Thank you for posting the short on your appointment to get the shots. My appointment is next Monday. I manage to put the appointments out of my mind between them, but last night I got a text reminding me of it and yes, it does just leave me sad. I'm grateful, but still, since I definitely know there has been progression in my right eye, I am sad.

@Ihavemmd

5 ай бұрын

I feel you and hope your appointment goes as well as possible. Big hugs.

Hi, I have multiple layers of eye diseases. Including wet macular degeneration in my right eye called retinaophy. I was diagnosed at 39 years old & treated with photodynamic laser treatment in 2002 to stop the progression of blindness. I was told this could affect my right eye as well. Every year I have check ups at Wilmer Eye Institute and regularly use an ambler eye grid plus eye supplements. Support has been lacking for me and have to remind my family about this often.

I have not hears of shots for macular degeneration ❤❤

@Ihavemmd

2 ай бұрын

They are the standard treatment for wet (bleeding) macular degeneration. Shots for dry MD have just been approved in the UK as well.

My doctor didn't tell me I had amd. I had two shots that didn't help. Why doctors dont talk

@Ihavemmd

3 ай бұрын

I am so sorry. I agree with you, doctors should be trained to be transparent with their patients. All too often, they just see us as walking retinas and not much more!

@superstrangevideo

3 ай бұрын

Then you have a very lousy healthcare system. If a doctor here in the US refused to tell a patient he had something as serious as AMD, he'd be sued and not allowed to practice medicine again. Like why would your doctor refuse to tell you this?

@Ihavemmd

3 ай бұрын

@@superstrangevideo Thank you for your comment. Please remember to keep comments courteous and constructive, as this channel is meant as a supportive community. Thanks! 😊

@kohlfrog

Ай бұрын

​@@superstrangevideoI'm from the USA and I saw multiple ophthalmologists over the course of about 7 years before one of them told me I had MMD. And the only reason I was told was because I asked why he was referring me to a retina doctor and what was causing my problems. He, like all the others, seemed to think I'd already been told, except I hadn't. Even my new doctor didn't tell me I was developing cataracts(a side effect of the treatment.) My new one was the only one who told me that I'm basically screwed because my dry MMD is getting worse pretty rapidly and there's not a damn thing they can do about it. That the CNV may cause the most sudden changes, but at least it's reasonably treatable. I had soooo much dry damage already when I was told my diagnosis. I was never told about the MMD, the myopic lattice degeneration, the retinal atrophy and pigment changes, the optic nerve atrophy. No one told me about any of it or told me what I might experience because of it. I was seeing ophthalmologists once a year for visual field testing because I was on plaquenil and it can cause damage. Thankfully it never did, but that doesn't make a lot of difference now!

God Bless you Jesus saves, heals, delivers and restores. .. Call upon Jesus ❤❤❤ When my doctors did not inform me I felt betrayed by them Losy trust. W But Why would they do this?? They are trained professionals They know better.. 😥😢