Stories

A year and a half ago I noticed a sudden change in my vision in my right eye. I went to my optometrist who thought I might have a detached...

I've had dry AMD for 6 years and one eye is significantly more affected than the other...but thank goodness for the good eye! I do a lot of reading, drawing...

My first attendance at an eye hospital for my failing eyesight, I was told I had dry in my left eye, but wet in the right. I asked if I...

Our nephew and his wife were expecting their first child. We wanted to give a personal gift - a gift I made for them as I had for many other...

The Weigel Williamson Vision Rehabilitation Center in Omaha, Nebraska has been a lifeline of hope for me. As macular degeneration continues to limit my vision, the center evaluates me once...

I am 72. I was diagnosed almost four years ago with wet AMD in my right eye. I had gone to my regular eye doctor after noticing strange, gray blobs...

Marilyn developed macular degeneration sometime around 2015. I can’t pinpoint that date for sure because her eyesight didn’t change much as far as I could tell. Long after her initial...

About five years ago I was diagnosed with epiretinal membrane (macular pucker) in my right eye. Two years ago, after I turned 54. I started having blurred vision in my...

I am a 71-year-old female who noticed, about two years ago, the tell-tale signs of AMD: straight lines that are now wavy! Living in Baltimore MD, home of the world-famous...

I was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in early January 2009. My left eye had a total of 3 injections of Avastin before my vision was restored. Off and on...

I'm a 78 y.o. retired social services case manager, a wife with a caring husband, and the mother of a wonderful daughter. I'm passionate about so many things, love reading...

No matter what the weather, my visor is always ready to pick up with my bag when I leave the house. I shop with it on. When socializing day or...

While reading my morning newspaper on Labor Day 2015, I noticed wavy lines. First appointment next day with an ophthalmologist who diagnosed wet AMD. I had to see staff retinal...

Hi all, I’ve posted here before. I’m 55, diagnosed just over a year ago with myopic degeneration. Here is the latest. Went for a second opinion with a retina specialist...

I developed this condition about 10 or 12 years ago and now it has progressed to 20/400 in one eye and 20/40 in my right eye. Both eyes are dry...

I am a 91-year-old great-grandmother...3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren… I’ve been under the care of a retina specialist for about 7 years. I’ve had the Eyelea injections every...

For years I took my mom to the eye doctor for her macular degeneration. She received injections in her eyes. She couldn't see after that for a while, a few...

My mom was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration. Some unexpected medical emergencies got in the way of her regular check-ups, then she became totally invalid and unable to go to...

Since childhood I have always had very low vision in my left eye due to amblyopia and myopia. I did not go regularly to any eye specialist, because my right...

Both my eyes have visual field loss from glaucoma. My right eye was my "good" eye until September 2016, when it went blurry and I realized there was a hole...