AMD Awareness Month 2025: Early Signs & Symptoms ...Welcome to our forum dedicated to Macular Degeneration Awareness Month 2025! This forum aims to raise awareness about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and educate the community on its early signs...reactions7replies
Aides in reading music....I am finding it increasingly difficult to participate in our chorus here. I have retyped music with larger fonts, and uploaded a couple of apps that have helped up to...reactions3repliesTips & Advice
Is one of your AMD GA Symptoms foggy vision?...I am trying to determine if foggy vision is a common symptom of AMD GA. My predominate problem with my AMD GA is that I see everything Foggy. I'm trying...reactions3repliesSymptoms
Life With GA: You Can Laugh or You Can Cry...Truthfully, I have done my fair share of both laughing and crying. After 10 years of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), I was diagnosed with geographic atrophy (GA) in early...reactions12comments
Drusen...I must admit this app is confusing. I read an article from Ella where she mentions Drusen but now can't find it. So frustrating! Anyone else have a diagnosis of...reactions2replies
Are there any help to pay for shots...My insurance just paid 80% on my bill leaves me a 687. On me to pay every 3 months. Can I get any help....reactions3replies
Hello, Geographic Atrophy..."Well, this sucks." To be honest, this was my reaction to first hearing that I now have geographic atrophy (GA), the advanced stage of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in...reactions23comments
Update -- injection for wet amd-right eye...5th injection - Jan 20 - doc says sees improvement. I guess Eyelea works for me - for those who have this dreadful disease, while we may not cure it...reactions3repliesEye InjectionWet AMD
Pretty Simple Day...I don't do anything the night before an injection. I get an early morning appointment, as there are less people, so I can get in and out faster. My doctor...reactionscomments
What happens if I stop the injections?...I don't think the injections are helping me....reactions2repliesEye Injection
Has AMD been impacting your mental health?...How has your mental health been lately since your AMD diagnosis? Do you feel stress or worry about your condition progressing? How do you manage the tough days? Feel free...reactions17repliesMental HealthTips & Advice
No Shower for 3 Days After Treatment...My story is very brief. A week after my treatment, I experienced irritation in my "bad" eye, the one with wet AMD. This had never happened before, and it was...reactionscomments
Zinc question...I have just been reading some posts on forums that suggest that taking Zinc can actually make AMD worse in some individuals. I take Areds 2 that contain 25mg of...reactionsreplies
My Journey From Optometrist to Ophthalmologist to Retina Specialist...Editor's Note: This article was originally written by Brown Eyed Girl, a MacularDegeneration.net Community Health Leader. It was an optometrist who initially diagnosed my age-related macular degeneration (AMD) about 10...reactions8comments
After Christmas...Again, another Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye. Spending all that time with family is always special. It is not often that we are able...reactionscomments
"I Have Good News and Bad News. Which Do You Want First?"...I have had everything you can get with eye issues... glaucoma, torn retina, cataracts, dry eye, and last — but probably the worst — AMD. My AMD diagnosis showed up...reactionscomments
Polyunsaturated vegetable oils and AMD...I'm no expert, but would suggest that it would cost you NOTHING to watch one or two youtubes of Dr. Chris Knobbe and find out why perhaps you should eliminate...reactions1replyDiet & Nutrition
Living With Myopic Macular Degeneration: New Year Reflections...Hard to believe that we are at the beginning of 2025. Just yesterday we were welcoming the new year in 2024. My mom always says the older you get, the...reactions6comments
Eye Injections and AREDS...After beginning injections and receiving billing from my insurer for unknown medications and a unknown compound drug, I asked my provider, "How many injections will it take?" He replied more...reactionscomments
Resolutions & wishes for 2025...I thought it would be interesting to read about resolutions for the new year in regard to macular degeneration. What are things you want to accomplish next year? If you...reactions3repliesCopingAwareness
