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Buckeye_Democrat

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34. Aw, thanks!

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #29)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:44 PM

Nov 2016

I'm legally blind in one eye already, but that happened before anti-VEGF treatments were available for the "wet" form which damages the photoreceptors faster. The other eye has been holding steady for a few years with the anti-VEGF injections, but the doctor won't give me a time frame for my supposed "fate" due to bad RPE cells.

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Aw, thanks! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #34

Let's hope it holds off as long as possible. dhol82 Nov 2016 #35

Thanks again! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #37

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