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Diagnosed with Macular Degeneration at 35 years old! 
In October of 2011 I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. I was also only 35 years old. This came to huge suprise for me because I have never had ...

Wet Macular Degeneration - New Diagnosis, Patient Stories 
Wet Macular Degeneration - Hear from those who live with it.

Journey with Juvenile Macular Degeneration to Rehabilitation Counselor 
I have had an interesting journey. At age sixteen I was seen by my local eye doctor.

I was not informed about my diagnosis but he did tell my parents ...

A Macular Degeneration Adventure 
I was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration in 2004. Not that the eye consultant bothered to tell me what my condition was, but I later found out from ...

Avastin and Macular Degenertion - Third injection today 
This morning I had my 3rd injection in my left eye. I was dreading it because with the last 2 I had horrible pain in the afternoon and evening. Today ...

So Far So Good 
I had the sudden onset of 1-2 days ONLY of wet macular degeneration in my left eye at age 63.

My vision was dark, distorted and lines distorted ...

Macular Degeneration - I AM NOT BLIND 
In January 2008, I lost my sight suddenly while driving on an off ramp on my way to a Sunday brunch.

Thanks to cellphones I got home, called my health ...

My Mother and Wet Macular Degeneration 
My mother had wet macular degeneration (AMD) in one eye but suddenly could not see out of her second eye - this happened the day before my father died....

Wet Macular Degeneration at 51 Years Old  
I never missed my annual eye exam as I always kept a supply of contacts on hand.

How could my eye doctor have simply "dismissed" my complaints that ...

Benefits of a Proper Diet 
I read a short time ago on Dr Mercola's website that grains can make you go blind.

A short time before that I was told that I had the beginnings of ...

The Blessing of Herbal Tincture 
I do not normally take the time to write on Internet forums but I wanted to share my experience with my vision in the event it would be helpful for anyone ...

An Author-Illustrator Faces Blindness 
I began to think there was something wrong with my glasses, but a new prescription didn't help. Eventually, I went from a good optometrist who sent me ...

An Illustrator Faces Blindness 
I began to think there was something wrong with my glasses, but a new prescription didn't help.

Eventually, I went from a good optometrist who sent ...

My Future with Macular Degeneration and Modern Technology 
My dads genes...so many memories of what is to come. Each day, now 10 yrs from diagnosis, presents new challenges, and down times too.

One eye is no ...

The Year That Changed My Life - Wet Macular Degeneration 
This time last year it became clear to me one day that I had very limited sight in one eye. It seemed OK one day and not the next.

An appt. was made ...

Wet Macular Degeneration.: A Big Wake Up Call 
"I'm just trying to stop you from going blind" said my doctor as I baulked yet again at telling him just how out of control my Blood Sugars had become,...

My Mother's Experience with Wet Macular Degeneration 
My Mother was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration about 10 years ago, at age 84.

She first received laser treatments to stop the bleeding. After ...

My Mother and Macular Degeneration 
Happy birthday to my mom...she turned eighty-three yesterday. I thank God she is still so healthy, energetic, even feisty.

She lives alone with her ...

A brief experience ... ... ...with age related macular degeneration. 
I am 73 yrs and find age related macular degeneration (AMD) an exciting challenge.

OK, I can not work with Stained Glass, do Wood Carving, or Drive ...

From Dry to Wet Macular Degeneration - Personal Stories 
Dry to Wet Macular Degeneration - Learn what others have experienced.

Macular Degeneration Shocker 
For the last couple of years my eye doctor told me that I had drusen which was the beginning of macular degeneration.

He told me to take ICaps ...

Dry Macular Degeneration - Stories by Patients 
Dry Macular Degeneration - Hope and Help from those with Dry AMD

My Journey: From Dry to Wet Macular Degeneration - From Despair to Hope 
Sharing my experiences with macular degeneration with those who "get it" has taken me from despair to hope--and back again--many times as the disease responds ...

i'm not sure what I should do with my diagnosis of macular degeneration 
Went in for a quick vision test as I was thinking of getting a prescription snorkeling mask.

I am 59. She simply told me that I had AMD (Dry) and beginning ...

Unexpected Vision Loss From Lucentis 
My mother went for her usual Lucentis injection the other day and within a few hours lost all vision in her eye.

The doctor says he's not sure if ...

