Has anyone here had EYELEA injections for macular degeneration?
11 years ago
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Dad has moved on already?!
Comments (48)csk1, I'm sorry about your mom. If anyone is interested in an update about my situation, here goes: I made it pretty clear to my dad that this woman is not a part of my family, and never will be. (She cheated with my dad while my mom was still alive (and encouraged him to leave her dying bedside to go see her! among other atrocious acts), I'm not sure if I updated this post to include that piece of 'lovely' info). Therefore, I don't feel bad in the slightest in saying that I will never meet her; she will not attend my wedding; she will not hold any of my future babies, she's a non-entity as far as I am concerned and I just plain ain't interested in entertaining the tart's existence. Period. Now, I'm not putting all the blame on her, as my dad is obviously a real piece of work too (an understatement!), but I have to be related to him. He accepted that, and never mentioned her to me anymore, and still doesn't. According to my brother (who lives in the same town), my dad has a couple of widower friends who have recently gotten positively taken to the cleaners in divorces from their "from the funeral home to the wedding chapel" brides--losing paid for family homes and large chunks of pensions in the process. My dad has apparently backed off this relationship considerably, and is no longer considering marriage of any type. Last christmas, I spent the holidays at my fiancee's house, and saw my dad at my brother's wedding (he got married Dec. 23). This Christmas, we will again spend the holidays with my fiancee's family, but I intend to invite dad, brother, and sister-in-law to MY home a few days prior to celebrate. My house, my rules, needless to say. I guess my situation is a bit different than most--my dad and his "lady" friend betrayed my mother prior to her death--so it's far easier and more justified for me to have the stance that I do. But I do know a few other people whose parents remarried, and the situation is helped by the parent not forcing the idea of an "insta-family" on the children. The life with the spouse is distinct from their life as an original family, and it is always 100% clear to everyone that the original spouse was truly beloved, and always will be. That's the best you can hope for....See MoreAnyone have Toric Lenses Implanted?
Comments (8)my sister and I both have very bad astigmatism along with our very high myopia, I have not had surgery yet but she has. She had been using the mini mono with her contact lenses so they went with that in her surgery and she absolutely hates it, so much so that if she had the money she would want it changed. But she is stuck with it. She said it is not at all like it was with her contacts which she was fine with. I personally won't go that route either since I never had contacts like that either I know it would be bad for me to try to adjust too. Some people have very good results with it, which is great. What ever you decide on hope you have a very successful surgery....See MoreAnyone with disc degeneration ?
Comments (10)Gosh I hate to be the "nay-sayer" here, but.....I strugled for 10 years with stenosis and ruptured disks and severe back pain. I cannot count the 'practices" I have tried...from chriopractor, acupuncture. that stretching machine and neurologists from Modesto Ca, to Oregon....all telling me that they could not rid me of any of my pain. Oh Pain Clinics too....horible, and epidurals...several. When my Balance became impaired and I went to a balance clinic...they alarmingly sent me to a spine clinic, fearing that the stenosis was begining to impact other functions (like bladder and balance) and immediately sent me to a spine surgeon at the Oregon Spine Clinic in Medford, where I met the most remarkable young surgeon (recently finished training in SF) who performed two separate surgeries over 3 days. First day going in from my side to take care of the disks, rest a day...then doing that lamenectomy (sp) where they usually put in pins and plates. Andy put in bone grafts....I was on my feet the very next day and had a spectacularly short recovery time with no limitations, to this day.It was so successful. I do not have the back pain that had nearly crippled me. My back still gets tired and I have not lost the weight I needed to lose ( that part is looking better today, as my knees and severe anemia are finally under control and we have started an exercise progam) I am 77 and feel today that I have been given back 10 years of my life. BTW I did have to develope kidney failure to get the anemia attended to, and I do get injections every two weeks.....kidney failure due to taking too many OTC pain medications. I think that the treatment for my anemia is how they are stabilizing my kidneys...and I am good so far. Sorry this is so long. I guess my message is that you should not give up trying to find "your" way. I am sure my guardian angel put Andy in my path just when my back really needed it....like an answer to a prayer. The same with the kidneys. I have had the aanemia for years with no answers or cure except for a bone marrow transplant....now those red blood cells are perking along famously....and I am so grateful....See MoreDesigning to accommodate macular degeneration?
Comments (9)I have a different eye condition, but I can tell you what's been helpful for me, as someone with very little vision left. I can't speak much to the issue of paint colors as that's never made a huge difference to me and it's my wife who chooses colors and decorates. I will say though that having the trim a different color than the walls is helpful. Most of our house has dark, unpainted wood trim and it's great, especially for outlining doorways. I know several others have mentioned the importance of contrast and I can say that, at least for me it's much more important than lighting. (Lighting is also easy to change if you find you need it.) Also more important than lighting is reducing glare. It's good to have surfaces that don't reflect a lot and light blocking shades you can use to cover the windows when necessary. We put in a light colored countertop which we thought would be better for contrast, but things like drinking glasses tend to get lost on it. I have found it's helpful to use a dark cutting board to place things on so I can find them again more easily. If you can get good lighting and contrast in hallways and stairways where it tends to be dark that is always helpful. Our stairway is almost like a tunnel and very poorly lit. I always have to feel for the edge with my foot before I go down. Outlets are tricky for me, but since we don't really want to use contrasting covers I haven't done anything besides put a piece of painter's tape across the top of some of them. I know raised burner stoves aren't popular, but it's helpful for me to orient pans properly on the stove burners and avoid getting burned. I also use bump dots on a lot of things to mark buttons (or in my case I know braille so I use that on things like the microwave where I want more detailed labels on the buttons). It's useful because most new appliances don't have tactile buttons and it beats putting my face close to the display or having to take pictures of everything on my phone and enlarge it to know if I've pressed the right thing. Vision loss is very hard, but it's great that you're planning ahead of time and figuring out ways to make things easier....See More- 11 years ago
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