My Journey with Wet Macular Degeneration

by Anita
(London, England, UK)

I am a female aged 78 was teaching adults how to use computers till end of March 2011.

I was first diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in March 2011

I could see wavy instead of straight lines of text and objects - I also had blurring of text and objects too, which made working on computers a little hard to do ... I could see blue surrounding objects when I looked through that eye on its own.

I also felt that the eye was not really working, Fortunately the other eye is good so therefore I was still able to see.

I was started on Lucentis injections in April 2011 - and I am one of the fortunate ones.

After the 1st injection within a few days I could see text without it being wavy or blurred. The leaking veins had been sealed.

I have had 5 injections altogether and all the fluid has now gone after the last injection that I had in September.

I still cannot see any fluid and am due to return to hospital in November for a check up.

At present I am having good vision in the eye, and was told there was damage at the back of it, but it is hardly noticeable.

I do sometimes see lines on the right of pictures slightly wavy but am used to it now so it does not bother me.

The main thing is that I am still able to use my computer. It was a struggle whilst the eye was not so good - but now it is almost back to normal and I still cannot believe my good luck........ I am now hoping it lasts for the rest of my life - but who knows !

I do read your emails and the links thereon - thank you, they are very informative.

I do hope that everyone will eventually benefit from the treatment that is at hand and are lucky to have the same results that I have had.