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Coping with the fear

Just found this site and thought I would sign up and get acquainted with it. Glad it's here, although I'm hesitant to read much as my nerves can't handle much...

Just found this site and thought I would sign up and get acquainted with it. Gla...

•7 years ago

Anyone else in WA, in the States?

I cannot find an AMD society here in Washington State. Do we have one?

I cannot find an AMD society here in Washington State. Do we have one?

•7 years ago

Treatment differences for myopic macular degeneration by MDs

Hi I have been diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration. After 18 months of monthly injections my doctor left and I had to go to another. The new doctor...

Hi I have been diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration. After 18 months of m...

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•7 years ago

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macushield

What is the difference if any between macushield and macushielc gold

What is the difference if any between macushield and macushielc gold

•7 years ago

Ignorance

Hello, I have DRY AMD, I was diagnosed last year and still find it very frightening! I have tried to do my own research and every where I come across the same...

Hello, I have DRY AMD, I was diagnosed last year and still find it very frighten...

•7 years ago

Lucia

I had a bad reaction in my last injection a month ago. I just started to get an injection in my right eye. (Had been getting monthly shots in my left eye for...

I had a bad reaction in my last injection a month ago. I just started to get an...

•7 years ago

advice concerning virtual clinics.

Hi everyone and thank you for letting me join yr group.I have just read purpoints post on the virtual clinic.I too have the same problem.I have been for my eye...

Hi everyone and thank you for letting me join yr group.I have just read purpoint...

•7 years ago

Conjunctival retention cysts

Hi there I went for my injection yesterday and have retention cysts on the eye that needed an injection. It is my only useable eye so it was really annoying. I...

Hi there I went for my injection yesterday and have retention cysts on the eye t...

•7 years ago

Update ozurdex implant 2

Had 2nd implant Tuesday. Different dr, she put this one in up in the NorthNorthEeast part of my eye. It was a bit painful going in, but then the Lucentis...

Had 2nd implant Tuesday. Different dr, she put this one in up in the NorthNorthE...

•7 years ago

Dermatitis

Very soon having an eye injection for wet eye I came out in a terrible almost bruised looking dermatitis around that eye, it then spread over my face . I still...

Very soon having an eye injection for wet eye I came out in a terrible almost br...

•7 years ago

97 years old, both eyes

I am writing for my 97 year old mother. She was diagnosed with wet MD about five years ago. Just one eye but now both. She gets an 8 weekly app at Ipswich...

I am writing for my 97 year old mother. She was diagnosed with wet MD about fiv...

•7 years ago

4th Eyelea injection

Fourth Eyelea injection today, I did better reading the eye chart and thank goodness the fluid has started to move apparently, the nurses were so lovely. The...

Fourth Eyelea injection today, I did better reading the eye chart and thank good...

•7 years ago

why can nobody be bothered to answer the phone

why does nobody answer the telephone in kettering x-ray department ? ( I am sure the respond to any union calls ) neither my g p or myself can get a answer.do...

why does nobody answer the telephone in kettering x-ray department ? ( I am sure...

•7 years ago

Eyelea injections

Does anyone know when you should start to see an improvement with eyelea injections for cnv

Does anyone know when you should start to see an improvement with eyelea injecti...

•7 years ago

Cnv

Just been diagnosed with cnv and was wondering if anyone knows if taking cod liver oil will be beneficial

Just been diagnosed with cnv and was wondering if anyone knows if taking cod liv...

•7 years ago

Steroid eye implant

I have been insulin dependent diabetic for nearly 35 years. Had loads of laser and eye injections. Had my first steroid Implant three weeks ago. Go for check...

I have been insulin dependent diabetic for nearly 35 years. Had loads of laser ...

•7 years ago

fear of infection after antivegf

I am very much afraid of infection and loosing my sight...how do you deal with this fear?

I am very much afraid of infection and loosing my sight...how do you deal with t...

•7 years ago

Wet AMD Advice needed

After receiving 3 avastin injection by NHS in my left eye my sight has been stabilised for 3 months and did improve but my vision is still quite blurry. My...

After receiving 3 avastin injection by NHS in my left eye my sight has been stab...

•7 years ago

macular scar

Hi son have aged 10 years and found macular scar in left since august 2017 and doctor replied that their is not treatment of macular scar in the world. Kindly...

Hi son have aged 10 years and found macular scar in left since august 2017 and d...

•7 years ago

Eylia injection and blurr vision.

Hello everyone. I had CRVO in May 2017 and my Doctor gave me eylia injection. The vidion has improved considerably after 3 injections given every 6 weeks. When...

Hello everyone. I had CRVO in May 2017 and my Doctor gave me eylia injection. Th...

•7 years ago

Newbie - Punctate inner choroidopathy, high myopia and CNVM

Hi everybody - I just wanted to introduce myself - I'm Laura 39 ... I have been diagnosed with PIC as well as CNVM haemorrhage's since December 16, I was...

Hi everybody - I just wanted to introduce myself - I'm Laura 39 ... I have been...

•7 years ago

Update on 12 week post ozurdex implant.

Hi all, well yet again I'm bucking the odds. After a good result at wk 8 Oedema is now back, IOP is reduced though (after 2wks no timolol drops). Yes, it's...

Hi all, well yet again I'm bucking the odds. After a good result at wk 8 Oedema ...

•7 years ago

Retinal Vein Occlusion

I was diagnosed just over 1 year ago with RVO. Im having lucentas injections that do stop the leak for a short time, then it starts leaking again, so another...

I was diagnosed just over 1 year ago with RVO. Im having lucentas injections tha...

•7 years ago

#TalkAboutCharlesBonnet

We have launched a campaign to raise awareness of visual hallucinations caused by sight loss, known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome. We are always keen to highlight...

We have launched a campaign to raise awareness of visual hallucinations caused b...

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Terrified before third eyelear injection

My third eyelear injection is scheduled for Thursday and I am already a bag of nerves. Its not the actual injection itself (although this is painful its very...

My third eyelear injection is scheduled for Thursday and I am already a bag of n...

•7 years ago

Infection after Eylea

Had my 3rd eylea injection Friday...on Sunday notice my eye tearing....Monday the pain was more than I could bear.. went to my Dr and he sent me to an eye...

Had my 3rd eylea injection Friday...on Sunday notice my eye tearing....Monday th...

•7 years ago

Delay with Hospital appointments

Are Hospitals obliged to provide appointments for lucentis injections within a specified time. Mother attended usual check up on 21st September 2017 when she...

Are Hospitals obliged to provide appointments for lucentis injections within a s...

•7 years ago

CSR eye issue

Iam a 54 year old women who has CSR Central Serouse Retinopathy, I am not a diabetic nor am I stressed, I don't take steroids and have had this condition for...

Iam a 54 year old women who has CSR Central Serouse Retinopathy, I am not a diab...

•7 years ago

Everything will be ok, accept your symptoms and live your life

Hello, I want to share my experience of Retinal Vein Occlusion. I was diagnosed with this 3 years ago, realizing that had blurred vision in my left eye. Since...

Hello, I want to share my experience of Retinal Vein Occlusion. I was diagnosed ...

•7 years ago

Concerns about foggy vision in one eye.

I have dry AMD in both eyes, according to Specksavers. My right eye seems fine at the moment but things through my left eye seem blurred, as if my spectacles...

I have dry AMD in both eyes, according to Specksavers. My right eye seems fine a...

•7 years ago

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