You can't control how MD progresses 
I am 45 years old and before I turned 40 there was apparently nothing wrong with me. Then that year I noticed that print seemed to be jumping all over ...

Juvenile Macular Degeneration at 15 Years Old 
When I turned 15, I was diagnosed with wet juvenile macular degeneration. It was a bit of a traumatic experience, to be sure, but I got through. Luckily,...

First Wet AMD now hole in retina at 48 
Hi,my wife and I decided to go and have our eyes tested for new reading glasses as our old perscriptions weren't as good anymore. At the test the optometrist ...

New Wet AMD atfer Cataract Surgery and Scared 58 year old female 
I discovered I had dry AMD about 8 years ago and recently had cataract surgery in October.

By the end of December I was diagnosed with wet AMD in my ...

Suddenly I had Wet AMD 
I am female, 70 years old, retired many years, and avid gardener.

On one afternoon in September, 2010, I came in from working in the garden seeing a ...

Just Diagnosed with AMD 
I needed new glasses and at the same time I had an optomat(?) exam of my eyes and learned this month (Nov 2010) I had age related dry macular degeneration....

Macular Degeneration- Connection with the Liver 
Hi,

My name is Barb. I am 58 years old and live in Australia.

In August, 2009, I went for a a routine eye examination by an optometrist, who informed ...

Macular Dystrophy at 31 Years Old 
Hello everyone, my name is Daniel.

I first notice that something was wrong about 2.5 years ago, when going surfing I notice that if I looked into the ...

I'm Too Young -  
This started in 2003 with distortion in the left eye. I was told it was not macular degeneration but a burn. I guess it's rare enough for someone born ...

AGE 49, EARLY ONSET AMD AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE  
I am 49 and currently legally blind (20/200) in my right eye due to chronic macular edema.

I was a very high myope from birth (-12) in both eyes. I ...

Macular Degeneration + Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy 
I am from Brazil, 40 yo, male, blue eyes, my grand-grandparents were from Germany and Portugal;

20/35 on right eye and 20/30 on left eye.

I became ...

AMD diagnosed at the age of 36 
I am currently a 44 year old female that was diagnosed around 8 years ago with AMD. My last appointment revealed that I had an "impressive amount of drusen"...

New Journey with Wet AMD 
Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Wet AMD. I was having cataracts removed at the time.

I went to see a retina specialist and he said I had bleeding ...

Early Onset AMD, Wet Type. 
Hello,

I am a 46 y.o. physician, in otherwise excellent health. I have blue eyes, and I am of Northern European descent. My father and paternal Grandmother ...

Dry Macular Degeneration - Progression and Problems 
Dry Macular Degeneration - Patients Share their Stories

Alternative Treatment for Dry Macular Degeneration 
At age 75, in May of 2009, I was dignosed with AMD in my right eye. My eye doctor showed me a scan that indicated a thinning of the macula and a distortion ...

Wet AMD first, at age 27, now Dry AMD at age 48 
I noticed immediately, at age 27, that there was an issue with my sight, I just couldn't figure what had happened and was constantly polishing my glasses....

Maria with Stargardt Macular Degeneration 
My name is Maria, 1984 year of birth (24 y.o.), born in Russia, now living in Canada.

Well, I was diagnosed with the Stardgardt's macular degeneration ...

Macular Degeneration Diagnosis Subjectivity, My Diet 
I am 58 years old and have dry macular degeneration . I still see just fine if I use both eyes. If I close either eye I start seeing distortions.

I'...

Do I really have Macular Degeneration? 
I went to the optometrist a few days ago. I could tell the exam wasn't going as usual.

The left eye was blurry and wasn't being corrected with changing ...

Only 43 with Intermediate Dry Macular Degeneration 
Well, just went in for a typical eye exam. The picture of my right eye looked almost identical to the poster on the wall of macular degeneration.

My ...

I Have Macular Degeneration Too Now - I'm Devastated 
I've recently been told that I have macular degeneration starting in my right eye. I'm 48 years old.

I have had 6 detached retina surgeries on both ...

Life with Wet AMD 
I experienced the onset of this disease much earlier than most people. I had my first diagnosis at 43. It started with distorted and wavy vision.

I ...

More Than 3 Years of Lucentis Injections 
Dry macular degeneration was detected in March 2007 in my right eye only. While the right eye was still dry, wet macular degeneration was detected in my ...

