Update on My Dry Macular After 47 Years...47 years ago, I suddenly had thousands of what I thought were gnats flying in front of me. My macular started breaking...reactions5comments
Macular Degeneration Isn’t My Only Hardship...Life can really be brutal sometimes. Macular degeneration is hard enough on its own... but the harsh reality of life is that...reactions7comments
A Slow and Upsetting Process...My vision problem started with a slight "spider net" above my right eye... I always thought it was some hair that had...reactions1comment
Is There Proper Visually Impaired Etiquette?...I have made this statement before in another forum but I am going to make it again: Whatever happened to Miss Manners?...reactionscomments
Does anyone else see brown spots while reading on a computer?...I was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration about 4 months ago. My left eye is the worst. About one month after the...reactions4replies
Why Me? More to the Point, Why Not Me?...We know that genetics plays a big role in developing macular degeneration. I don’t think my grandparents had AMD, although one grandfather...reactions7comments
Using Sound Awareness for Mobility with Vision Loss...It seems I get a fair number of page ideas while I am walking the dogs. Today I heard a car and...reactions1comment
Controlling a New Blind Spot ...With a degenerative disease of any kind, a person knows that things can and probably will worsen over time. But, just because...reactions4comments
Looking Back to Being Newly Diagnosed...What happens when you get a new macular degeneration (AMD) diagnosis? Well, in a nutshell, it’s not going to be a good...reactionscomments
Playing Card Games Legally Blind...Recently, I went on a vacation with five incredible women and our children. It was so enjoyable and relaxing that it felt...reactionscomments
Nature Excursions for the Visually Impaired...I just got back from walking the dogs. A colleague texted me and said how she loves walking with her sister in...reactionscomments
Is there any hope of regaining the center sight of left eye?...I didn’t know what macular degeneration was. My sight in the left eye was right in center. I can see all around...reactions3comments
Nothing Has Changed for Me...I went to the eye doctor in May of 2017 who sent me to the retina doctor because of wavy lines in...reactions4comments
Right Eye...I was diagnosed 5 years ago. I was very surprised. They told me usually people in 3rd world country get this starvation...reactions1comment
Cataracts...Hello I’m 62 years. Eyes were bothering me, so I went to my eye doctor he said it was cataracts. Had surgery...reactions3comments
Newbie...Hello, I'm a 70-year-old single male, I got my diagnosis four days ago, dry AMD, and I have been living on that...reactions5comments
Preserving Vision: Self-Love is Self-Care...Oftentimes, a diagnosis of macular degeneration can feel like a dead end. Depending on the type of macular degeneration we have, there...reactionscomments
When will I know if surgery is absolutely necessary?...I use Sodium Chloride drops twice a day. I also have mild cataracts, a split in the right optic, the gel behind...reactions1reply
CoQ10 and Macular Degeneration...In the first installment of this article series, I discussed why I choose to take the supplement CoQ10 along with my other...reactions12comments
