I thought it was nothing. I didn’t realize I was going blind in one eye.

In the US, Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss, affecting more than 10 million Americans – more than cataracts and glaucoma combined.

It started as a blurred area just a little off the center of my vision, enough to be noticed but not that alarming, I thought.  I had similar symptoms before and they disappeared on their own after a while.  But this time, it did not.  Instead it became steadily worse that by the time I was seen by the retina specialist, it was too late.  Age-related macular degeneration or ARMD was the diagnosis, the same condition my father had though his came at a much later point in his life. If I had taken my symptoms more seriously and asked for help sooner, it is possible I could have have ended up with less visual loss. 

Macular degeneration treatment breakthroughs inspire hope that someday we may see a cure to this disease. Promising treatments depend upon the stage of disease progression.

Learn more about ARMD here