Stories

So I’m 44, and my wife just got a job at an eye clinic. So she talked me into coming in and getting a full eye exam scent about a...

So I am 49 years old, female, I just recently had an eye exam in which I had a retina scan which showed about 20 macular drusen. I then when...

My sister suffers from macular degeneration. I can't eat, I can't sleep because I know my sister's not good. She is 44 years old. We started treatment 2 years ago...

When I was first diagnosed with AMD at 65, I was not surprised. My mother was legally blind with AMD & my first cousin on my dad’s side can’t drive...

My story is that I am so full of questions. I live by myself and I don’t have any family or even extended family. Will I be able to live...

I was diagnosed with MD in 2003. It has been hard raising 5 kids but I did. They are all grown and out on their own. But I had a...

I have had dry AMD for a few years now and earlier this year my right eye changed to wet. I have been getting Lucentis shots for about 5 months...

I am a 24/7 caretaker and have tons of paperwork and computer work to do to keep up with all of the needs of my spouse. Wondering other than eye...

I saw on FB an article about betadine causing issues with shots in the eye, so here is my story. 30 years ago I woke up on my birthday with...

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...