Stories

My mother was an oil painter, sewer, genealogist, dental nurse, and crystal collector. She was diagnosed at 40 and these things were given up one by one. I have always...

I have had macular degeneration for 6 years and been treated with injections in both eyes for 5 of them. A year ago I went completely blind with cataracts, they...

I was just told on top of wet AMD, I have cataracts on both lenses. My doctor told me it is graded numerically 1 to 4, and told me I...

I go in every six months to get my eyes checked out. I have been very lucky and have not had a shot for a couple of years. The last...

I had cataract surgery in September 2020. First the right eye, then 2 weeks later, the left. Shortly thereafter, I started noticing that lines that should have been straight were...

I noticed a change in vision suddenly — it arrived quickly. I saw my ophthalmologist who suspected retinal bleeding and sent me to a retinal specialist. I received injections for...

I was diagnosed when I moved. I went to the eye doctor 18 years ago at age 56. Since then, I've been taking AREDs and going to a retinologist once...

My eye doctor recognized drusen or aging spots in my eyes when I was about 60. He sent me to an ophthalmologist who knew about the research that led to...

I had seen my ophthalmologist in December and was told that my cataract was indeed ready to be removed. The surgery was scheduled for mid-February. Several weeks before the surgery...

My diagnosis was a nightmare! The doctor was in a hurry and blew me off. Long story short, I saw a retina specialist and he did tests and I got...

I was shocked when I saw black spots in my left eye. I rushed to my ophthalmologist and the diagnosis was wet macular degeneration. My mom had it at the...

I immediately went into sorrow mode because of my limited knowledge of wet-type AMD was or going blind, and what good is an old, blind, carpenter...you have to see what...

With dry AMD diagnosed 10 years ago, I’m curious, how long after being diagnosed with dry AMD did you experience a more rapid loss of your vision? I’m in my...

My internationally renowned ophthalmologist told me I would go blind, and there was no cure--but possibly slowing that. My retina specialist was the regional director for Lucentis. He didn't promise...

I'm 75, my left eye progressed from dry to wet AMD in December 2021. Less then 2 weeks after my first injection the wavy lines disappeared and by the time...

I have learned that macular degeneration is not what I wanted and there are concerns about the future. But I often handle bad news by "comparison". We had a family...

In January 2006 I got diagnosed as having wet age-related macular degeneration in my right eye. No hope except for cold laser and the mix that became known as PreserVision...

It began several years ago with dry macular degeneraiton in my left eye. Eventually, it became wet. Then in my right eye the same thing happened. After about 5 years...

I always had what was considered excellent vision. At 50 I noticed some packaging instructions and the numbers in the phone book (remember those?) seemed to be getting smaller. I...

1998 - My optometrist sent me to an ophthalmologist. He diagnosed me with dry AMD & gave me a mix of what was in process to become PreserVision I. I...