Diet and Nutrition...Good nutrition is important for optimal overall health, including eye health. With age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in particular, there have been studies...
Maintaining Eye Health...Macular degeneration is a chronic, progressive condition. When you live with macular degeneration, you may need to make a variety of lifestyle...
What Lifestyle Changes Can I Make?...Treatment for all stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can include making some lifestyle changes that might help slow the progression of...
Everything You Need to Know About Myopic Macular Degeneration...Myopic macular degeneration (MMD) is a type of macular degeneration. It occurs when severe nearsightedness (myopia) causes physical changes to the eye...
Stargardt Disease Treatment...Stargardt disease is a genetic condition of the retina that causes significant vision loss, usually in childhood or adolescence. Whereas normal vision...
Keeping Safe With Vision Loss...When I had my last dogs, we were walking and the coyotes were howling on the hillside. When the coyotes started excitedly...reactions5comments
CSCR and Photodynamic Therapy...I've been diagnosed with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) and been told that there are no treatments available. I asked if I could...reactions1comment
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
My Dry AMD story...When I was in my early forties, my optometrist told me that I had drusen. I had no idea at the time...reactionscomments
Morning Before Injections...I use a neti pot to wash my nasal passages, which helps clear my sinuses. This helps a lot to eliminate pressure...reactionscomments
Eye Injection Aftercare...I have been getting injections for over 5 years starting with my left eye, then both eyes for two years, and now...reactions2comments
Life Goes On...I have always had excellent vision. In 2016 I experienced an issue with the vision portion of the driver's license test. I...reactionscomments
How I Cope...I started writing music when I was 15. It’s the way I have always coped with life. Growing up in an abusive...reactionscomments
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...reactions5comments
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...reactionscomments
Creating Successful Systems in the Kitchen...When living with low vision, even the most mundane tasks like wiping countertops and reading food labels can be difficult. That's why...reactions12comments
Home Adaptations...Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), myopic macular degeneration, and Stargardt disease are all chronic, progressive conditions that cause visual impairment. While central vision...
What to Tell Your Adult Children About Preventing AMD ...“Mom, how do I keep from getting macular degeneration?” This recent question from my youngest daughter really tugged at my heart. My 3...reactions6comments
Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma: What’s the Connection?...Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in the United States, ahead of glaucoma and cataracts combined. People with macular...reactions2comments
