AMD in Merseyside / Bootle area

[folkmusicilike]

I’m thinking about moving from London to the Merseyside / Bootle area. I have treatment in my local London teaching hospital for AMD and corneal dystrophy, and I’m allergic to iodine. I’ve had so many injections to both eyes I’ve lost count, but it’s been approx. 5 years of treatment. It’s been difficult and I’ve had to battle to be heard about pain and blurred vision along the way. I am grateful because I have retained my sight, but it is a brutal regime.

I wonder if anyone can share their experiences in the Merseyside / Bootle area to help me get over my fears about the potential changes in my treatment? It’s making me doubt the possibility of change which I desperately need.

[Caradog29]

Hi, I don’t know whether you will be treated in the St. Paul’s unit of the royal Liverpool but I’m from South Wales and have just been treated there for ocular melanoma. They were brilliant and their reputation is one of the best in the country. So if you end up there you’ll have no worries at all.

[folkmusicilike in reply to Caradog29]

Thanks for your response. That’s reassuring (although I don’t know where I would be sent for treatment) Hope you’re recovering well.

[Polly221pj in reply to folkmusicilike]

St Paul's is the main eye hospital. I imagine it will be the one your sent to.

[folkmusicilike in reply to Polly221pj]

Thanks. Good to know. I’ll look up where it is.