Stories

I've experienced STAGES throughout my 8 years with AMD. I started out with 1 then 2 dry AMD diagnosis. I avoided looking at the online photo images of what was...

Day by day, I get up and wash my face, grab my glasses, fix breakfast, take my eye vitamins with the morning meal to reduce the harshness of the pills...

I am 67 years old, retired 4 years ago, diagnosed 5 years ago with MD. I stopped driving 2 years ago after getting lost after dark in a place I...

Before I even get up each morning I reach for my Kindle to check the time, then I drag the ole body out to the kitchen and take my MD...

As a child I was born with crossed eyes. This was a long time ago as I am now 77. I had amblyopia. I have no depth perception. I would...

I have had AMD for 15 years, and I started the injections right away. They get easier. I am going to be 92 in June. I still drive in the...

I want to thank this wonderful group for letting me join. To read your stories has given me more positive thoughts and not give up. My mom has had MD...

I have always been adventurous. I have always enjoyed solving problems. I am a lady engineer and a private pilot, so hang on to your seatbelt. You may experience occasional...

Perhaps the hardest part of living with AMD (any variety of it) is that it's an inevitable downward spiral. All the available treatments - so far - can only, maybe...

I have had about 15 shots so far in my right eye. I have dry in my left eye and wet in my right...

I am one of the not so lucky MD clients. For 10 years no ophthalmologist ever bothered to educate me about MD, and having no symptoms I happily lived my...

Hello everyone, I am now 83 and have had some form of macular degeneration for about 20 years. When first diagnosed my specialist said it was dry and in early...

Unfortunately, none of the eye specialists I have seen over the years ever mentioned the importance of diet, exercise, relaxation, accupuncture and as I had no problems with dry MD...

About 3 years ago, my opthalmologist first diagnosed myopic macular degeneration. I had been seeing him 3 times a year due to glaucoma. At first, I thought he meant age-related...

While on a visit overseas about 18 months ago I found that I don’t see well in my left eye. I was sure that it is cataracts as I am...

I am a healthy and active 73 year old woman. I don't smoke or drink and never have. I was diagnosed with the early stages of dry macular degeneration about...

In early March 23 I was diagnosed with wet AMD in both eyes and was advised by my ophthalmologist to start injections into both eyes. In the last 3 months...

I just saw a commercial about GA (geographic atorphy) and looked it up and found out it's an advanced case of MD. Each case of AMD is different and when...

I have had wet AMD in both eyes for 19 years and have injections every two months, in spite of that they have deteriorated over the years with scarring and...

I have been treated with wet AMD for 4 years now. I get an injection every six weeks in my left eye and one every 12 weeks in my right...