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You're not your mother, father, aunt, uncle, sibling, or friend who had macular degeneration. A big hole many of us fall into is thinking the personal experience someone else had...

I have been living the life of one with the diagnosis of myopic macular degeneration (MMD) since the early part of 2019. I was in my early 60s when this...

February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month. This year, here at MacularDegeneration.net, we're bringing together perspectives from our Community Health Leaders on raising awareness, sharing knowledge...

Truthfully, I have done my fair share of both laughing and crying. After 10 years of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), I was diagnosed with geographic atrophy (GA) in early...

"Well, this sucks." To be honest, this was my reaction to first hearing that I now have geographic atrophy (GA), the advanced stage of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in...

It was an optometrist who initially diagnosed my age-related macular degeneration (AMD) about 10 years ago. She was aware of my family history: My mother had dry macular degeneration and...

Again, another Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye. Spending all that time with family is always special. It is not often that we are able...

Hard to believe that we are at the beginning of 2025. Just yesterday we were welcoming the new year in 2024. My mom always says the older you get, the...

As 1 year ends with a new year on the horizon, our thoughts turn to the past and the future, but where the real gift lies is in the PRESENT!...

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have...

On October 24, I went to my retina specialist for my fifth Izervay injection. It’s been quite a year after getting my diagnosis of geographic atrophy (GA) last year. At diagnosis...

If I could ever get the chance to change the way my life could be, I find myself wondering what I would alter. Living with my diagnosis of myopic macular...

Life with geographic atrophy (GA) is a challenge. That is especially true in times of crisis. My husband started having chest pressure recently. He has a history of hiatal hernia...

The risk factors for macular degeneration are a frequent topic of interest among our MacularDegeneration.net community members and Facebook community. I have heard more than 1 person lamenting an age-related...

There are quite a few steps we can take before our injection for wet macular degeneration to make things easier. We tend to think more about how we’ll cope during...

Myopic macular degeneration is here to stay, unfortunately. My diagnosis was in the spring of 2019. I have always had a challenging time seeing. I got my first pair of...

In a previous article, I shared how I was offered a place in a clinical trial. I had returned ahead of schedule to my retina specialist (RS) because I noticed...

When it comes to macular degeneration, it’s not always easy to keep a positive attitude. Some days are better than others, and when the going gets tough, it helps to...

My diagnosis of myopic macular degeneration was made in March of 2019. This past March marked the 5 year point for me. An anniversary if you will, one definitely not...

I am 10 years into my journey with dry macular degeneration. For many years I had no noticeable symptoms, but as I reached the intermediate stage I began developing symptoms...