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Giving me a printed book is not a good idea. It would be like giving a monkey a calculator! I mean, really, what am I supposed to do with it?...

A few weeks ago, I started to get - to put it kindly - whiney. The transportation company reduced their availability to where they are now good only for rides...

Earlier this year, I wrote an article about my decision to take the vaccine for COVID-19. I based my decision on the emerging reports that people with macular degeneration were...

I’m coming up on the 5-year mark since my left eye progressed to choroidal neovascularization, the wet form of advanced macular degeneration, when I began the anti-VEGF injections. At one...

Being on lockdown due to the pandemic has had some positives. One of them is great institutions such as Drexel University in Philadelphia offering lots of free and reduced cost...

As the MacularDegeneration.net community grows, we want to learn and share more about your experiences. We conducted a series of interviews with community members living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

Did you know that one in six Americans, aged 65 and older, have a vision impairment that cannot be fixed with corrective lenses such as glasses or contact lenses? That’s...

This past Sunday, I made another interesting observation in my life of living with macular degeneration. This was our Sunday church time, a beautiful morning in Southwest Missouri. The pandemic...

Dealing with a chronic condition that’s incurable can cause a lot of anxiety and stress. Finding a way to manage that stress is not only critical for our emotional well-being...

I am not sure about you, but I am constantly amazed at how quickly time goes by. It feels, literally, like a blink of an eye and suddenly it is...

Have you ever said "I’m fine", even when you weren’t because you knew, or thought you knew, people wouldn’t understand how bad it really is, or worse, might pity you?...

Many of us with macular degeneration are always on the lookout, all over the world, for promising research into treatments for this disease. Others rely on their specialist to inform...

Where there is a will, there is a way. However, ever since I became legally blind, the way has been anything but straightforward! Case in point: our 50th high school...

My family had one of the scariest days ever yesterday. We learned a very important lesson along the way that I can’t wait to share with you. What I’m finding...

Had she lived, my mother would have been 100 years old. As it is she passed away 10 years ago, shortly after her 90th birthday, still mostly enjoying her life...

There is nothing like picking up a good book and becoming so engrossed in its tale that the rest of the world simply disappears. My early recollections revolve around “The...

When you get the hard news to stop driving, you might want to “Be like Mike!” In this brief video, Mike Campbell explains how he extended his driving capabilities after...

Why did I choose a part-time volunteer job that requires good eyesight when I have macular degeneration? I ask myself this often, but I know the answer – I really...

For many of us, one of the scariest parts of living with a degenerative eye disease is the thought of struggling to read small print. Thankfully, there are assistive devices...

The target and the sweet spot. A golfer would think those words meant the place you want the ball to go (the target) and a point on the face of...