Simple Vision Enhancements for Your HomeLinda Hoopes, a Patient Leader for maculardegeneration.net, shares her favorite products for making daily routines like reading and grooming easier with macular...reactionscomments
Feeling Like an AMD AmbassadorDo you ever feel like an AMD (age-related macular degeneration) ambassador? Someone who goes out into the world and shows people what...reactions2comments
12 Steps and a White Cane"We are shadow and light. We're not supposed to know this... We are raised to be bright and shiny, but there is...reactions2comments
Life Continues With AMDYou probably won’t believe this, but I do not obsess about my wet AMD every moment of every day. It is true...reactions2comments
Clickbait: Seven Tips and Tricks for the KitchenYou are the fish. The headline “Five Steps to Better Sight” is the bait. The goal is to get you to click...reactions2comments
Practicing Advocacy on a Girls Night OutIt was a rainy Wednesday evening. Early enough that there was still daylight left, but late enough for happy hour! A new...reactions3comments
May is Healthy Vision Month!It’s May and healthy vision month is here! Healthy Vision Month has not always been something that was important in my life, but...reactions1comment
Lessons from the Dance Floor: A 5-Year PlanThe first time I heard about a 5-year plan was when I was a single mother with 2 very young toddlers. That...reactions2comments
Subtitles, Close Captions, and Audio DescriptionsI love crime dramas. With the coming of fall, I get to binge on CSI, FBI, NYPD (all those letters) when the...reactions2comments
Macular Degeneration Gives Us Permission to Live Our Best Lives You guys! I’m so excited! I finally took the plunge and ordered a new desk for myself last summer. I know boring...reactions3comments
My MasterpiecePeople have so many different and amazing talents. I have enjoyed watching Mandy Harvey as she conquers her difficulties being deaf and...reactions1comment
Legally Blind AnniversaryIn real-time, today is February 13, 2022. Today is Marcy’s birthday. Marcy is a gym friend. She is one of my yoga...reactions3comments
Keeping Up With the Cool Kids (and Technology)It is rough hanging with the cool kids when you are visually impaired! All my friends text. They use those emoticons and...reactionscomments
The Surprising Benefits of Doing Nothing at AllI could have named this article, “Things I Learned From My Cat.” On a warm late fall day, I was sitting on...reactions8comments
Vacuum Maintenance with Macular DegenerationIt has not been a good week. My husband’s back went out again and he is going to be flat in bed...reactions4comments
Community Views: You Should Understand This About AMD“You will not go blind,” said my ophthalmologist. “That is the most important thing you need to know.” He said that as...reactions1comment
Cleaning GlassesMy day starts pretty much the same every day. I get up around 7:00 or 8:00 o’clock, I get dressed, always keeping...reactions8comments
Community Views: I Knew it was Time to Visit the Eye Doctor When...Some of the early signs of macular degeneration may be very subtle, a gradual progression we may not notice. Until sadly we...reactionscomments
Community Views: Advice for the Newly DiagnosedRecently our editorial staff posted a question: What is a good piece of advice for someone newly diagnosed with MD? These prompts...reactionscomments
The Next LevelMyopic macular degeneration is a lot of words to use to simply say the vision I have now is remarkably different than...reactions2comments
