Not Quite Like the Majority...I have wet AMD in both eyes. I’ve been getting injections in my right eye for 5 years and in my left...reactionscomments
Myopic Macular Degeneration and Night Driving...My diagnosis of myopic macular degeneration was made in March of 2019. This past March marked the 5 year point for me...reactions20comments
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...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...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...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...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...reactions4comments
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...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...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...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...reactionscomments
Driving...I have both nAMD and GA in both eyes. Driving during daylight hours still seems ok for now. For those of you...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...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...reactions84comments
question first...question first, i posted a story on here the first week of september, is there somewhere i can find it and see...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...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...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...reactions2repliesTravel
