Linda Moore

Sue’s New Pages 9/5/2017

Sue shares some statistics such as “The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are 285 million visually impaired in the world” and adds that most of the vision problems of the world could be solved with glasses! The WHO & the Lions Club are working to solve this problem and are…

Worldwide Warriors

As Sue continues her journey, she’s been finding more and more evidence that a person’s genetics matters when it comes to the causes of & treatments for AMD. Turns out we all are made of…

Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you read “In the Beginning”.

Sue’s New Pages 9/4/2017

Is it possible to overdo antioxidants? Maybe we really should follow the advice…

Moderation in All Things

Once again, genetics plays a big part in an upcoming treatment for geographic atrophy: lampalizumab. Sue is…

Studying the Study

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you read “In the Beginning”.

Sue’s New Pages 9/3/2017

Sue has always been an active reader & that has not changed even though her vision has. The difference is that she’s enjoying audiobooks now. There are lots of sources of them so we go…

Around the World of Books

Canada has many services for those with visual impairments. This is our salute to…

Our Neighbors in Canada

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you read “In the Beginning”.

Sues New Pages 9/2/2017

There continues to be evidence that AMD is not one disease but a collection of them, some of which are based on genetics. A recent article says “APL-2, a complement C3 inhibitor, has met its primary endpoint in its phase 2 clinical trial, reducing the rate of geographic atrophy (GA) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).” We have reason to hope for…

Another Potential Treatment

What’s the difference between ‘low vision’, ‘legally blind’, ‘visually impaired’? Sue helps you to…

Know the Terms

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Pages 9/1/2017

Lin/Linda here: I am having difficulties with the software I use to maintain the website. I will be sending a few posts from days past that I do not think went out. Sorry for filling up your inbox!

Sue has said this before “This really is the best time in history to be going blind.” In this page she adds “And we in the developed nations are geographically in the best places to be.”

Your Good Fortune

The topic of this page is clean living. Sue says “Lifestyle changes are one way we can take some of our power back from this disease.” She knows she is a…

That Preachy Zealot

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Pages 8/31/2017

Sue’s Android phone is new & she’s learning how to use the magnifier. She’s also learned more about how genetics can impact one’s treatment for wet AMD.

This and That

What is gene editing & why should we know about it? Sue says “How this relates to AMD is sort of basic. We know AMD is a genetically based condition. Change our genetics and we may eliminate the disease.”

Re-educating Our DNA

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Pages 8/30/2017

A large study which started in 1987 showed some relationship between macular degeneration and sunburns in youth. Wear your sunglasses, put on sunscreen and…

Rock On

Sue no longer drives but she decided that she should renew her driver’s license for several reasons. She says she spent the morning acting like…

Someone I Am Not

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Posts 8/29/2017

Sue is inquisitive, we know that. She’s been wondering if there is any information that we can get when we know the ending of a medication name, specifically the drugs ending in -ximab or -zumab. Turns out there is and you can…

Thank a Mouse

There is so much information out there about AMD that it is hard to keep up! Read what she found in her…

Piles of Articles

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Pages 8/28/2017

As you know, Sue has advanced dry AMD, specifically geographic atrophy. In the next several pages she writes about wet AMD. With the use of anti-VEGF injections, there’s been…

A Dozen Years of Progress

What was done for wet AMD before anti-VEGF injections? Here’s a…

Blast From the Past

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.

Sue’s New Pages 8/25/2017

Sue says “I know I sound like a broken record, but there is much reason for hope. Together we WILL break the back of this thing.” She’s referring to some of the experimental technology in the works including contact lenses for AMD. She also discusses a study about lutein.

Holy Steve Austin, Batman!

One of the most popular text-to-speech apps is NaturalReader which is available for Android and Apple devices as well as or Windows 10. Sue is impressed.

Let Me Read to You

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Are these pages the first ones that you’ve read in Sue’s Journal of her Journey with AMD? We recommend that you click here to read In the Beginning.