Stories

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...

I was diagnosed this March 2023 as early stage dry macular degeneration. Because I wasn't seeing clearly out either power of my bifocals, I went back to my opthamalogist. She...

I am 75 yrs old and have wet macular degeneration. I always had issues with lightning bolts and floaters in my eyes. My eyes have always been sensitive to light...

I recently heard what GA stands for: geographic atrophy. It is a very bad thing. I guess it is the end of macular degeneration. I am petrified by this. I...

I started wearing glasses for myopia when I was 9. By the time I was 17 my prescription was about -13 in both eyes. It wasn’t a problem; I found...

My story began about 8 years ago when I got the results from my genetics test. I joined 23&Me to find out about my ancestry which involved sending in a...

I’m 61 years old and was just diagnosed with wet AMD and had my 1st Avastin injection. I did a lot of reading & research online when I found out...

So here is an update. I haven't posted in a while... I now have macular degeneration in both eyes and get injections every six weeks. Been going on now for...