Category: Sue’s New Page

Find out how Sue uses a charm bracelet to talk about life in terms of perseverance.

Charmed Life

• Categories: Sue’s Musings
• Keywords: perseverance

One of our Facebook group members asked me a question about whether there is a connection between AMD and autoimmunity.  Sue did some research and this is what she found.

AMD & Autoimmunity – A Connection?

• Categories: Research, Sue’s Musings, Symptoms, The Science Stuff
• Keywords: antibodies, autoimmune, complementary immune system, immune disease, inflammation, macrophages, retina

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9.  What Do I Do Now? published February 28, 2016

• Categories: Diagnosis, Newly Diagnosed, Symptoms, Sue’s Musings
• Keywords: Charles Bonnet, facial recognition, hallucinations, ophthalmologist, panic, panic attack, psychologist

10.  It Just Happens published February 28, 2016

• Categories: Diagnosis, Newly Diagnosed
• Keywords: legally blind, ophthalmologist, optician, optometrist, Regillo

Do you have suggestions for keywords? Please let me know here or send me an email at light2sight5153@gmail.com.

Have you come from the light into a dark room?  How long does it take for your eyes to adapt so you can see?  There is evidence that this can be a very early indicator of AMD.

It’s Dark in Here!

• Categories: Diagnosis, Symptoms
• Keywords: dark adaptation, adaptation to the dark, beta carotene, biomarker, rhodopsin, retina, rods

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• 23.  Mind Weeds March 20, 2016
  • Categories: Diagnosis: Diagnosed, Self care, Sue’s Musings, Tips for living with low vision
  • Keywords: BBVS, Blind and Visual Services, BVS, handheld reader, low vision aids, low vision specialist, mind weeds, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, ophthalmologist, optometrist, OVR, vocational rehabilitation

• 24.  Pecked to Death by Ducks March 20, 2016
  • Categories: Cognitive Therapy, Diagnosis: Newly Diagnosed, Sue’s Musings, Tips for living with low vision
  • Keywords: accumulating positives, calm, DBT, Emotional Regulation, encouragement, faith, imagery, IMPROVE, IMPROVE skills, meaning, peaceful, prayer, relaxation, vacation, Victor Frankl

Do you have suggestions for keywords? Please let me know here or send me an email at light2sight5153@gmail.com.

You have probably heard the adage “Whatever can go wrong will.” Sue talked about that one in a previous page.  This page is about the corollary “Anything that CAN’T go wrong will.”

Murphy’s Law – Again

• Categories: Sue’s Musings
• Keywords: Murphy’s Law

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• 3.  What To Do February 25, 2016
  • Categories: Prevention, Self care, Treatment
  • Keywords: AREDS, blue light, sunglasses, ultraviolet light, UV, vitamins

• 4.  Research  February 25, 2016
  • Categories: Research, The Science Stuff, Statistics
  • Keywords: ACT, Audacious Goal Initiative, Audacious Goals Project, baby boomers, clinical trials, drusen, OCATA, Phase 1, Phase I, photoreceptors, Regillo, RPEs, Schwartz, stem cells

Do you have suggestions for keywords? Please let me know here or send me an email at light2sight5153@gmail.com.