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Get Your Cataracts Treated - Part 4

Here is the Cataract Contrast test sheet. If you find that the image is of too low resolution please send me a PM and I'll send you a full resolution copy....

Here is the Cataract Contrast test sheet. If you find that the image is of too ...

•2 days ago

Get Your Cataracts Treated - Part 3

Here are the instructions for use of the Cataract Contrast Test. The Test itself is in Part 4 of this series.

Here are the instructions for use of the Cataract Contrast Test. The Test itsel...

•2 days ago

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Get Your Cataracts Treated - Part 2

Please read my earlier "Get Your Cataracts Treated" post first and, if it sounds as if you may be having a similar experience, you can use a simple test to see...

Please read my earlier "Get Your Cataracts Treated" post first and, if it sounds...

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Get Your Cataracts Treated!

Age-Related Macular Degeneration sufferers experience a gradual deterioration in their sight due to changes in the macular. Most sufferers are, of a certain...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration sufferers experience a gradual deterioration in...

•2 days ago

eye pressure

I have Eyelea injections for wet AMD in my left eye. At my last two checkups at a month apart I was told there was concern as the eye pressure was high. I...

I have Eyelea injections for wet AMD in my left eye. At my last two checkups at...

•4 days ago

Faricimab injections and exercise

I’ve just been diagnosed with wet AMD R eye - my long sighted eye I used to use for driving - sadly no more - and dry AMD L eye (shortsighted) After each...

I’ve just been diagnosed with wet AMD R eye - my long sighted eye I used to use...

•5 days ago

swollen corneas?

Last time I was at my retinal specialist, she said my wet MD was stable and I didn't need any more shots. Huh? I've been getting them for years, and my...

Last time I was at my retinal specialist, she said my wet MD was stable and I di...

•6 days ago

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Adult disability payment for CRVO

Hello 👋🏻 I’m not looking for any in-depth information but wondered if anyone has applied and awarded ADP (the PIP equivalent in Scotland), for CRVO and...

Hello 👋🏻 I’m not looking for any in-depth information but wondered if anyon...

•6 days ago

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Black disc in vision after injection

Hi, I had my 2nd injection yesterday & have a large ish black round disc in my vision. It moves with my eye & it looks as though it’s a few inches outside of...

Hi, I had my 2nd injection yesterday & have a large ish black round disc in my v...

•7 days ago

New to macular hole

Told I have macular hole last week - waiting to see hospital - what is the advice please

Told I have macular hole last week - waiting to see hospital - what is the advic...

•8 days ago

Eye surgery

my doctor told me he wants to do surgery on my eye to straighten out a crease on the retina membrane. At the same time he said he will do a procedure that...

my doctor told me he wants to do surgery on my eye to straighten out a crease on...

•17 days ago

Injections after heart attach

I had a heart attack 4 days ago. I saw my GP yesterday and she said I should not have any type of injections for 3 months. I found one article that says you...

I had a heart attack 4 days ago. I saw my GP yesterday and she said I should not...

•19 days ago

Webinar: What is an ECLO and how can they support you?

For our second webinar of the month we will be joined by Ruth Rhydderch, an ECLO at the University Hospital of Wales. She will be joining us to discuss more...

For our second webinar of the month we will be joined by Ruth Rhydderch, an ECLO...

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Webinar: Exploring Valeda light therapy for AMD

We will be delving into the science behind Valeda light therapy for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this session, we’ll be joined...

We will be delving into the science behind Valeda light therapy for treating age...

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Eye drops

Hello, I would like your advice regarding eye drops. I am very myopic and also have cataracts. I use hyabak often throughout the day but my eyes still feel dry...

Hello, I would like your advice regarding eye drops. I am very myopic and also h...

•1 month ago

Had my eye hospital appointment and it’s Vitelliform lesions

Hi all, I posted previously about seeing distortion in the Amsler grid during a routine eye test. Thank you for your advice and responses, I had to wait 6...

Hi all, I posted previously about seeing distortion in the Amsler grid during a...

•1 month ago

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Eye make up

Hi again, my second post. I had both cataracts done end of last year and beginning of this year. I have dry macula in left eye and wet in right, I had my first...

Hi again, my second post. I had both cataracts done end of last year and beginni...

•2 months ago

Webinar: Ask the eye care professionals

For our first webinar of the month we will be welcoming an ophthalmologist and an optometrist, who will discuss their roles in more detail and how they can...

For our first webinar of the month we will be welcoming an ophthalmologist and a...

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Webinar: Is it possible to slow myopia progression in childhood and adolescence?

Dr Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, who is director of the children's service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, will be joining our second webinar of the month to talk about...

Dr Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, who is director of the children's service at Moorfiel...

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Diabetic and Eye Damage

I have been insulin dependant diabetic for 40 years, which has been the cause of my eye conditions. I was one of the first patients my consultant gave eye...

I have been insulin dependant diabetic for 40 years, which has been the cause of...

•2 months ago

Webinar:Do magnifying intraocular lenses work for people with macular disease?

Magnifying lenses, which are implanted are available to help those with macular disease see better. But, no trials have been done to prove how useful they are...

Magnifying lenses, which are implanted are available to help those with macular ...

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distortion on Amsler grid

Hi, I’m 44 years old and developed eye pain a couple of weeks ago, it was pretty intense and mostly in the outer corner of my left eye though a little in my...

Hi, I’m 44 years old and developed eye pain a couple of weeks ago, it was prett...

•2 months ago

eylea injections

Hi everyone. I have the eyelea injections in both eyes, it is often painful for 3-4 days after and i always have bloodshot eyes. My question is, when...

Hi everyone. I have the eyelea injections in both eyes, it is often painful ...

•3 months ago

blood in eye after injection

has anyone had a bloody eye after a week after an eye injection

has anyone had a bloody eye after a week after an eye injection

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•3 months ago

injections

just curious as to how many years all of you have been getting injections. Has anyone been getting injections longer then 4years

just curious as to how many years all of you have been getting injections. Has a...

•3 months ago

Thanks for letting me join

I found out today I have to have injections into my right eye for macular, left eye is dry macular. not sure what’s happening on that one, I’m absolutely...

I found out today I have to have injections into my right eye for macular, left...

•3 months ago

Diabetic Macular Ischemia

hi all just wondering if anyone has had ischemia in their good eye it looks like that is what I have had for a while but now it’s much worse and just wondered...

hi all just wondering if anyone has had ischemia in their good eye it looks like...

•3 months ago

Vabysmo or Eylea

Hi All, I need an urgent advice from the experts here. My father's dry amd has recently progressed to wet and we have been advised to get an Anti VEGF...

Hi All, I need an urgent advice from the experts here. My father's dry amd has...

•3 months ago

Raised platelets and Eylea injections question for moderators or anyone with special knowledge

I suffer from a rare type of blood cancer in which my platelets are too high. They have been controlled during the last three years but recently have risen...

I suffer from a rare type of blood cancer in which my platelets are too high. ...

•3 months ago

Webinar: Trains, planes and automobiles

For most, taking public transport is done without much thought or stress. But, sight loss can have a huge impact on the relative ease with which most people...

For most, taking public transport is done without much thought or stress. But, s...

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