Stories

47 years ago, I suddenly had thousands of what I thought were gnats flying in front of me. My macular started breaking up. Here I am 47 years later, and...

My vision problem started with a slight "spider net" above my right eye... I always thought it was some hair that had fallen down or something that went away and...

I didn’t know what macular degeneration was. My sight in the left eye was right in center. I can see all around. Have seen lots of articles on the subject...

I went to the eye doctor in May of 2017 who sent me to the retina doctor because of wavy lines in my left eye. He started me on shots...

I was diagnosed 5 years ago. I was very surprised. They told me usually people in 3rd world country get this starvation. I eat maybe not like I should but...

Hello I’m 62 years. Eyes were bothering me, so I went to my eye doctor he said it was cataracts. Had surgery 1-14-2020. Eye got worse not better. Pain, burning...

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 roller coaster since, scared and depressed. I am...

It's like one day I woke up and all was blurry. I can't read the things I used to. I have to wear some kind of glasses - with my...

Hello, so glad to have found this community! I have posted in some of the other threads but will post my story here. High myope, started wearing glasses at age...

Just read your article about healthy things to eat (spinach, kale) with macular and also about sun rays. Haven't heard about the damage that sunlight OR computer blue light can...

It was 1988 and I was a young mom with 3 little ones when I was first diagnosed with dry macular degeneration. I remember clearly that day. I had all...

My story starts at age 29, my first year of teaching. I was driving and noticed something going on with what I thought my soft contact lenses. Twenty miles later...

Here's my story. I'm 25 years old, and right now I suffer from wet macular degeneration in my left eye that developed a scar (central vision bleeding), and geographic atrophies...

In December 2008 I noticed my vision was more blurry than normal. Thought it was due to being around my uncle's chain-smoking and my allergies were the cause. Fast forward...

My mom had dry MD. She was unable to drive, and used magnifying glasses to read, etc. I was diagnosed with dry around 40. Later, diagnosed with wet. Tried different...

I have had eye probs for a while but I keep getting flashing lights and I can't see shot, it will come and go. It lasts about 15 min when...

I had blurred vision almost overnight in my right eye. A straight line turned into an hourglass. Scared me. Went to Doc and had surgery. Was told it would take...

I was diagnosed 7 years ago... along with cataracts. I also was recently been diagnosed with mucous membrane pemphigoid which can do great damage to the eyelids & the orbit...

Wavy telephone lines didn't seem to be very serious at first. After all, I was in my mid-70s and I thought it was probably just normal old age vision. But...

I had developed a macular hole, skipped right over degeneration. It has been surgically repaired, but my vision has not returned to level surgeon had hoped. However, I am to...