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The Story of my Diagnosis of Wet Macular Degeneration

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Mar 10 1:27pm | Replies (16)
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@lioness71

Thank you for your commiseration.

But I must ask...are you saying the DRY kind can also cause blindness??
I had no idea. I. thought only the bleeding kind (wet) killed the macular cells (hence central vision).

Or did your friend also have the wet kind? Is she getting injections? How long has your friend had. AMD (so far as she knows)? How was she diagnosed?

A very happy Thanksgiving to you too!!

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Kathryn M. Carroll | @kathrynmc | Nov 15, 2021

I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration (Dry) 14 years ago, I go to my Ophthalmologist yearly, and I have seen very little progression with my Macular Degeneration, Thankfully. I have been taking eye vitamin supplements with Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Astaxanthin since my diagnosis. No way to prove that it has helped stop the progression, but I will keep taking them. Can’t hurt. I am 72 years old. And yes I believe you can go blind from Dry, since my Grandmother and my Father did.
Kathryn

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lioness | @lioness | Nov 15, 2021

@realitytest Yes she only has the dry and you can go blind from this also. I'm on eye vitamins that have lutein and zeaxnathin Her vision started to deteriorate about 4 years ago now she can hardly see anything mostly very blurred So I go up to read to her we both love books mysteries I'm from western PA now in Calif.What part of Pa?

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