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Webinar: Costs and benefits of wearable low vision aids

There are so many low vision aids (LVAs) on the market, making it difficult to know which one is right for you. But what really works? And which devices offer...

There are so many low vision aids (LVAs) on the market, making it difficult to k...

Carol_MacularSociety

Partner•18 minutes ago

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Driving License

HI, has anyone just renewed a driving license, or is about to. my is about to be renewed I have informed the DVLA that I have Macular Degeneration, I haven't...

HI, has anyone just renewed a driving license, or is about to. my is about to be...

•2 days ago

Blaisebabe

My father became blind with Macular Degeneration of the Retina and I have small spots of dry degeneration in both eyes. Also like my mother I have Glaucoma...

My father became blind with Macular Degeneration of the Retina and I have small ...

•2 days ago

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eyelid twitching

I’ve has this for about 10 days in one eye. anybody have any suggestions as to how to get rid of it

I’ve has this for about 10 days in one eye. anybody have any suggestions as to ...

Mariannecambodia

•3 days ago

Eylea - increased dose to 8 mg.

Hello everyone - I was diagnosed 7 - 8 years ago with wet macular degeneration. This has been controlled very well over the years with Eylea injections...

Hello everyone - I was diagnosed 7 - 8 years ago with wet macular degeneration. ...

•13 days ago

QPI 1007

Anyone heard of this for eye stroke vision improvement and if so where to get?

Anyone heard of this for eye stroke vision improvement and if so where to get?

•13 days ago

Webinar: New approved treatment for wet AMD

Lytenava (bevacizumab gamma), is the first licensed version of Avastin for wet age-related macular degeneration. The treatment was approved by the National...

Lytenava (bevacizumab gamma), is the first licensed version of Avastin for wet a...

Carol_MacularSociety

Partner•21 days ago

Avastin shotd after eye stroke

Anyone had same situation.? If so...Any vision improvement after shots?

Anyone had same situation.? If so...Any vision improvement after shots?

•21 days ago

Eye burns randomly for the last week several times a day. Had previous eye stroke 2 months ago. Is it another stroke?

Could it just be dry eye?

Could it just be dry eye?

•25 days ago

Macular Society

I have been having intraocular inyections for macular degeneration for the past 18 months. I live in Scotland

I have been having intraocular inyections for macular degeneration for the past...

•28 days ago

Seeing better w/ lowering readers strength

Had AMD for 3 + years and have Avastin eye injections in 1 eye every 4-6 weeks. Overall I have made improvement with little side effects. As of today I have...

Had AMD for 3 + years and have Avastin eye injections in 1 eye every 4-6 weeks. ...

•28 days ago

Cobweb floater after eye stroke

Had an retinal and arterial vein occlusion which resulted in distorted vision in one eye being a cobweb like result. Was given eye injection of avastin but...

Had an retinal and arterial vein occlusion which resulted in distorted vision in...

•1 month ago

scarring?

hi, does anyone have scarring and see black/dark grey blobs where damage has been done? And also has it ever expanded for you? ophthalmologist is saying no...

hi, does anyone have scarring and see black/dark grey blobs where damage has bee...

•1 month ago

wet eye macular disease can it be cured

Hi everyone, I’ve been having problems with my left eye for a few weeks now, seen the optician and she’s refured me to the hospital to see the eye specialist...

Hi everyone, I’ve been having problems with my left eye for a few weeks now, see...

•1 month ago

feeling frightened- cnvm/csr?

hello, I’ve been floating on this website since May last year as I noticed a blurred spot in my right eye, which initially the ophthalmologist department...

hello, I’ve been floating on this website since May last year as I noticed a blu...

•1 month ago

Cobweb floater

Hi, has anyone else experienced a cobweb-like floater ? I noticed a few connected dots floating in my vision last night, and today these have developed into a...

Hi, has anyone else experienced a cobweb-like floater ? I noticed a few connecte...

•2 months ago

Had Macular hole surgery December 2024

Hi, I was diagnosed with a full thickness macular hole in my right eye, November 2024, had surgery December 31st 2024, they inserted a gas bubble, they also...

Hi, I was diagnosed with a full thickness macular hole in my right eye, Novembe...

•2 months ago

Zinc Question

I have just been reading some posts on forums that suggest that taking Zinc can actually make AMD worse in some individuals. I take Areds 2 that contain...

I have just been reading some posts on forums that suggest that taking Zinc can ...

•2 months ago

Eylea injections 3 weeks apart - Any experience?

Hello, Has anybody ever received an Eylea injection 3 weeks following the previous one? Any experience with this reduced gap? I am not a doctor but the...

Hello, Has anybody ever received an Eylea injection 3 weeks following the prev...

•2 months ago

Webinar: Update in treatments for macular degeneration and what to expect in 2025

Join us for our January webinar to learn about new and emerging treatments for macular degeneration. Professor Richard Gale will be covering all the exciting...

Join us for our January webinar to learn about new and emerging treatments for m...

Carol_MacularSociety

Partner•2 months ago

Humira to treat myopic cnv

I just visited with a uveitis specialist, and she recommended Humira (a non-steroid treatment for inflammation and potential autoimmune disease) as treatment...

I just visited with a uveitis specialist, and she recommended Humira (a non-ster...

•2 months ago

Did anyone else get an itching rash after receiving Eylea HD?

My AMD was treated first with Avastin injections but had a rare reaction and was changed to Eylea HD. Now I have a rash that has spread with severe itch....

My AMD was treated first with Avastin injections but had a rare reaction and was...

•2 months ago

Inflammation causing myopic cnv

Does anyone have research or information that relates inflammation with myopic Cnv?

Does anyone have research or information that relates inflammation with myopic C...

•2 months ago

Valeda light therapy

has anyone tried valeda light therapy for dry macular degeneration. I have wet macular in my left eye and very limited sight following a sub macular haemerage...

has anyone tried valeda light therapy for dry macular degeneration. I have wet m...

•2 months ago

Eye stroke with previous cataract

I have a cataract that i was told was not ready to have fixed yet that was blurry vision then 2 days later had eye stroke same eye. Vision is like looking...

I have a cataract that i was told was not ready to have fixed yet that was blurr...

•2 months ago

Please read my story. I am desperate.

So background I have had issues since December 2019 when I first developed CNV and I was given Avastin to help. I received an indifferential dx of PIC/POHS at...

So background I have had issues since December 2019 when I first developed CNV a...

prudentfactor37

•2 months ago

Large floater after first Vabysmo injection

After my first Vabysmo injection, I got a very large floater 10 days later which is just making what little vision I have even worse. Doc said was not a...

After my first Vabysmo injection, I got a very large floater 10 days later which...

•2 months ago

Eylea injections and joint pain

I have had 5 eylea injections in my right eye for wet amd. Everytime I have an injection, I begin experiencing joint pain, body wide, swelling of the ankles...

I have had 5 eylea injections in my right eye for wet amd. Everytime I have an ...

•2 months ago

Two spots within 10 days with myopic cnv

Hey. Has anyone experienced getting another "spot" 10 days after getting an eyelea injection in the same eye? I thought the medicine stays in the eye for a...

Hey. Has anyone experienced getting another "spot" 10 days after getting an eyel...

•2 months ago

Accupuncture after eye injection

Anyone had any vision improvement after eye injection and accupuncture?

Anyone had any vision improvement after eye injection and accupuncture?

•2 months ago

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