Floaters and distortion....Dose anyone have bad floaties and distortion in white light areas.and what can we do to cope with it....reactions2repliesCoping
Switching Doctors: AMD Injections & Cataract Surgery Concerns...I recently changed ophthalmologists after my original one, who diagnosed me with dry AMD over 10 years ago, recommended injections for the geographic atrophy in my left eye. One of...reactions7replies
Iron supplements and AMD...I take 65 mg of Ferrous sulfate daily for a blood condition and I also have dry eye AMD. I cont know if the iron makes my AMD worse or...reactionsreplies
Eyes tearing ...I have wet Macular degeration, does anyone find your eyes always tearing ? I'm puzzled and it's causing the edges of my eyes to feel chapped.....reactions3repliesCoping
Lessons My Macular Degeneration Taught Me...I'm blind in my right eye because of dry macular degeneration. Two years ago, I went completely blind in my left eye due to wet macular degeneration. For a whole...reactionscomments
Mental illness ...Is anyone suffering from mental illness.from having this disease....reactions3repliesCoping
A Journey Through Macular Degeneration: My Experience with Elmiron...My story is a bit different from most I’ve read. For years, I was prescribed Elmiron for interstitial cystitis (IC). Though it took years to work and was very expensive...reactionscomments
Post-Injection Pain...I have no problems with the injections. It is the adverse reaction to Betadine. Agonizing pain. I am 77. I can usually handle pain. I have had a laminectomy, gallbladder...reactionscomments
Reading an eye chart with MD...How does MD affect the ability to read an eye chart for an eye exam? I thought difficulty in reading an eye chart was due to lens problems not retinal...reactionsrepliesNewly Diagnosed
My AMD Story...I was first diagnosed with dry MD in May 2023. I did not take it very seriously because I had no symptoms at all. So in September of 2024 I...reactionscomments
Eye Injection Anxiety...My anxiety arose from pain afterwards. After a discussion with the optometrist, we worked out it was sensitivity to iodine. We did an experiment. Minimum iodine, maximum anaesthesia, maximum washout...reactionscomments
Driving...I have both nAMD and GA in both eyes. Driving during daylight hours still seems ok for now. For those of you who made the decision to quit driving, how...reactions7replies
Anyone had eye injections with a cataract ...I don’t know if I should have cataract removed before starting injections in right eye. I have already had an injection in left eye but cataract was already removed. Will...reactions2repliesEye Injection
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 reached the intermediate stage, I began developing symptoms.Blurred...reactions83comments
question first...question first, i posted a story on here the first week of september, is there somewhere i can find it and see if there is any responses, im still calling...reactions1replyTreatment
Living With GA and Dry Eye...The article by Sharon Moore pretty much recounts my own story. I get injections for geographic atrophy (GA) every 2 months. At our last session, my retinal specialist (who is...reactions5comments
Are there different types of Macular? Visual differences?...As a Red discussions, it seems that I am hearing there are different kinds of macular, with different symptoms. I am not “losing” my vision. Oh, when I look at...reactions1replyWet AMDAwareness
Tips for driving at night...Anybody still drive at night?. My night driving is very limited . I drive on familiar roads not over 3 miles at most. I first thought i needed brighter headlights...reactions2repliesTravel
Avoiding Progression...Just wondering what people think is the most important thing one can do to avoid nasty progression. Diet? Sunlight? Screen time? I'm very curious.. I have one good eye which...reactions8repliesCopingTips & Advice
Destruction by Injection...I was told I had macular degeneration by an optometrist. I had thought I only needed a slightly stronger pair of glasses for distance vision. My near vision began to...reactionscomments
