*Women health>>>Macular Degeneration

Had macular degeneration for 9 yrs; see optho. yearly,need suggestions re. bilateral floaters.?

I've gotten some very kind and informative replies. I know it is believed there is no cure for ARMD. It is still "dry." I pray it will remain so. Since presbyopia has sort of counteracted my myopia, I was sort of wondering if LASIK (on one eye) might make me no longer need any correction at all for things like driving a car. The first bad floater appeared in 1993, and the opthomologist told me that eventually my brain would take over, over-riding it and I'd no longer be aware of it....never happened. In the last several months, I've developed one in my other eye. It makes reading very frustrating. (There is little else I enjoy as much!) I've recently read a number of reports through the Health Source of News-Max that suggests that the use of an oral chelation treatment has, for some, made a huge difference in visual floaters...they even disappeared for some lucky souls. Just need anyone's input. Do they return if one stops taking treatment? I'll see Doc. again in summer.Thx

Dottie, I revised some of what I said at your other question at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

I know it's frustrating not to be able to read well, and I want you to -please- give the method I recommended a try because it could help you with the problems you are having.

I am sorry if it sounded like I was soliciting earlier. I do respect the doctors out there and respect the discoveries made and recommend seeing doctors, but it is my understanding that while many things may work in western medicine, there are some things they cannot address- and you need to educate yourself about this.

In the case of macular degeneration and floaters, there are better ways you can address them than what eye doctors currently know due to their "limited" approaches to addressing physical diseases that may manifest in the body. Please reread my post at your other question. Thanks.

Jelmar106 and Just Q do make some outstanding observations and recommendations. As long as there is no proof that Ocuvite is harmful, you could give it a try. But I recommend giving the Bates Method a chance also. That'd pack a double whammy on the macular degeneration disease.

I posted a more in-depth explanation addressing LASIK's own fallacy (different than you may have heard of before) and a lot of interesting stuff to know at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

I don't know about floaters, but does your doctor have you taking Ocuvite or other eye vitamins? I was told I had a touch of macular degeneration, whatever that was, by an ophthalmologist 15 years ago in another state. At my job, I typed a consultation for an ophthalmologist who saw a lady from a nursing home whose diagnosis was macular degeneration, and he prescribed Ocuvite two a day. I thought, Couldn't hurt- Ocu for ocular, vite for vitamin, so I bought some and took two a day, and the lines straightened out!. I had not been able to tell when the paper was evenly lined up on the printer. I take them off and on now, or generic, and take vitamins with Lutein and the other thing for eyes, and when my eyes were examined a year ago, an eye doctor in this state said, "You don't have any macular degeneration", like I'd made it up. They also say to eat a lot of dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach.
If what I had went away (and it did), then it should be beneficial for you. I wonder if the nutrition could help dissolve the floaters? Wish I Could be more help.. Wish you the best.
As the other answer states,Ocuvite is suppose to be good for Macular Degeneration though most Ophthalmologists will tell you that there is no proof that it does help but on the other hand there is no proof that it is bad for you so to take it with the hope something good comes from it verses not taking it and finding out years later that you should have been taking it,I would go ahead and take it.
As far as Lasix surgery for distance vision,presbyopia affects your near or reading vision and as far as I know Lasix does not help with presbyopia so you will need glasses for reading.
Being Myopic is always going to be your biggest set back as the patient that is myopic is more prone to eye disorders. . . always make sure that your Ophthalmologist checks your eye pressures because glaucoma is a true concern for Myopic patients.
As far as the floaters go,as we get older the jelly part of our eye (viterous) starts to shrink and as it shrinks it pulls away from the retina and the floaters are actually retina cells. Given enough time,floaters will find their way to the bottom of the "vitreous" and out of your sight just as fruit will settle in half jelled Jello.
Again,because you are Myopic this process needs to be closely watched as it can lead to detached retinas if the shrinking viterous pulls away too hard from the retina.
Stay in touch with your Ophthalmologist and keep all of your appointments over the years.
7yrs experience with Ophthalmologists and Optometrists as OR Scrub and Office Assistant