In Late January 2024, My Vision Started Going......In late January 2024, my left eye vision started looking like a fun-house mirror, but it was not fun. I made an appointment with my ophthalmologist and thought, "OK, this...reactionscomments
Progression...I have both wet AMD and geographic atrophy in both eyes. I have to alternate injections between Eylea and Syfovre. Who else is in that situation and how do you...reactions5repliesProgression
Finding Hope and Joy With Geographic Atrophy ...My name is Sharon Moore, and I am a Community Health Leader for the MacularDegeneration.net Community. I am a moderator and write articles about my life with advanced dry age-related...reactions12comments
Ability to read with Dry AMD...I have one good eye. So far anyway. I can read with bad eye closed and use my good eye. Looks perfectly normal-no distortion. Are there others on this forum...reactions12repliesDry AMD
Legally Blind One Eye...I did not understand macular edema is actually wet amd. My eye was left untreated for too long apparently - although I was told prn by my RA I thought...reactions6repliesEye Injection
Wet AMD Patients: Injection Schedule...How often are you receiving injections? Do you feel that they're happening too often, or not enough? How does your doctor feel about the cadence of injections? Your response may...reactions33repliesWet AMDTreatment
Pets and Service Animals...Do you have a pet or a service animal? Do they assist with your low vision needs, or do they serve moreso as an emotional support animal? Feel free to...reactionsrepliesCopingMental Health
What to Do? A Big Treatment Decision...This was the hardest decision I'd had to make regarding my macular degeneration. Over the previous 10 years, there had been other things to decide, but I'd usually had time...reactions5comments
I Share All Your Symptoms......After reading how AMD can and will cause blindness (and experiencing the rapid road to it myself) I resigned to this fate though not without a fight... In looking back...reactions4comments
Tips on communicating visually with people with AMD...Hi all I don't have AMD, but I regularly produce literature for people with AMD and other vision impairments. My job is to produce materials for people considering a clinical...reactions4repliesResearch & Clinical TrialsTips & AdviceWet AMD
A Summer Trip to Alaska With Limited Vision...I am pretty sure I am not the only one wondering how in the heck time is flying by. Honestly, each year I scratch my head in amazement over the...reactionscomments
Geographic Atrophy...I believe this is associated with dry amd. Can someone tell me the effect it has on one's sight...thanks....reactions3repliesDry AMD
Looking for tips on trying to follow music...I’ve been playing guitar for almost 60 years. I don’t read music, so I type out lyrics and have the cords over the proper words. I am now typing my...reactions7repliesTips & Advice
The Grayish Blob in the Night: CBS, AMD, and Me...It first appeared weeks before my diagnosis with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). I’d see it when I would get up in the middle of the night, never during the...reactions7comments
What symptoms have you been experiencing lately? ...A common symptom of macular degeneration is light sensitivity. Do you experience this or any other symptoms (e.g. colors losing their vibrancy, blurred lines, central scotoma)? Share with our community....reactions26repliesSymptoms
New treatments ...I saw someone post there was a new treatment .but I can't find it...reactions1reply
If you have Charles Bonnet Syndrome what were your earliest symptoms?...I was diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)yesterday. If I had not ran across a Reddit thread on CBS I would not have known to ask my doctor about it...reactions16repliesDiagnosisProgressionSymptoms
Injection Anxiety After a Delay in GA Treatment...After nearly 10 years with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), I was diagnosed with geographic atrophy (GA) in the summer of 2023. Dry AMD patients like me have long hoped for...reactions16comments
Lumi Thera treatments, using the valeda machine...The clinics are all over Europe. I spent four weeks in Switzerland to receive the treatments; 3 each week for 3 weeks. and a fourth week so the doctor can...reactions23repliesAwarenessDry AMDTreatment
Nervous...Have an appt today for my first injection for my dry AMD…concerned..but feel I have no choice..but at 89..its possible I could do fine without..but we can’t predict that can...reactions1reply
