Terrible pain during injection...I just had my first injection for wet macular degeneration several weeks ago. The drops given me prior to the injection, allegedly...reactions6repliesWet AMDTreatment
Navigating The City With A Visual Impairment...What's it like to navigate the city with a visual impairment? Christine shares her experiences. Christine is a Pennsylvania Licensed Social Worker...reactions2comments
Disability Benefits...When you have a chronic medical condition, there may be times when you are not able to work. This can seriously affect...
Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits...Living with a chronic health condition may make working impossible at some point. Your symptoms can affect your ability to get your...
Health Resources...Living with a chronic health condition can be challenging, frustrating, and tiring. You might feel like your life is on hold. Frequent...
Managing Healthcare Expenses...Managing a chronic health condition can take a financial toll on you and your family. Costs add up quickly from medicines, testing...
Workplace Considerations...Everyone deserves to be treated fairly at work, including people with chronic medical conditions or disabilities. It is not only the right...
Decisions: Driving & Declining Vision...There is a tough decision looming in my future: When is it no longer safe for me to drive? Quite frankly...reactions11comments
A New Diagnosis, Where to Start?...In the world of macular degeneration, there are so many 'new things’ to learn about that it can start to feel really...reactions2comments
Hello and where do I go from here?...I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration a couple of months ago by the eye doctor working with Lens Crafters at the mall...reactions2repliesDiagnosisNewly Diagnosed
Dear World, Please Go See An Eye Doctor...I had an interesting conversation with a few of my friends recently about eye doctors that I simply can’t stop thinking about...reactions1comment
Using Our Ears When Our Eyes Begin to Fail...I was listening to a financial advisor giving an online talk about being financially savvy as we age. As I was listening...reactions9comments
Starting Over: Questions for a New Retinal Specialist...My father's eye specialist abandoned him recently, and it was quite a trauma and upheaval for us. He is 96 and living...reactionscomments
Reflections on Vision Loss and Daily Life...Reflection. My thinking one day brought this particular word to the forefront of my mind. All of this was centered on what...reactions2comments
Help!! Please...I have been told that I have macular degeneration by my doctor when I tell him about my eyes. He said go...reactions11repliesNewly Diagnosed
How Does Air Pollution Impact AMD?...We all know that smoking is bad for our eyes. Smoking is listed as a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration in...reactions2comments
Symptoms of Wet Macular Degeneration...All the articles I have read indicate if you do not see perfect squares in the Amsler Grid go to the ophthalmologist...reactions5repliesNewly DiagnosedWet AMD
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day...Thursday, May 20, 2021, is the 10th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD was started to help people, especially developers, be...reactions1comment
Is this wet MD?...Hi During a routine check-up (48-year-old male), the optometrist observed that - 1. for one of the eyes the visual acuity has...reactions7repliesAwarenessDiagnosisWet AMD
Pain After Injection...For years I have had severe pain after injections. I was unable to open my eyes for hours because it hurt and...reactions4comments
