Author: Linda Moore

Highlight: What do I do if I get a diagnosis of AMD?

Getting a diagnosis of AMD can be a shock.  We’ve found that many eye professionals don’t really do a good job of answering a patient’s questions. Also, you may not be able to ask questions right away.  Many people in this situation turn to the Internet to do their own research like we did.

The Prevent Blindness organization has a system where you get a customized guide with resources, tips and steps that you can take to you be proactive about protecting your vision.  All you have to do is to answer questions that you are given.  You can print the guide and you can view it on a computer, table, smartphone.  You can also go back and update your answers to get an updated guide.

Click here to go to Guide Me.

News: Surgery for Wet AMD

 April 2016

We can’t transplant the retina (yet) but researchers in Italy have had success replacing damaged tissue below the retina in the choroid layer with tissue from the patient because it has less chance of being rejected. Tissue taken from the patient and moved to the choroid is called autologous choroidal transplantation.

Click here to review ‘the science stuff’ regarding how the eye is structured.

Here are 2 articles about the procedure.

Click here for a more technically-oriented article in Ocular Surgery News.

Click here for an easier to read version in WebRN.