A Place for Hope

by Rosalie
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)

This web site, www.WebRN-MacularDegeneration.com has been such a comfort to me. I have dry macular degeneration (AMD). I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. I am 75 now. My mother had dry AMD which eventually became the wet form.

Because of the treatment at that time , which was laser, she was almost blind in short order. I take the proper vitamins and try to use some of the suggestions on this web site. I can drive and read and can only hope that I will be lucky.

REPLY

Thank you Rosalie. Many people have shared the same “story” of a family history of macular degeneration. My husband’s father has wet macular degeneration. Although at this time, my husband has no signs of any AMD, there is reason to be concerned since there is such a strong genetic component to this retinal disease.

There is now a macular degeneration test to see if a patient has any of the genes associated with age related macular degeneration. Find out how a person is tested for these genes as well as who would benefits from genetic testing.

Macular Degeneration Test for Genes

Kind Regards,

Leslie Degner, RN, BSN