Living

Linda Hoopes, a Patient Leader for maculardegeneration.net, shares her favorite products for making daily routines like reading and grooming easier with macular degeneration. The devices described are demonstrated in the...

We are bringing awareness to Macular Week this year with a special giveaway. Macular Week sheds light and awareness on macular diseases, of which macular degeneration is the most common...

I am not a victim. I have had geographic atrophy (an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration) for over five years but it has not destroyed my life. It...

Part of me thinks, “If I’m an advocate for MacularDegeneration.net, I need to stay positive and upbeat and offer encouragement to our members.”  And that’s on all the articles I...

In a recent article I wrote called Macular Degeneration Isn’t My Only Hardship I explained how life can be really brutal sometimes. This is why it is so very important...

Like many Americans after all the extra time stuck in my home and at the height of the pandemic, I became really eager to do home renovations. Between all the...

Our mom or dad had macular degeneration. Our vision may now be a bit concerning. Or perhaps we think we might need new glasses. Who do we see? Our first...

My days are not very exciting... Being retired for almost eight years, a routine of sorts has come into being. No more setting a ridiculously early alarm clock, no more...

The Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with a serious health condition like macular degeneration can...

Can I be real with you all for a moment? Mental health therapy is wonderful - huge fan here, but... I often find that when I’m having a bout of...

Going to the movies is one outing I really enjoy (and there could be a small meal, glass of wine, cup of coffee, or piece of cake involved too). I...

"A few bad chapters does not mean your story is over." I read this line a couple of days ago and cannot let it go. We all have our story...

I swear I wrote this before but it seems to have “poof” somewhere in cyberspace. Here we go again on the topic of text-to-speech tools. You may have seen something...

Staying positive doesn’t mean you have to stay happy and giddy all the time. Just remember that even on your hardest days that there are better days to come. Really...

There is a tough decision looming in my future: When is it no longer safe for me to drive?   Quite frankly, it scares me, I know I’ve got to...

In the world of macular degeneration, there are so many 'new things’ to learn about that it can start to feel really confusing. New words, new phrases, new doctors, new...

I had an interesting conversation with a few of my friends recently about eye doctors that I simply can’t stop thinking about. They were all in agreement on something that...

I was listening to a financial advisor giving an online talk about being financially savvy as we age. As I was listening, I realized I would much rather read this...

Reflection. My thinking one day brought this particular word to the forefront of my mind. All of this was centered on what we can see. The many definitions of reflection...