Myopic Macular Degeneration 
I was born short-sighted (-5.0). Never much of a problem, I needed glasses whilst young and wore contact lenses when in my teens. I never thought about ...

My experience with Occult CNV / Wet AMD 
Three months ago I woke up with blurry vision in my right eye. It took 3 weeks to get an appt. with my eye doctor.

He then wanted me to put drops in ...

Dry Macular Degeneration - Newly Diagnosed Patients Share 
Dry Macular Degeneration - Things you should know if you have just been diagnosed.

During the Storm a Rainbow 
Photographer with wet macular degeneration finds hope

A CPA with Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I am a Certified Public Accountant, and while serving on the Board of Directors of a publicly owned commercial bank, discovered I had dry macular degeneration ...

Librarians Need to Read Well, Too.  Not rated yet
I lost my left eye to melanoma when I was 35. I learned rather quickly what I could and could not do in spite of my loss. When my doctor saw signs of ...

Wet AMD - An EARLY diagnosis and treatment - (Successful so far)  Not rated yet
I am 71 years old, male and live in Christchurch, New Zealand, where we have experienced around 8000 earthquakes and after shock events over the last 14 ...

My Journey with Dry Macular Degneration  Not rated yet
I am the first one in my family known to have this retinal disease. It has been three ears since I was first diagnosed with age related macular degeneration ...

Accepting a Bad Diagnosis - Dry Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
Nineteen months ago my "prominent ophthalmologist" finally accepted my complaints of being bothered by bright light. At my regular check up before the ...

Not me, I'm too Young to have Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
At the age of 50, I was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration in both eyes.

I didn't know anything about MD, and since my vision at that time ...

Dry Macular Degeneration at 46  Not rated yet
I recently had an eye test and was referred to a local eye hospital where I had a eye scan. I was told that I have dry macular degeneration .

I am ...

Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma - a Patient's Perspective  Not rated yet
Macular Degeneration - Patient's Write about Their Journey

Director of the Center for Visually Impaired Adults in Placer Co., CA  Not rated yet
I have been the director, as a volunteer, for the Center for Visually Impaired Adults for the past two years. The majority of the seniors that we serve ...

The Double Whammy!  Not rated yet
I have not officially been diagnosed with this disease yet, but my 89 yr. old mother has it very severely, (for the past 20 yrs or so) as have each of ...

A MIRACLE STORY - A HAPPY ENDING  Not rated yet
Three years ago I was told by a macular specialist at a very respected hospital that I had severe Macular Degeneration. It was the dry type.

I ...

A Place for Hope  Not rated yet
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 ...

My Journey with Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
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 ...

My Journey of Indecision with Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
While this could be considered my story with macular degeneration, it truly is more about the inconsistency in the medical profession, as well as their ...

What a suprise at a loss I took for granted  Not rated yet
Ok time for the part where in I nag ya'all to get your eyes checked!!!I wanted to share with you all what I see in my daily life - not for pity BUT to ...

Myopic Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I have been myopic nearly my whole life. I started wearing glasses in the first grade and have had to upgrade my prescription nearly every year.

I ...

"I am only getting old"  Not rated yet
Dear Leslie and everybody else,

During the last year I have spent quite a lot of time reading your stories and information on this webside and found ...

My Experience with Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I had a sudden orange patch in my right eye in September 2010. I waited over a week before I called my husband's eye doctor.

After examining me, and ...

My Journey To Date with Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
It has been a year and a half since I woke up one morning - looked in the mirror that morning and realized I could see nothing at all but black in my left ...

Wet Macular Degeneration Treatment and Me  Not rated yet

I first had wet macular degeneration in my left eye six years ago and was treated with Visudyne and laser

Unfortunately, the treatment ...

My Macular Degeneration Adventure  Not rated yet
It all started on 11/7/2002 when a routine eye exam showed the early signs of macular degeneration. The eye doctor said not to be too concerned yet as ...

Our Dry Macular Degeneration Experience  Not rated yet
Seven years ago at the age of 70 my husband had a macular hole operation but, as we had been warned, the macular hole repaired and the degeneration didn’...

My Macular Degeneration War  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed in May 2011 with dry macular degeneration in one eye and wet macular degeneration in the other eye. Can you imagine my shock? I was only ...

Wet Macular Degeneration - OK for Now  Not rated yet
About 11 years ago the drusen were spotted with dire predictions. Two doctors later, I pressed for an estimate and one doctor said "two or three years....

