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February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month, but every month is the right time to raise awareness and uplift the voices of our MacularDegeneration.net community members. No matter your...

It’s been about 10 years since I was diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration. I’ve moved to the intermediate stage now. I suspect I’m tapping on the door of the...

Is there a typical day in my life living with AMD? Uh, only occasionally. And only if we’re lucky. For the past 2 months, most of my time has been...

I love to read. I read a lot. No matter what the subject is — a good murder mystery, a sappy, silly love story, an adventurous tale of great excitement...

TheAge-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month 2024 ViSee Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month, and this year we are...

One thing that I’ve learned over the years is that dealing with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is not an exact science. It’s not exact for those who have AMD, and...

Living in the Midwest, our winter months are often pretty miserable. There are days of cold, rain, snow, and sleet. Skies can often be gloomy and quite depressing, to say...

A recent poll on MacularDegeneration.net asked, "True or False: I've found a regimen that works for me with dry AMD." I wondered what a successful regimen for dry AMD would...

It’s easy to become obsessed with macular degeneration — researching, doctor appointments, surfing the internet, and preparing for the worst case scenario. It can take over one’s life if we...

Geographic atrophy (GA) is a form of late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). More than 8 million people worldwide — and about 20 percent of people with AMD — have...

The annoyances of myopic macular degeneration (MMD) are many. The issues of distorted, wavy views and the dullness of the colors around me are just a couple of those frustrations...

This fall, I decided that I needed to improve my workspace. I read about a gizmo to hold my laptop. It adjusts so that the screen can be at eye...

I developed dry macular degeneration 9 years ago. It was found in the early stages, so initially I wasn’t too concerned. My mom and sister both had wet macular degeneration...

Living with macular degeneration, I’m usually looking forward, trying to prepare for what might come in the future. Just recently I’ve realised that it’s been almost a decade since I...

Living with myopic macular degeneration is very much a part of who I am these days. I am presently only affected with this malady in one eye, often referred to...

This unwanted experience with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has brought with it some unexpected surprises and insights. Opportunities abound to learn impactful lessons and sharpen skills as a result...

I want to begin by looking at the years before I was diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Growing up in the south, my diet was heavy on fried foods...

Yes, 4 years and 1 month to be exact. I couldn’t remember the exact date, so I got my medical records from my first retina specialist: July 15, 2019, one...

Recently I had my second date with my new retina specialist. He is looking after my dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). I had high hopes for this date because the...

Geographic atrophy (GA) is a chronic eye condition in which the cells in the retina slowly break down and die. This results in poor retinal function and vision loss. GA...