Eating for Eye Health, Even on Our Busy Days...I don’t know how, but summertime always feels busier than when I’m working full time during the school year. It’s a phenomenon...reactions3comments
Continue with Eye Professional...If you have wet or dry macular degeneration you should always continue your care with an ophthalmologist and not an optometrist! I...reactions1comment
Do You See What I See? Understanding the Challenges of Low Vision...“Jack Sprat could eat no fat,” my husband says as I turn up the light over our dining table. “And his wife...reactionscomments
My Contacts Are in the Wrong Eyes and I Like Them That Way...I know this may sound a little crazy... but I seriously accidentally switched my contacts one day. They're still not in the...reactionscomments
My Normal Life...At 40 years of age, I started having difficulty reading, so off I went to the optometrist. Her first concern was “things”...reactions4comments
A Spoiled Retirement?...The optometrist instructed me to undergo and pay for an OCT test to determine what an ophthalmologist could help with. The technology...reactions1comment
What is a Dilated Eye Exam?...Many people think their eyes are completely healthy, but only an eye doctor can tell you this definitively after an eye exam...
Piano Music...I play piano, and now have difficulty reading regular sheet music. It is easier to play from a lead sheet, which has...reactions1comment
Keeping Track of Appointment Notes...There’s a lot to be done after your doctor’s visit. That’s the way I look at it, anyway. Most of us have...reactions4comments
Easy and Affordable Magnification Tips...A distressing aspect of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is that it is progressive. You think you have everything in hand, accommodations match...reactions1comment
AMD and Your Family...What is the impact on family and loved ones when they learn you have age-related macular degeneration (AMD)? That day I found...reactions1comment
My "Kind" of Macular Degeneration...At my last appointment in Boston, I was told my macular degeneration is caused by a lack of blood circulation to the...reactions3comments
Myopic Macular Degeneration: When Diet Can't Help...I have found a benefit of aging through the words of Sir Francis Bacon in his work, 'Meditationes Sacrae', published in 1597:...reactions6comments
My Son Needs Myopia Management...Welp. One of my worst fears came true yesterday while at my son’s annual optometry exams. I have 2 young sons, aged...reactions6comments
The Silver Lining...When I was diagnosed with my MD (macular degeneration), Stargardt Disease, I was 22 years old. For work, I was serving and...reactions6comments
Finding a New Way Forward...Recently I was giving Robert, my husband, a haircut. It was so painful because of arthritis in my hands that I told...reactions4comments
Caregiver for Mother With MD...I currently care for my 89-year-old mother who has macular degeneration. She also has dementia. About the only thing she is able...reactionscomments
Reading With Macular Degeneration...How do you like to read with low vision? When you read for pleasure, do you read on electronic devices? Or are...reactions6comments
My Diagnosis and Pharma Trial Story...Diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in 2011 was in Lucentis pharmaceutical trials, the injections brought my vision from 20/200 on my right...reactions5comments
August Is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month...I know that the majority of us who are battling macular degeneration are not children. However, the eye health of the kiddos...reactionscomments
