Part of the black spot in the morning club

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hi. maybe a few months after having had 40 laser zaps in left eye and 70 in right eye a year after silicone lenses which were implanted during cataract surgery the year previously grew epithelial cells

I began to see a big jagged edged dense black spot when I woke up. Only lasted ten seconds. Now it goes on for awhile unless i get right out in sunlight. Ophthalmologist says its dry macular degeneration from drusen in retinas which have "moved" in the past year. Seeing a retina specialist next month. What say you anybody? Im almost 82. This morning it was much smaller.

[3Edcstd268]

Yes - you write "I began to see a big jagged edged dense black spot when I woke up. Only lasted ten seconds." I am the same, and inquired, but got no answer. It's nearly two years since injections stopped, in both eyes. I'm 90, and have an eye test at Boots in a fortnight, and will try to get an answer then. - John M

[StellaBlack in reply to 3Edcstd268]

Hello John M

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For the past two or three mornings the black spot has diminished to a much smaller spot . The second morning it was a very small crescent shaped spot. This morning it was hardly visible.

[hairclip in reply to 3Edcstd268]

I'm having trouble figuring out how to work this site. Sorry. For the past three mornings the black spot has diminished to a much smaller spot; the second morning it was a small crescent. This morning I don't think I saw it at all. I did travel from the desert here in Palm Springs where it is really dry to Alta Dena, closer to the Pacific Coast and slightly higher altitude -less than a hundred miles from here and stayed with my younger daughter's family for around 10 days. The day after arriving there I saw my eye Doctor in Los Angeles who said it was dry macular degeneration. It seemed to be a bigger spot after I had my eyes examined there. Back in the desert ten days later at first the large spot lasted much longer than usual, maybe five minutes or more until I got out into full sun, for around a week but now it has diminished first to a small oval spot, then to a smaller crescent, now all I remember when I opened my eyes this morning is the sun glaring through the blinds with a reddish flash and a small black spot when I tried to read the thermostat which disappeared immediately. Have your spots changed at all and do they change when you travel?