Age Related Macular Degeneration--Dry to Wet in 18 Months  Not rated yet
It was Sept. of '07 when my dry macular was diagnosed. I had just turned 67 and it was not the news I wanted to hear.

I took all the preventive measures-...

MARY ANN, MY SWEET FRIEND   Not rated yet
I have a dear friend who is only 71. Mary Ann has Macular Degeneration. WebRN-Macular Degeberation.com is a very important web site that keeps us all ...

So Far, So Good? Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
Four years ago, my retinologist in Charlotte, NC, gave me the bad news: I have wet macular degeneration .

I had no idea of the implications, but ...

Central Scintillating Scotoma  Not rated yet
While I have not been diagnosed as yet, with macular degeneration I do have bilateral scintillating central scotoma as well as diabetic retinopathy ...

Still New - Newly Diagnosed with Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
It must run in the family...many members of my family have had or still have macular degeneration. I have just been diagnosed with macular degeneration ...

Macular Dystrophy - A Mother's Efforts...We Can Only Try  Not rated yet
My 40 year old husband and 10 year old son were both diagnosed with macular disease at the ages of 8.

For a wife and mother, this is something very ...

MY STORY WITH WET AND DRY MACULAR DEGENERATION  Not rated yet
When I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration I did not even know what the word meant. My ophthalmologist did not explain to me about macular degeneration ...

Macular Degeneration and the People We Live With, Our Friends  Not rated yet
Fortunately, neither my wife nor I have macular degeneration. (I have a vision problem, but it is from a detached retina situation many years ago that ...

My Own Story of Living with Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
In 2004, at age 60, my wife and I had gone to Florida to sell roofing to those who had lost their roofs to hurricane Ivan.

While we were there, I ...

My Mother's Life with Wet Macular Degeneration and How I Am Preparing  Not rated yet
My mother was 72 when she first experienced the horror of age related macular degeneration (AMD).

At that time, about 15, years ago, treatments involved ...

Dry Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration two years ago. I was devastated. I have 6 certificates in art and design, and I haven't painted or drawn ...

Dry Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I am 63. About 18 months ago, I was told I had mild macular degeneration.

Since then, I have been taking Bausch and Lomb Preservision daily and getting ...

Learning Fast - Early Stages of Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
February 2011 I suddenly became very blurred in the right eye with double vision whilst driving!

I managed to get an appointment within the hour at ...

Dry Macular Degeneration - Macular Drusen, Symptoms and Progression 
Dry Macular Degeneration - Be Inspired by Stories from Patients

32 yr old Energetic Artist - Myopic Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
Well, let's start off with my life. I've never taken my eyes for granted, enjoying every beautiful sight there is to see on a daily basis.

Six years ...

My Challenge - Wet Macular Degeneration  Not rated yet
I am a doctor of Medicine,Consultant Physician in Chest Diseases practicing in New Delhi India.

My age is 66 yrs. I was diagnosed as a case of wet ...

At Risk for Macular Degeneration : Looking Out  Not rated yet
I have friends who have macular degeneration and I am at risk.

I print all the information provided by Leslie Degner RN, BSN as I want to keep as ...

Macular Degeneration, Exercise and Diet  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed three years ago with excess drusen .

This was followed two years later with a diagnosis of dry macular degeneration .

About ...

Wet Macular Degeneration for the Second Go-Around  Not rated yet
A year ago in May I was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in my right eye.

Symptoms were mainly an area above my central vision that was distorted,...

Left Eye Finally Gave up  Not rated yet
The short version of this story is that after ten years of being dry, my left eye went wet and had further leaking after oufr injections of Avastin. As ...

Wet Macular Degeneration - Both eyes down...  Not rated yet
This is the Reader's Digest version. In June of 2005, I had "the" problem in my left eye. The ophthamologist that I saw said it looked like a welder ...

Smoking and Living in the Valley of the Sun Damaged My Eyes  Not rated yet
I was about 60 when I quit smoking one and a half packs a day for 43 years. My ophthamoligist said if I didn't quit at once I would lose my vision.

The ...

Never Fear Requesting a Second Opinion  Not rated yet
I went for my usual routine annual eye examination as I had done for years at age 70.

I had previously seen dark spots in my central vision when in ...

Wet AMD - My World Fell Apart  Not rated yet
I have always been short sighted and 3 years ago had cataract operations in both eyes.

I was so happy that for the first time in nearly 60 years I ...