New diagnosis of wet AMD

This Tuesday will be injection 83 in my right eye. They definitely save your sight. However, the injection brought on high eye pressure which they are calling glaucoma so I can get eye drops for that condition. It took 8 years before that condition appeared. Yes, get the shots!

Thanks for that. Any vision impairment? I seem to have a little blurring right in the middle of my field of vision, which makes reading in general and reading music in particular difficult, a problem for a musician. I'm not sure whether it is due to AMD or my recent cataract surgery, and whether it will clear up.

I was recently diagnosed with wet AMD in my left eye. Up to this point I had dry AMD in both eyes for about 10 years. Starting in Nov ‘25 I’ve had three Intravitreal injections (avastin) 30 days apart. Now I am in SW Florida for the winter months (I am a snowbird). My doctor made two referrals to retina centers in Naples FL area.

My last monthly injection was Jan 19, 2026. I cannot find a provider that can get me in for my next shot until March 10. That will be 2 months from my previous shot.

My question is - am I placing my wet AMD eye in jeopardy for getting worse? Will I be ok with a two month interval?

@jhnknndy75 - I would ask your doc at home. Might be worth a quick flight home to maintain the right schedule.

Keep doing the injections; they are the best medically proven way to preserve the vision in that eye.

I just read about a study where they used gene therapy to cause retinal cells to express anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) proteins and stop the growth of the abnormal leaky vessels. They have completed human trials for at least one of the studies so it's phase III research and they had good results. The implication is, once the treatment is perfected and approved, a single injection would halt the disease. That's probably still several years away due to the time required to clear regulatory hurdles, so in the meantime, keep getting the injections - better therapies are on the horizon.

Also on the horizon, though probably still 6-10 years away, are retinal stem cell implants to repair the damaged retina. They have also done trial on human patients for this therapy. So there's hope down the road that the disease process can not only be halted, but that visual losses can be restored.

@wetamdinark Thanks. At 82, that 6 - 10 year timeline may not be greatly beneficial for me, but good news for other sufferers.

Several years ago, I started with Avastin monthly without success. I was switched to Eylea which brought advancing symptoms under control. That allowed a decreasing injection schedule until the wet AMD was deemed stable two years ago. But every day, I stare carefully at the Amsler grid for new symptoms, while hoping for better, easier treatments, like fewer eye injections or maybe eyedrops!

From what I have read online among credible publications and seemingly credible searches, taking the AREDS2 formula might help slow AMD and protect the other eye if only one eye is affected. No negative side effects that I could find, except on your wallet. It may at least stabilize dry and perhaps wet AMD. The ophthalmologists and retinologist who have treated me have not discouraged me from taking it at 77.

Yeah, I've been on that for years, since I had dry AMD in my left eye. It progressed to wet in that eye, now I have wet in both. The joys of aging.