The Science of Sugar and Macular Degeneration...This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for! In the first two articles in this series, I focused on educating you...reactions7comments
Goodbye, Vitreous Gel, I Won’t Be Missing You...I am a runner. Well, I was a runner. Now, I’m more of a walker who wants to be a runner again.This is...reactions7comments
Reducing the Cost of Vitamins and a Healthy Lifestyle...In the first article of this series, I explained how expensive buying fruits, vegetables, and vitamins can be. I also discussed the...reactions3comments
Hooray! I’m Stable, or at Least My Eye Is...Yippee, whoo hoo, congratulations to me! No bleed! For those of you who’ve read my previous story, 'We Begin Again', you’ll remember...reactions5comments
Reducing Injection Anxiety and Pain...Sometimes what we think of as being intuitively obvious and “common sense” is dead wrong. Other times the researchers prove the truth...reactions3comments
My Macular Degeneration Update...I was stopped short the other day, literally, on the way to my retina specialist’s for an injection treatment for wet AMD...reactions2comments
Switching Anti-VEGF Injections...Yippee! I’m switching to Eylea for my next injection. I’ve read that some people can be helped by a change. When one...reactions7comments
My Eylea Treatment Success Story: "Remarkable" Results..."Remarkably successful!" Those are the words we all want to hear when we are discussing outcomes with our retina specialist. And those...reactions21comments
My First Eylea Injection...Yesterday as I was sitting in the waiting room at my retina specialist’s office, anxiously awaiting my turn for optical coherence tomography...reactions2comments
Preparing for Life With Geographic Atrophy...I was diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 9 years ago. My mom and sister both had wet macular degeneration. I...reactions75comments
Six Months Ago...Time is funny. Not in the slap-your-knee kind of funny — funny as in, "How is that even possible?" funny. One day...reactions10comments
Geographic Atrophy Progression and Outlook...Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive disease that impacts the eyes. Progressive conditions can slowly get worse over time. For some...reactions11comments
Charles Bonnet Syndrome and Geographic Atrophy...I am 10 years into my journey with dry macular degeneration. For many years I had no noticeable symptoms, but as I...reactions88comments
Suzanne's Story: Using Our Talents for Advocacy and Community Support...Content Note: This article was written by Suzanne Tremolada, founder of the Facebook support group "Living with Macular Degeneration." The views and...reactions2comments
Ask the Advocates: Mental Health and Macular Degeneration...The mental and emotional impact of a macular degeneration diagnosis is often overlooked, from the shock and fear of initial diagnosis to...reactions2comments
What It’s Like to Live With Vision Loss From Dry AMD...Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in people over age 55. There are 2 types: wet and...reactions8comments
Using Essential Oils to Improve Health and Vision...Essential oils are specific and concentrated compounds that are extracted directly from plants. Once these compounds are extracted from the plants, they...reactions6comments
Eye Injection Side Effects: My Experience and What You Need to Know...What are the common side effects from eye injections? Ah, yes. Another adventure in age-related macular degeneration-induced legal blindness! Yesterday I went...reactions25comments
6 Ways I Manage My Dry AMD...A recent poll on MacularDegeneration.net asked, "True or False: I've found a regimen that works for me with dry AMD." I wondered...reactions10comments
Living With Macular Degeneration...Living with vision loss caused by macular degeneration can be hard. Continuing to work and enjoying a rich social life with friends...
