Progressing Wet AMD: Losing My FaithImagine my disappointment when I've been going for shots for 15 months now and my left eye was doing great and now it's worse. I was going intervals 4 weeks...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
May Have Wet Macular Degeneration in My Good EyeI am going for my 9th shot on 1-22-2021, so I have been really paying attention to my vision in both eyes. About a week ago I notice a small...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
My Normal LifeAt 40 years of age, I started having difficulty reading, so off I went to the optometrist. Her first concern was “things” she could see in my eyes. Did I...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
My Macular Degeneration StoryI'm 70 years old. I was first diagnosed with age-related dry macular degeneration by my ophthalmologist in 2016. His only advice was to take AREDS vitamins and google the disease...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Wet Macular Degeneration in the Right Eye, Dry in BothI diagnosed myself with wet macular in the right eye. When I had cataracts removed years ago (I am 87) my doctor diagnosed me with dry AMD. However, she told...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Wet in Left Eye Dry in Right EyeMy story started over 25 years ago. I was diagnosed with wet in both eyes. I was living in West Palm Beach, Florida and a retina specialist did four laser...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Macular Degeneration and Macular PuckerI have the same situation in my left eye as the person who submitted a story recently. It is very confusing because I also have a cataract in that eye...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
CatherineI was diagnosed four months ago with wet macular degeneration in the right eye and dry in the left. At the time the visual acuity in my right eye was...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Way It IsI had macular changes for two or three years. I was being followed and advised on what to look for if my condition changed from dry to wet. I was...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Cataract SurgeryI just had cataract surgery on both eyes with spacing in between. I now can see with one eye but the other is just blurry and it has been 4...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
AMD and a PuckerI have both AMD and a macular pucker in my left eye. My doctor suggested that I have surgery on the pucker but there is no guarantee that my sight...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
White CaneWould it be inappropriate to use a white cane even though I’m not blind? I have AMD and have a problem seeing things. Thank you, Richard Weiss...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Macular DegenerationMy right eye has been blind for four months now I cannot drive. I am very upset. I am under a doctor's care nothing seems to be happening. Please help...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
ConfusedAbout 6 weeks ago my right eye was really blurry I thought maybe was from antidepressants I was taken I stopped went back to the eye doctor and they were...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
StrugglingBoth my eyes are wet. I have no front vision in left eye and get injections in right eye. Does anyone else seem to be getting worse with depth perception...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
MedicineI'm 81 years old. Have it in left eye at present. Was told will go to right eye and I will be blind. Prescribed, or rather told, to get macro...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Yellow Lenses?I have read where yellow lenses can be helpful to people with macular degeneration. Are any of you using them? And are they recommended for use in place of sunglasses?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Diagnosis of Dry AMDI am 46 and went for my annual eye exam in order to get safety glasses for my new job. I thought that I was going to add a bifocal...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Wet MDHi, I am an 80-year old who up until about a year ago I have been lucky that there have been no changes in my eye. I had been getting...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Dry Macular Degeneration in Both EyesSo 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments