Eyes..wet Amd.

[gness]

Has anyone experience of the above condition please?

Two days after a friend had her yearly eye check and was given a clean bill of health she developed a distortion in her vision.....wavy lines.
She returned to the optician she'd seen who then detected the problem but said it must have developed in the two days. Is this possible?

The optician made an urgent appointment at our hospital......after waiting for two weeks to hear it seems the appointment has got lost somewhere in the system.
My friend made an appointment at the private hospital and is to start having injections.
She has been stopped from driving immediately.

Does anyone have this condition, or know anything of the success of the injections...or any other treatment she may be offered?
I'm asking really because she's finding it difficult to take in and properly understand I think, and then keep me informed.
If she lets me I'll go to appointments with her but I'm not sure she will.

Thanks, Gx

[NoMercy]

My 90 something nan has to go to hospital once a month to receive injections for this condition. She copes quite well.

[Sqad]

If the above facts are true and the diagnosis is correct, then AMD (age related macular degeneration) is extremely unlikely to have developed in a matter of days. Weeks or months maybe.....but not days.

[gness]

Thank you both....

True facts, Sqad.....something silly and minor happened a few weeks ago that made me, jokingly, question her eyesight.
As treatment is to start next week I guess the diagnosis is correct.
But as soon as she noticed the wavy lines she went straight back. She wasn't ignoring any problems hoping they'd go away....I did think two days was perhaps unlikely...x

[Sqad]

Gness.

"Does anyone have this condition, or know anything of the success of the injections...or any other treatment she may be offered? "

Ooops! forgot that question.

Injections into the eye are the main first line treatments.
Will they improve her vision?.....they might.
Will they delay the progress of the disease?.....they might.

[gness]

Thanks, Sqad....so it's wait and hope....

One more question.....if treatment isn't successful is complete blindness or very poor vision a possibility? Enough to change her life.....job, driving and so on....x

[Sqad]

Yes....it might....it might very well, but you yourself summed it up

"so it's wait and hope..."

[gness]

Thank you, Sqad...x

[playersdigger]

The first thing that sprang into my mind on reading this problem was did they do anything during your original eye test to cause the new problem ? I do have several eye problems and go to the Optician and Hospital eye clinic.
Without know what the new problem is its so hard to know what more to say

[collareddove12]

I was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration in
Dec. and was referred to have cataract removed as was now 'ready' and that they liked to do them sooner with AMD. I had cataract removed Feb 3, all fine, check up 4 weeks later all good. 2 weeks later I noticed wavy lines and smudge in central vision. Ophthalmologist said that it had progressed to wet, and I also have inflammation at back of eye, am now on steroid drops and awaiting appointment for next step. I thought this was fast and questioned was the operation the cause of this but was told NO. It's all quite worrying

[gness]

Thank you both for your replies...it is worrying if things can change so quickly and drastically.
We can only wait and see what the outcome is and if there is any improvement....I hope so...x