Living

Recently I had my six-week check-up for my macular degeneration. Nothing out of the ordinary was going on. My vision felt pretty stable as a matter of fact, which is...

Life was rocking along pretty well until I suddenly awoke at 2 AM with burning pain in my wrist. I got up and went into the bathroom expecting to find a...

Well, to me personally, their response has been “underwhelming” and a bit disappointing. But wait! They’re all good-hearted people and there’s got to be a reason we get the “thousand-yard...

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of...

Living with this myopic degeneration diagnosis these past two years and certainly been “eye-opening!” (Pun intended). I had honestly never even considered this to be on my radar. I had...

You all! I had no idea pizzerias made pizza with cauliflower crust. No, I haven’t been living under a rock, and yes apparently it’s a thing! I have heard of...

Gasp! We’ve all been there. That moment where you first learn that you have this thing called macular degeneration. You may be thinking, ‘I was just told I have macular...

I think in life we are always searching. Searching for a new purpose, a new direction, a new car, a new book, a new art project, a new anything. There...

I have written about audio description in the past. Audio description to the blind is roughly what closed caption is to the deaf. Audio description gives us access to what...

I have been invited to Colorado. I am going. I am going alone. Well, not totally alone. My husband will take me to the closest airport, and there will be...

A while ago I wrote about Be My Eyes and how they were affiliating with several other organizations to hopefully make the lives of the visually impaired easier. I actually...

Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Macular Degeneration Awareness Month 2022 Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID...

You have been diagnosed with “wet” AMD and told that for the rest of your life, you need regular injections to stop the progress of the condition. I bet your...

Some of us complain that we can’t see the icons on our phone or make out exactly which is which on our phone or our tablet. But today, I’m talking...

I am sitting here waiting for my virtual yoga class. Since I always sit “like a lady," I can look straight ahead to my knees. Feet propped on the couch...

I recently wrote an article about a conversation I had with a group of my friends. It was surprising to me to hear that they don’t see an optometrist annually...

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). Boy, reading that verse gave me pause...

I have distinct memories of meeting my mother-in-law over 37 years ago. In 2014, she passed away, but the memories of her have a way of popping up even after...

Hey Doctor so-and-so, “Am I going to go blind?" "Do I qualify for any clinical trials?" "What does my future hold?” These are all questions I’ve recently asked my retinal...

Shortly after being diagnosed with macular degeneration, the reality sets in that the way we have done things for years will have to change, possibly in the near future. With...