vitamins Cause Stomach Pain (And What Helps Stop It)When I first found out I had myopic macular degeneration in 2007, there wasn’t much information out there about the vitamins and...reactions8comments
Valentine’s Day is Coming: Dating With Vision ImpairmentValentine’s Day is right around the corner, and for some, that means meeting new people and going on dates. That can definitely...reactionscomments
Adapting to Macular Degeneration ProgressionEditor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. Over the 12 years I’ve had...reactions13comments
Advancing Age, Advancing AMDWhen I was 58, I went to my optometrist thinking I needed a new prescription for glasses. He informed me I had...reactions10comments
Why People With MD Don't Just Exercise to "Get Skinny"Somewhere in my early years of diagnosis with MD, I remember my retina specialist saying to me, “Get as skinny as you...reactions3comments
Goodbye, Vitreous Gel, I Won’t Be Missing YouI am a runner. Well, I was a runner. Now, I’m more of a walker who wants to be a runner again.This is...reactions7comments
The Science of Sugar and Macular DegenerationThis is the moment you’ve all been waiting for! In the first two articles in this series, I focused on educating you...reactions7comments
Reducing the Cost of Vitamins and a Healthy LifestyleIn the first article of this series, I explained how expensive buying fruits, vegetables, and vitamins can be. I also discussed the...reactions3comments
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...reactions5comments
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...reactions3comments
Seeking My "New Normal" as My Vision ChangesHello, it's me again. I'm going to write about what I know. I'm also going to write about what I don't know...reactions5comments
Switching Anti-VEGF InjectionsYippee! I’m switching to Eylea for my next injection. I’ve read that some people can be helped by a change. When one...reactions7comments
My Macular Degeneration UpdateI was stopped short the other day, literally, on the way to my retina specialist’s for an injection treatment for wet AMD...reactions2comments
